Tag Archives: 1958

Jan. 9, 1958

Posted on January 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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January 8, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 8, 1958 Monday at 6:30 a.m., as Marvin Hanks of East L.A. walked from his home to his garage to drive to work, he observed that the full moon in the western sky was green–grass green.”What goes on here?” … Continue reading →

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January 8, 1958: Paul Coates

Posted on January 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 8, 1958 There are businessmen in this town whose professed interest in humanity I question. Among them is the owner of a local tire agency who advertised in an East Los Angeles paper this week: “If you are riding … Continue reading →

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Man kills son

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 7, 1958 Los Angeles "Dear mother," the note from 9-year-old Jimmy began. They weren’t his words, of course. They were dictated by his father, David James Darr, a 34-year-old machinist who was apparently holding a .45 to his … Continue reading →

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Ethnic humor

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 7, 1958 Los AngelesA model of ethnic sensitivity from The Times.  

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Jan. 7, 1958

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Inside… Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke predicts that by 1959, the Navy will have an atomic-powered airplane. The Air Force was working on one too. It’s quite a challenge to build an aircraft in which lead is a … Continue reading →

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Fugitive caught

Posted on January 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 6, 1958 Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies finally caught up with escaped mental patient Mary H. Andrews (alias Mary Mitchell Andrews), who vanished in November after kidnapping her mother and a friend. Since then, The Times said, Mary had been … Continue reading →

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Jan. 6, 1958

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Jan. 5, 1958

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Note: Carl Sandburg died at the age of 89, despite his predictions.*   * Of course, if you figure he lived 32,703 days, he was right. It is divisible by 11.

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Gang shooting

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 1, 1958Los Angeles  

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Cops kill Marine

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Jan. 1, 1958 Los Angeles Officers Ed Neville and R.O. Potter of the Wilshire Division began the year on a thankful note: They were alive. As final hours of 1957 ticked away, the officers were called to an apartment … Continue reading →

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Jan. 3, 1958

Posted on January 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Note: Three Border Patrol agents crawling through brush found Roberta Elizabeth Donovan the next day, asleep in a clump of mesquite. Also note ABC’s settlement with Police Chief William Parker over remarks by Mickey Cohen in an interview … Continue reading →

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Edward Weston dies

Posted on January 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 2, 1958 Carmel, Calif.   Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Edward Weston, after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937, when he was living at 4166 Brunswick Ave., Los Angeles.*   One of the greatest photographers of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Jan. 2, 1958

Posted on January 1, 2008 by lmharnisch
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1958 Rose Parade

Posted on January 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Ready for the 1958 Rose Parade? Let’s step off. Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times The Long Beach Mounted Police, accompanied by a stray dog.     Photograph by Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times Rose Queen … Continue reading →

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Jan. 1, 1958

Posted on December 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

  The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 1, 1958. You can sure tell it’s the era of the TV Westerns: Guy Madison and Andy Devine from "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," Richard Boone from "Have Gun — Will Travel" and … Continue reading →

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Countdown

Posted on December 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Wayne F. Kelly / Los Angeles Times I’m a few years ahead of myself, but I couldn’t find the photo from 1958. So just pretend. Happy New Year from the Daily Mirror! (Hey, it’s Guy Lombardo and … Continue reading →

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Literary diversions

Posted on June 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

Erle Stanley Gardner, Feb. 2, 1958

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Literary diversions

Posted on June 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Ray Bradbury, Jan. 19, 1958

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