Tag Archives: 1958

Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 After a hard day at the office, two fellows named Bob and Mike like to drop into a Hill Street dive for a cooling draught, to brood, to contemplate the infinite or merely to read THE evening … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958 The ghouls never die. Not in L.A., they don’t. They fade away, lay low, sometimes. But always they come back–with new schemes as fantastic as they are sadistic. They dedicate their lives to devising profitable little plots … Continue reading →

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An urge to kill

Posted on February 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1958Stanford Thomas was handsome, clean-cut, 19-year-old sophomore on the tennis team at Stanford, where his father had gone to college and was a prominent alumnus. He lived at 248 Edlee Ave., across the street from Mr. and Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 Everyone, it seems, is trying to write television scripts, but Al Blake hadn’t given it a thought until a friend called him one day and said, "Al, I’m in an awful fix. I’ve got a job as … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1958 The biggest hero is often the last heralded. He acts with such quiet, automatic efficiency that he destroys the drama of his own actions. He remains anonymous, unknown and unthanked for his service. Today I have a … Continue reading →

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Voices, Frank Heller

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Frank Heller and Linda Mintz in a photograph published Nov. 11, 1958, in The Times. Frank Heller was a defense attorney for Linda Mintz, the housekeeper charged with beating her employer Thelma Macomber to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 25, 1958

Posted on February 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a profile of William Alland, who played the reporter tracking down the life of "Citizen Kane" and in his final years worked for the Los Angeles Times poll. Below, A race car plows into a crowd of spectators at … Continue reading →

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Feb. 24, 1958

Posted on February 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a souvenir of the ETAOIN SHRDLU era. Below, what may be the last time Gisele Mackenzie got an eight-column, Page 1 headline … President Eisenhower goes golfing …  The abduction and shooting of Gerald De La O and George … Continue reading →

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Feb. 23, 1958

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

A couple of new drinking buddies decide to go joyriding in an airplane–and run out of gas … Former President Truman blames Republicans for the weak economy … President Eisenhower’s vacation plans draw questions–and controversy … Turmoil in the Mideast … Continue reading →

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Feb. 23, 1958

Posted on February 23, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

        Feb. 22, 1958 There has been quite a literary lament lately to the effect that youngsters today don’t have as much fun as kids used to. Of course, the lament comes from those who have reached … Continue reading →

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Feb. 22, 1958

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

One of the footnotes to the L. Ewing Scott case: An attempt to obtain body parts that would be passed off as the remains of Evelyn Scott. Email me

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1958 In addition to their other credentials, newspaper photographers must now carry letters signed by Police Chief William H. Parker authorizing them to listen to police radio calls. With the understanding, that is, that they will use these … Continue reading →

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Feb. 21, 1958

Posted on February 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Mystery photo

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

OK, who’s the young man with the guitar? Phil Spector? (Kris Gray, Fred Ahlert). Absolutely…. This is a photo taken Nov. 10, 1958, and published in the Los Angeles Examiner. It was sent to me by William Dotson of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 The case of Tom Garrett, 21, who was denied his $40 weekly unemployment compensation because he was detained for 24 hours at gunpoint by two criminals and therefore was not "available for work," rang a bell for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1958 I may not be much of a bear around the house, but as a journalist, I’m fearless. I give you All the News That’s Fit to Print. I am an Independent Newspaperman For All the People, the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 Popular music can be a fragile commodity. good tunes die at birth if they don’t have popular appeal, whatever that is. Bad ones make the top 80 without a hitch if the right guy with a guitar … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1958 May 14, 1954–Three workers were critically burned in a foundry explosion at 1651 S. Compton Ave., Compton, late today. The men, whose bodies were turned into flaming torches when a pot of molten magnesium exploded, were rushed … Continue reading →

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Mass transit

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times I went down into the archives last night and pulled the original photo of Ralph P. Merritt, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and our 1958 rapid transit plan. The map … Continue reading →

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