Kim <two_boysmom@yahoo.com> > Can assist me with finding some information regarding > a news story in the Police Historical Committe and the > local paper at that time that ran in December of 1950 > regarding a riot that led to the arrest of Bobby Mims > and Maurice Simpson. I am willing to pay for > services. Kim Are you sure that was in Pasadena? There was a *BIG* flap about some rightwingers who coerced the school board into firing the superintendant. But, the crowds are all described as being peaceful, though quite upset, and lawful. There was a book written about this, and some magazines picked up the story from the book. My library does NOT have films of the newspapers going back that far, so I have to believe the book, which described an excited peace-on-the-edge in Pasadena. The affair was winding down in December (1950). Too bad the book did not mention any riots or even any arrests. I could have waxed eloquent on the subject (probably with the list mom's disapproval). Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Lester, You sure know more about it than I did! Once again, you surpassed me as a Los Angeles history buff. Do you know the title of the book? The Pasadena Main Library has articles going back to this era, but I would need an exact date. BTW, there was lots of right wing intrigue back then. I read an article recently in the L.A. Times about how in 1947, the Glendale American Legion stormed into the La Crescenta Democratic Club meeting and had to be removed by the police. They were all wired up over what they perceived as the club's leftist tendencies... Joe --- Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> wrote: > Kim <two_boysmom@yahoo.com> > > Can assist me with finding some information > regarding > > a news story in the Police Historical Committe and > the > > local paper at that time that ran in December of > 1950 > > regarding a riot that led to the arrest of Bobby > Mims > > and Maurice Simpson. I am willing to pay for > > services. > > Kim > > Are you sure that was in Pasadena? There was a > *BIG* > flap about some rightwingers who coerced the school > board > into firing the superintendant. But, the crowds are > all > described as being peaceful, though quite upset, and > lawful. There was a book written about this, and > some > magazines picked up the story from the book. My > library > does NOT have films of the newspapers going back > that > far, so I have to believe the book, which described > an > excited peace-on-the-edge in Pasadena. The affair > was > winding down in December (1950). Too bad the book > did > not mention any riots or even any arrests. I could > have > waxed eloquent on the subject (probably with the > list > mom's disapproval). > > Lester Powers > lesterps@juno.com > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/