August 25, 2008 | 6:00
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Some folks may find this hard to believe, but drivers were complaining about bad traffic in Los Angeles 50 years ago. I can't say it often enough: History shows that congested streets have been a problem in Los Angeles for at least a century.
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Donald Robert Seddon of 824 17th St., Santa Monica, was apparently a
rather jealous individual. While cruising the streets of Los Angeles
one night, he thought he saw his wife riding in a car with another man.
At Warner Drive and Wilshire, he rammed his car into the other vehicle,
then spun into a third car.
Seddon, in fact, rammed the car of total strangers, David R. North and his wife, Patricia, both 22, of 1541 S. St. Andrews Place.
As
it turned out, the third car was carrying some prominent people: Tony
Curtis and his wife, Janet Leigh; Dean Martin and his wife, Jean; and
songwriter Sammy Cahn and his wife, Gloria Delson. They were headed
home after a party at Peter Lawford's house. Fortunately, Frank
Sinatra was right behind them and contacted police with the
radiotelephone in his car.
No one was seriously injured in the accident, The Times said, but Dean Martin brought a $90,000 lawsuit against Seddon.
The
Times never reported on the outcome of the lawsuit and Seddon's name
never again appears in the paper. Because Janet Leigh was pregnant at
the time of the accident, she was taken to UCLA for an exam to make
sure neither she nor the baby was injured. In November, she gave birth
to Jamie Lee Curtis.
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At left, Frank Robinson hits his first home run over the Coliseum screen, scoring Johnny Temple and giving Cincinnati a 6-5 victory over the Dodgers. "The win went to 22-year-old Orlando Pena, a skinny Cuban right-hander who throws bullets," The Times' Frank Finch wrote.
Tonight's game will be a battle of the lefties: Johnny Podres and Harvey Haddix. Here's a shout-out to Keith "Throwback Jersey" Thursby: "The L.A. lefty virtually is unbeatable in the Coliseum," Finch says of Podres. And Mr. Henry Aaron of the Braves hits his 28th home run of the season against the Giants' Al Worthington.
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I see the always lovely Raquel Tejada makes another appearance this time as one of the Maidens of California all of whom aspire to the Queen of the State Fair in Sacramento(sixth from the left). One Million Years B.C. is still eight years in her future.
Posted by: MichaelRyerson | August 25, 2008 at 08:09 AM
Hey pallies, thinks for sharin' this piece of Dinohistory..so glads that our Dino sought some justice in this matter...
Posted by: dino martin peters | August 25, 2008 at 08:13 AM
State Fair pic at the bottom of the Seddon page: the future Raquel Welch makes her second Daily Mirror appearance this month. :)
Posted by: JT | August 25, 2008 at 09:09 AM