Liz Renay Sentenced to Prison
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April 11, 1961: Liz Renay (d. 2007) is sentenced to prison for violating the terms of her probation for perjury in Mickey Cohen’s tax evasion case. She later said: "I have paid a dear price for the mistake I made, and I hope the public will be forgiving. I wanted to protect Mickey. I felt I owed him that. I couldn't deliberately hurt someone who had been nice to me." |
Found on EBay -- 'Headline Happy'
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A somewhat distressed copy of “Headline Happy” by Florabel Muir has been listed on EBay. You may recall that Muir, above, has a terrific description of the Busgy Siegel crime scene and, yes, she’s the reporter who got hit in the rear during the attempted killing of Mickey Cohen at Sherry’s in 1949. Trivia note: The Times’ only mention of Muir being shot is in a Hedda Hopper column that says Muir was sporting an “Italian sunset.” Judging by the vendor’s description, this copy is not in pristine shape, but it’s difficult to find “Headline Happy” for less than $50 and the price (bidding starts at 50 cents) makes it sound interesting for those who are looking for a reading copy. ALSO Mickey Cohen on the Daily Mirror Florabel Muir on the Daily Mirror |
Segregated Businesses May Be Legal, Eisenhower Says
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| March 17, 1960: On the jump, more about Cheryl Crane’s transfer to El Retiro School for Girls in the San Fernando Valley … President Eisenhower says it may be legal for private businesses to bar African Americans or any other group. Eisenhower adds that he’s no lawyer … and says that "there is too much interference in our private affairs and ... personal lives already." |
Dietrich Backs Von Sternberg in ‘Blue Angel’ Lawsuit
Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 29, 1960
Closing Arguments in Finch Trial; Chessman’s Fate Up to Legislature
| Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times July 22, 1959: Carole Tregoff waits to be questioned by investigators. Los Angeles Times file photo Feb. 19, 1960: Students on Market Street in San Francisco protest the upcoming execution of Caryl Chessman. |
| Feb. 27, 1960: Attorney A.L. Wirin defends Caryl Chessman and Mickey Cohen. Years ago, I interviewed Wirin’s partner, Fred Okrand, who said that defending Cohen paid for their ACLU work. Notice that The Times identifies Cohen as a “former hoodlum.” |
Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 29, 1959
Matt Weinstock, Dec. 23, 1959
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Shooting Victim’s Father Accused of Seeking Revenge
| Tony Reno says he was attacked by Fred Whalen, the father of shooting victim Jack “the Enforcer” Whalen. |
| Dec. 16, 1959: Vice President Richard Nixon holds a wide margin among Republican voters over all other GOP contenders in the 1960 presidential race, the Gallup poll finds. |
LoCigno Arraigned in Whalen Killing
| Darryl Kemp’s prints are found in Marjorie Hipperson’s apartment. “Yes, I’ll Leave Now!” Dmitri Shostakovich gives some lumps to Louis Armstrong and Leonard Bernstein. Now you know what a Shamash is. A robe is $55 at Oviatt’s – that’s $401.90 USD 2008. |
| Dec. 12, 1959: The Yankees trade Don Larsen to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris. The Yankees also get Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley in return for Norm Siebern, Hank Bauer and Marv Throneberry. "Maris, who began his big league career with Cleveland, batted .273 with 16 homers and 72 runs batted in last season," the AP says. |
Texas a Gateway for Drugs From Mexico, Officials Say
| Walter W. Williams, 117, the last living Civil War veteran, is in critical condition. “Dear Jesus, I am writing to you instead of Santa because you are what Christmas is. I would like to say before we all forget happy birthday and thank you for the present of you.” |
| “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” by Ted W. Lawson and Robert Considine. |
| Sam LoCigno is indicted in the killing of Jack “the Enforcer” Whalen. Engineer Bill in person at Builders Emporium in Van Nuys … and Covina! The Watts Towers are “bizarre.” |
| Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” and “Smiles of a Summer Night” are adults-only. |
| Former world champion featherweight, lightweight and junior welterweight Tony Canzoneri is found dead in his New York hotel room. He had been dead about two days, officials say. |


A week after it was disclosed, the strange case of Louis Pollock is still the big talk among Hollywood writers.
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