Friday, December 31, 2021

In memory of our colleagues from operations at the Los Angeles Times we lost in 2021


James Howard Voeltz


Louis Randolph Price


Denise Kolm 








Armondo Durazo 


Sean Stotler

 

Rest in Peace Betty White


 

Los Angeles County Covid-19


December 31, 2021
New Cases: 27,091 (1,696,582 to date)
New Deaths: 12 (27,637 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,365


 

Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 31st

                     NEW CASES               DEATHS              HOSPITALIZATIONS

1ST                1,473                      18                      562

2ND                1,970                      24                     574

3RD                1,942                      17                     569

4TH                 2,307                      20                    572

5TH                 1,642                        4                    610

6TH                 1,103                        2                    595

7TH                    941                      15                    629

8TH                 1,772                      15                    650

9TH                 1,718                      15                    667

10TH               1,924                      16                    667

11TH               1,834                      23                    684

12TH               1,460                        5                    707

13TH               1,123                       11                   698

14TH               1,138                       15                   718

15TH               1,850                       19                   751

16TH               2,275                       20                   770

17TH               3,360                       27                   772

18TH               3,730                       21                   749

19TH               3,512                         9                   742 

20TH               3,258                         7                   743

21ST               3,052                       25                   741

22ND              6,509                       16                   748

23RD              8,633                       24                   770

24TH              9,988                        21                   801

25TH             11.930                         6                   850

26TH               8,891                         7                   849

27TH               7.425                         9                   904

28TH               9,473                       22                   966

29TH             16,510                       25                1,069

30TH             20,198                       24                1,251

31ST             27, 091                      12                1,365

             

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Today in Labor History December 31st, 2021

 



Sixty thousand unemployed workers rally at a Pittsburgh stadium - 1931

United Mine Workers reformer Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, his wife and daughter are murdered by hit men hired by union president Tony Boyle, who was to be convicted of the crime and eventually die in prison - 1969
 
OSHA adopts a grain handling facilities standard to protect 155,000 workers at nearly 24,000 grain elevators from the risk of fire and explosion from highly combustible grain dust - 1987

Important Events From This day in History December 31st

 

1900 U.S.A. -- Indian Lands

1900 : Indian Chief, Pac-kee-ka-ma-que, charged that Indian affairs agent H.M. Robek with corruption and theft. Apparently, the tribes had bought 3,000 acres of land with their own money and wanted $50,000 in compensation from the U.S. government.

1964 Australia -- Donald Campbell

1964 : Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record with his boat Bluebird, on Lake Dumbleyung in Perth, Western Australia. , the only man to break both land and water speed records in the same year.

1967 U.S.A. -- Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. resulting in concussion that kept him lying in a coma for 29 days with a crushed pelvis and femur, fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles.

1927 Turkey -- Economic distress

Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.

1933 Rumania -- Martial law

Martial law was declared in Rumania to prevent assassination attempts on King Carol and his government officials. Premier Ion G. Duca had already been murdered.

1942 Great Britain -- Churchill Meets Stalin

Winston Churchill took a plane to Moscow to meet with communist leader Josef Stalin.

1956 Germany -- Saarland

Saarland had one million inhabitants and was rich in raw materials such as coal. It was to become Germany's tenth state at midnight. France and Germany had fought over the area for 250 years.

1963 Soviet Union -- Needs To Buy Wheat From US

There was a rumpus in U.S. politics over the Soviet Union's request for credit to purchase American wheat to feed starving Soviets. The Democrats and Republicans were sharply divided over the issue.

1963 U.S.A. -- Snowstorm

A massive snowstorm hits the southern states and reaches up through Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Strong winds accompanied the 17 inches that were dropped in a matter of 48 hours, causing power outages and many other problems for millions of people.

1978 Taiwan -- Severs US Diplomatic Relations

U.S. officials had to beat a hasty retreat after President Ching-kuo expressed rage at President Jimmy Carter's acknowledgement of Peking and the severing of diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

1989 Japan -- Economy

Japan's economy was in trouble with the 250 yen to the dollar. The price of gasoline rose 90% and hydro bills soared 50%.

