GOP Unbeatable, Nixon Says!

June 20, 1959: This Isn't Any Laughing Matter, Ted."

The newspapers of the 1950s are full of stories about callous police officers (usually the LAPD, sometimes Beverly Hills) handing out traffic tickets. It must have been quite a phenomenon. Richard Nixon says the GOP will be unbeatable in 1960. Oregon blackberry ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. Our favorite Pasadena gun shop has a special on a do-it-yourself .30-06. The Dodgers win against Cincinnati, 6-2.

The Times follows the Mirror story on the resignation of Police Commissioner Herbert Greenwood. A Lutheran leader says the purported upsurge of religion in America is a myth and that membership isn't keeping pace with population growth. "We are living in a post-Christian era," another official says.

An update on the Hollywood Legion Stadium and boxing promoter Jackie Leonard.