Tag Archives: 1958

Paul Coates

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 29, 1958 The Kingfish and I got a pretty fair raking over the coals a few days ago. And, somehow, I’m not quite sure that we deserved it. The man who did the raking is a colleague of mine–a … Continue reading →

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Jan. 29, 1958

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 28, 1958 T.J. Flournoy, who makes pianos look and sound like they’re supposed to, went to a customer’s home for a tune-up job and found him busily putting his record collection in order by discarding unwanted platters. The householder … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 28, 1958 His name is Richard. He’s an addict. He took his first fix at the age of 16 on the grounds of Jackson High School. Since then–in the past seven years–he’s done two short stretches for using. Once, … Continue reading →

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Jan. 28, 1958

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

A cultural exchange program between the U.S. and the Soviets … In a meeting with Mideast allies, the U.S. warns the Soviets against any aggression in the region … Roberto Rossellini seeks to annul his marriage to Ingrid Bergman … … Continue reading →

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Double homicide

Posted on January 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 25-26, 1958 Atlanta   We don’t know. We don’t know what became of all the jewelry, antique furniture and oil paintings in the home. We don’t know who killed the dog. We don’t know who bound her hands and … Continue reading →

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Jan. 27, 1958

Posted on January 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

A storm drops more than an inch and a half of rain on Los Angeles … A terrorist bomb explodes outside a U.S. Embassy in the Middle East … Note that America is giving arms and money to Iraq, Iran … Continue reading →

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Jan. 26, 1958

Posted on January 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Sepulveda and Centinela is flooded after a heavy rain … Officials reveal that cattle and milk in the British countryside were contaminated by radioactive material unleashed when an Oct. 10, 1957, fire destroyed a plutonium pile … And the chairman … Continue reading →

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Man kills himself

Posted on January 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22-Feb. 22, 1958 Los Angeles Bonnie saw him standing on the sidewalk in a crowd of people across the street from the theater. He was holding a gun. His name was Delmer.  Delmer Dean Dobbs, 23. A month before, … Continue reading →

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Jan. 25, 1958

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 24, 1958 In 1924, Nathan F. Leopold Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the most vicious, senseless crimes ever committed in this country. He and a fellow University of Chicago student, Richard Loeb, were responsible for … Continue reading →

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Former mayor dies

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Two decades after the Harry Raymond bombing, former Mayor Frank Shaw dies. He denied allegations of corruption, explaining: "They said my administration was filled with graft. Nobody stole any money. There wasn’t any money to steal," according to his … Continue reading →

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Bus strike ends

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Julia Mendoza, left, and Florence Estrada dry a bus that has just come out of the wash rack in preparation for the resumption of service. The bus strike ends after 54 days, the … Continue reading →

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Jan. 24, 1958

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Car dealer H.J. Caruso goes to jail … A witness in the L. Ewing Scott case attacks a TV cameraman … Imperial Emperor Bill Hendrix orders the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to disband … And The Times leads … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 23, 1958 Confidential magazine may have purged itself of obscenity but the expose complex it created is not so easily dispelled. So says an experienced writer of fact articles. The way he analyzes the present situation, the public’s appetite … Continue reading →

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Jan. 23, 1958

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

A crowd at 5th Street and Main yells "Jump, Jump, Jump! Jump, you coward–jump!" as an unemployed railroad engineer stands at the edge of a hotel roof (the building isn’t identified, but I’m guessing it’s the Hotel Rosslyn) … And … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 No one better mention elk hunting very soon to Bill Molinar, Pasadena real estate man. Bill recently went on a safari in northwest Montana, near Swan Lake. It is very primitive country. His party packed in five … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 Please read this story to the finish. It’s a shocker. But it’s worth the few minutes it’ll take you to read it. Because, as they say, there, but for the grace of God– The subject of the … Continue reading →

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The cardinal speaks

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s a time capsule of Catholic thought as it stood 50 years ago from the Mirror. Cardinal McIntyre approves of censorship and picketing indecent films (when necessary), discourages teenagers from "going steady," doesn’t think Sen. John F. Kennedy’s religion will … Continue reading →

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Jan. 22, 1958

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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