1991 Iran --

U.S. diplomatic ties with Iran were severed as Swiss representatives were restricted and prevented from leaving the country. Switzerland had been acting on behalf of Americans in Iran and closed the Tehran embassy in protest for the way their diplomats were treated.

1993 U.S.A. -- Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

1999 Russia -- Boris Yeltsin

1999 : Boris Yeltsin resigns as Russian president, Vladimir Putin will take over as acting president

2005 Sudan -- Embassy

Sudan's embassy in Baghdad was shut down in an effort to get six kidnapped workers freed. Representatives of al-Qaida warned that the Sudanese captives would be murdered if diplomatic relations between Iraq and Sudan were not cut off.

2006 United States -- The G8 Debt Relief Program

On the last day of their summit, G8 leaders have agreed to extend the debt relief scheme for the world's poorest countries by two years. The initiative, managed by the I.M.F., provides support to twenty-seven nations, mostly from Africa, and was due to expire at the end of 2006. There has reportedly been no agreement on a British proposal to cancel all debts owed.

2006 Iraq -- Saddam Hussein buried in Tikrit

Saddam Hussein has been buried in Awja, the village where he was born sixty-nine years ago. The ceremony was sparsely attended in the Tikrit region north of the capital, where the former Iraqi leader was laid to rest in a family plot. His sons Uday and Qusay are also buried there.

2007 U.S.A. -- Number Of Murders

Statistics relating to the number of murders in relation to the population. We seem to assume the the violent crimes / murders has been getting worse but comparing the population nearly 60 years apart proves that the percentage is very similar. 1947 8,000 murders and the population in the US was about 145 million 2007 16,500 murders and the population in the US was about 300 million

2007 Kenya -- Riots in lieu of the Kenyan elections

Kenyan police have been battling protesters in the blazing slums of Nairobi after disputed the elections that returned President Mwai Kibaki to office. The turmoil might have triggered the deaths of more than one hundred people. Riots have also hit the opposition's western heartland near the border with Uganda, Nairobi's shanty-towns and the resort of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast. Reuters have estimated the one hundred deaths, based on witnesses, body counts and credible media reports. Local broadcaster K.T.N. has said the toll has reached at least 124.

2008 United States -- Bomb threats in Aspen

2008 : The ski resort of Aspen has been virtually shut down on New Year’s Eve after two homemade gasoline bombs with threatening notes were found at two of the town's banks and two more in an alley. Hours later, a longtime Aspen resident who is said to be bitter because he had not profited from the community’s transformation from a rural mining town into a luxury resort killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The suspect's body was that of James C. Blanning Jr., 72, a convicted swindler, who was found early in a car on a rural county road on New Year's Day.

2011 Sweden -- Woman Finds Wedding Ring on Garden Carrot After 16 Years

2011 : A Swedish woman who lost her wedding ring in her home in 1995 found the ring around the top of a carrot growing in her garden sixteen years later. The ring was custom made with white gold and diamonds and was designed by the woman who intended to get it re-sized as it no longer fit.

2012 United States -- Hillary Clinton Blood Clot

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was being treated after doctors discovered a blood clot between her brain and skull. Doctors stated that she would be fine and would be released once they gave her a blood-thinner.

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january1st.html

Thursday, December 30, 2021

John Pairman Rest in Peace

I learned the sad news that John Pairman (68) passed a few weeks ago, with no further information available at this time. John worked as an electro-tech at the shuttered Los Angeles Times San Fernando production facility. Finished his newspaper career at the Olympic production facility. He was a very jovial person, and wore a smile most of the time. He will be missed by his family and friends.  








