Tag Archives: Sputnik

November 7, 1957: Saucers Over Air Base!

November 7, 1957: Flying saucers menace Edwards Air Force Base! Continue reading

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October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock

October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock writes about a man who claimed he saw Saturn from his backyard — without a telescope. Which was impossible. Was it spacemen? Continue reading

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October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock

October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock profiles Burl Ives as he makes the transition from folk singing to acting. Continue reading

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October 11, 1957: Matt Weinstock

October 11, 1957: Just imagine if a few thousand people around L.A. decided all at once that they’d had it, that they wanted out of the rat race. And suppose they went down to the beach in a body and meditated upon the beautiful sunset or the elusive grunion and decided they just weren’t going to pay attention to anything that commanded their attention. Continue reading

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May 15, 1958

May 15, 1958

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March 18, 1958

Above, one of Clark Gable’s lesser pictures is featured at a fund-raiser for the Press Club’s 8-Ball Foundation. When the Mirror and Examiner closed in 1962, the foundation held a benefit to raise money for unemployed journalists. Below, a plane … Continue reading

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Jan. 12, 1958

 

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Jan. 3, 1958

    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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Happy birthday!

Dec. 12, 1957 Los Angeles The Daily Mirror extends the warmest wishes to: Alexander Sputnik Ornelas Happy 50th birthday!

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Dec. 12, 1957

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Dec. 9, 1957

 

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Dec. 8, 1957

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Dec. 3, 1957

 

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Dec. 1, 1957

     

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Nov. 30, 1957

 

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Nov. 29, 1957

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Nov. 24, 1957

 

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Nov. 16, 1957

 

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Nov. 14, 1957

 

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Nov. 11, 1957

   

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