Tag Archives: Norwalk

Plane crash kills 48

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 2, 1958 Los Angeles A military version of a DC-6 airliner and a patrol plane collide in midair, showering five square miles of Norwalk with flaming wreckage and bits of metal. The main portion of the C-118 plunges into … Continue reading →

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Heroic dog shot

Posted on December 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 11, 1957 Los Angeles This began as a story about a dog and ended in death. On Dec. 10, 1957, a gunman shot a German shepherd named Baron that had been ordered to attack as the robber was … Continue reading →

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Pot pad raided

Posted on June 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1957 Los Angeles Deputies arrested 13 people after finding them hiding in tunnels dug beneath at house at 12117 Jersey Ave., Norwalk, apparently intended as a bomb shelter. Investigators found 22 marijuana cigarettes in the house and 22 … Continue reading →

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Arson in Norwalk

Posted on May 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

    May 10, 1957 Norwalk First comes love, then comes marriage, then come two children and lots and lots of diapers for Nancy Joyce Stoner, 20, and her husband, Eugene, 31. Married at 16 after graduating from La Puente … Continue reading →

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