Starting to fill in nicely
Steve Harvey's latest column of quirky bits
Mickey Cohen was L.A.'s best-known and most media-savvy mobster in 1958, the year that USC's library focuses on in an exhibit of photos from the old Los Angeles Examiner. USC has the Examiner archives (while the Los Angeles Public Library has the Herald Examiner archives.) It's a good year for news photos — the Dodgers come to town and movie star Lana Turner's daughter is fingered for killing gangster Johnny Stompanato. Mobsters, Molls and Mayhem is on display in the Doheny Memorial Library until May 16.
More by Kevin Roderick:
Ralph Lawler of the Clippers and the age of AquariusRiding the Expo Line to USC 'just magical'
Last bastion of free parking? Loyola Marymount to charge students
Matt Kemp, Dodgers and Kings start big weekend the right way
LA Times writers revisit their '92 riots observations
Recent History stories on LA Observed:
The other horrible April 29 date in Los Angeles historyKNBC 'live-tweeting' the run-up to '92 riots
When Muhammad Ali boxed in LA - and posed for pictures *
MALDEF sues sheriff over withheld Ruben Salazar files
Scenes from a convention - Los Angeles, 1960
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