Tag Archives: #Los Angeles Times

Liberace sues Confidential

Posted on May 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 8, 1957 Los Angeles Promising nothing less than the destruction of Confidential magazine, Liberace filed a $20-million libel suit over an article in the July issue titled “Why Liberace’s Theme Song Should be ‘Mad About the Boy.’ ” The … Continue reading →

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Drug raid

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 6, 1957 Los Angeles Saundra died Jan. 11, 1978, 40 years after she dazzled concert-goers as a child prodigy on the violin, like her mother, Frances. In her lifetime, she performed at the Hollywood Bowl with Leopold Stokowski and … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast , Part 2

Posted on May 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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Voices–the Albert Dyer case

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Note: The murders of three little Inglewood girls was one of Los Angeles’ most notorious case of the 1930s. Madeline Everett, 7,  her sister Melba, 9, and their playmate, Jeanette Stephens, 8, were lured to the Baldwin Hills by … Continue reading →

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Neumann on the Mideast, Part 1

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Note: In early 1957, The Times sent UCLA professor Robert G. Neumann on a six-week tour of the Middle East. Neumann, who was later the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Morocco, wrote these stories upon his return. His son, Ronald, … Continue reading →

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BMW

Posted on May 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

The good news: It’s a BMW. The bad news: You wouldn’t want one for a gift.  

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Voices–Paul Weeks

Posted on May 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 4, 1957 Los Angeles Paul Weeks, formerly of the Mirror and The Times, says: The Los Angeles Mirror’s success was due primarily to J. Edward Murray’s  journalistic talent, his creativity, his forward-looking at important issues still not properly reported, … Continue reading →

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Crazy O’Malley

Posted on May 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

Dear Walter, What’s this I hear about you looking over the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to play baseball? You must be joking! Do you know how far it would be from home plate to the left field wall? 250 feet!

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McCarthy dies

Posted on May 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Part 1 Click to enlarge Part 2, click to enlarge   Part 3, click to enlarge   Pictures from Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s funeral here.  Email me 

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Cop held in bribery

Posted on May 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 3, 1957 Santa Monica Thomas Alfred Gates, 33, a chef at a Santa Monica restaurant, approached The Times with a story. Gates, who was charged with grand theft, said that during a recess in his preliminary hearing, Detective Curtis … Continue reading →

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Mideast in turmoil

Posted on May 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 1, 1957 Los Angeles In early 1957, Robert G. Neumann, associate professor of political science at UCLA, took a six-week tour of the Middle East arranged by The Times that resulted in a series of articles and an April … Continue reading →

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