Tag Archives: 1958

Woman, boy strangled

Posted on July 24, 2008 by lmharnisch
Posted in Homicide, LAPD | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Woman disappears

Posted on July 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

3714 W. Pico, via Google maps.   July 23, 1958 uth lived in a room at the Shari Hotel, 3714 W. Pico, that she shared with a little dog and a couple of parakeets. The landlord realized she hadn’t been … Continue reading →

Posted in Homicide | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

July 21, 1958

Posted on July 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

ather than even make an attempt to explain what’s going on in the Mideast in this period, I’ll defer to Robert G. Neumann, below. I can only echo what Hanson W. Baldwin said Feb. 21, 1958, when he referred to … Continue reading →

Posted in @news, Front Pages, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on July 21, 1958

Setback for stadium

Posted on July 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

July 15, 1958 By Keith Thursby Times staff writer Los Angeles and the Dodgers lost a round in court in their efforts to build a baseball stadium in Chavez Ravine. Superior Court Judge Arnold Praeger ruled that the contract between … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Dodgers, Downtown, Politics, Sports | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Setback for stadium

El Segundo revisited

Posted on July 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

orman Frederick Gagnon looks like an excellent suspect in the unsolved killing of two El Segundo police officers last year. In an incident quite similar to the El Segundo case, Charles H. May and a female companion (The Times, fortunately, … Continue reading →

Posted in #courts, Front Pages, Homicide | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on El Segundo revisited

Olympics in L.A.?

Posted on July 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

July 12, 1958 By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer Los Angeles officially threw its hat into the Olympic rings for the 1964 Summer Games. Mayor Norris Poulson announced the bid after a meeting with the Southern California Committee for the Olympic … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Politics, Sports | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Olympics in L.A.?

Topanga Canyon blaze

Posted on July 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

spark from an electrical short in the pump house at Hertz Ranch was blamed for a fire that burned 125 acres before it was contained, The Times says. Six other fires were also burning in Southern California, The Times says. … Continue reading →

Posted in Front Pages, San Fernando Valley | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Topanga Canyon blaze

July 10, 1958

Posted on July 10, 2008 by lmharnisch
Posted in LAPD, Robberies | Tagged , , | Comments Off on July 10, 1958

July 2, 1958

Posted on July 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

By Keith ThursbyTimes Staff Writer The Times published detailed results of the Chavez Ravine ballot initiative that showed just how close the vote was. The June 3 measure to approve a baseball stadium for the Dodgers passed by nearly 26,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Dodgers, Downtown, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

June 30, 1958

Posted on June 30, 2008 by lmharnisch
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Anti-gravity house

Posted on June 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

An anti-gravity house? You may laugh, the author says, but remember "atomic control" seemed impossible a mere 20 years ago. And no more hassles with dusting!        

Posted in Architecture, Science, UFOs | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Anti-gravity house

June 28, 1958

Posted on June 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Is there oil under Bunker Hill? What an interesting idea, especially now.     

Posted in Downtown, Transportation | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on June 28, 1958

June 25, 1958

Posted on June 25, 2008 by lmharnisch

Someone apparently doesn’t like Dorothy Adamson’s fox terrier, which is missing after her apartment at 1034 Hilldale was bombed. An unidentified caller had complained about the dog’s barking, The Times says. Alas, the paper never followed up on this story. … Continue reading →

Posted in #Jazz, Animals, Film, Front Pages, Hollywood, LAPD | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on June 25, 1958

June 24, 1958

Posted on June 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

  t left, a nine-room home in an all-white neighborhood is heavily vandalized after being sold to an African American doctor and his family. The Times says vandals caused $15,000 ($109,315.53 USD 2007) damage to the newly redecorated home at … Continue reading →

Posted in #courts, Countdown to Watts, Film, Front Pages, Hollywood, Homicide, LAPD | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Los Angeles traffic

Posted on June 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Page 26 Page 27 f only Ray Hebert had asked the right question. But how was he to know? Twenty years after Ed Ainsworth focused on a "motorway" system in his series on Los Angeles traffic, Ray Hebert examines the … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown, Freeways, Front Pages, Transportation | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Voices–James Ellroy

Posted on June 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 30, 1995 By Amy Wallace Times Staff Writer n his 1987 crime novel, "The Black Dahlia," James Ellroy had the audacity–what he would call the "righteous authorial authority"–to cook up a solution to Los Angeles’ most famous unsolved … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Film, Homicide | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Voices–James Ellroy

Geneva Ellroy, RIP

Posted on June 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Geneva Ellroy crime scene, Arroyo High School, El Monte, Calif., via Google maps street view. o much has already been written about the June 1958 murder of Geneva Hilliker Ellroy; there’s very little I can add to what my friend … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Front Pages, Homicide | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

June 19, 1958: Scientist disappears

Posted on June 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Albert and Alfred… Before and after… Lost and found… Found but still missing … still haunted by something and still walking in a dream.  I pulled the photos of Albert and Alfred from their old-fashioned paper envelope, slightly tattered and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1952, 1958, Science, Sports | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Dodgers show patience

Posted on June 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

  June 20, 1958 By Keith Thursby Times staff writer ometimes it’s best to do nothing. Baseball teams fire managers all the time but Dodger owner Walter O’Malley publicly defended his manager, Walter Alston, despite the team’s last-place standing. "We … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodgers | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Dodgers show patience

June 18, 1958

Posted on June 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

wenty years after Ed Ainsworth’s series on Los Angeles’ congested streets, The Times takes another look at traffic. I (almost) never grow tired of saying that the incredible number of transportation studies performed in Los Angeles would fill a library. … Continue reading →

Posted in @news, Adoptions, Film, Freeways, Front Pages, Hollywood, Sports, Transportation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on June 18, 1958