Also: Tony La Rosa, who runs La Rosa's Little Italy, 5751 W. Pico, is freed after getting his finger stuck in a hole that was drilled in the top of a floor safe in an attempt to open it ... Dr. Murray Abowitz testifies before the state Senate Un-American Activities Committee ... And an evangelical Christian basketball team is getting ready for a 10-week tour of Asia.
Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the 1947project, Harnisch has been a copy editor at The Times since 1988. He has appeared on many TV shows discussing the Dahlia case, notably "James Ellroy's Feast of Death."
Join him for a spin through old Los Angeles in the Mirror's radio car. Keep your eyes open for Mickey Cohen and Tempest Storm. It's quite a ride.
The reporter's badge belonged to Sid Hughes (1908-1958), legendary reporter who worked at nearly every newspaper in Los Angeles.
Keith Thursby. Keith has been an editor at The Times in news, sports and design since 1986. The Rams moved to St. Louis on his first day as assistant sports editor of the paper's Orange County edition. He grew up in Norwalk and lives in Irvine.