 

Los Angeles County Covid-19


December 30, 2021
New Cases: 20,198 (1,669,545 to date)
New Deaths: 24 (27,625 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,251


 

Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 30th

                      NEW CASES               DEATHS              HOSPITALIZATIONS

1ST                1,473                      18                      562

2ND                1,970                      24                     574

3RD                1,942                      17                     569

4TH                 2,307                      20                    572

5TH                 1,642                        4                    610

6TH                 1,103                        2                    595

7TH                    941                      15                    629

8TH                 1,772                      15                    650

9TH                 1,718                      15                    667

10TH               1,924                      16                    667

11TH               1,834                      23                    684

12TH               1,460                        5                    707

13TH               1,123                       11                   698

14TH               1,138                       15                   718

15TH               1,850                       19                   751

16TH               2,275                       20                   770

17TH               3,360                       27                   772

18TH               3,730                       21                   749

19TH               3,512                         9                   742 

20TH               3,258                         7                   743

21ST               3,052                       25                   741

22ND              6,509                       16                   748

23RD              8,633                       24                   770

24TH              9,988                        21                   801

25TH             11.930                         6                   850

26TH               8,891                         7                   849

27TH               7.425                         9                   904

28TH               9,473                       22                   966

29TH             16,510                       25                1,069

30TH             20,198                       24                1,251   

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere


 (L-R) Ronnie Pineda, Pete Mastin, and Bill Conover







Newspaper carrier Jonathan Weinmann’s story resonated with readers - Daily Hampshire Gazette

Stolen newspaper delivery van recovered with Ramona Sentinel papers intact - San Diego Union Tribune


Today in Labor History December 30th, 2021


Ferdinand Marcos

Gathering in the back room of Behrens’ cigar shop in Sedalia, Mo., 33 railroad clerks form Local Lodge Number 1 of a union they named the Order of the Railroad Clerks of America - 1899

 
Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg, who had brutally suppressed the state’s miners, is killed by an assassin's bomb. Legendary Western Federation of Miners and IWW leader William "Big Bill" Haywood and two other men were put on trial for the death but were ultimately declared innocent - 1905
 
GM sit-down strike spreads to Flint, Mich., will last 44 days before ending in union victory - 1936

Former Philippines Senate president Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation. Marcos’ regime would span 20 years and become increasingly authoritarian and corrupt.

Ferdinand Marcos was a law student in the late 1930s, when he was tried for the assassination of a political opponent of his politician father. Convicted in 1939, he personally appealed the case before the Philippine Supreme Court and won an acquittal. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, he allegedly served as leader of the Filipino resistance movement, but U.S. government records indicate he played little role in anti-Japanese activities.

In 1949, he was elected to the Philippines House of Representatives, thanks in large part to his fabricated wartime record. In 1959, he moved up to the Senate and from 1963 to 1965 served as Senate president. In 1965, he broke with the Liberal Party after failing to win his party’s presidential nomination and ran as the candidate of the Nationalist Party. After a bitter and decisive campaign, he was elected president. In 1969, he was reelected.

Important Events From This day in History December 30th

 

1922 Establishment of the USSR

Saturday, 1922 : Vladimir Lenin the Russian revolutionary who created Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory proclaims the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Find More What happened in 1922

1903 U.S.A. -- Theater Fire in Chicago

The Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago, Illinois, claims 602 lives, the theater had only been open for just over a month. This is still the worst single-building fire in U.S. history for the number of lives lost.

1986 England -- Canaries made redundant

Canaries have been made redundant from British Coal Mines and are being replaced by modern carbon monoxide detectors.

Canaries have been used in British mines to detect carbon monoxide fumes for over 70 years because they are particularly sensitive to toxic gases such as carbon monoxide which is colourless, odourless and tasteless.

1905 U.S.A. -- African American baby

The body of a two week old African American baby was found after searching the Potomac River. Its mother, Lottie Hawkins was held by police and was to be charged with infanticide.

1927 Jamaica -- Turkey For Xmas

Although Jamaicans continue to drink the rum that they produce there has been a change at the Christmas dinner table. Turkeys and chickens have taken the place of the traditional beef in Kingston and other parts of the country. Eating poultry is a novelty to many Jamaicans.

1934 Switzerland -- US Refuses To Join League of Nations

In Geneva the League of Nations had hoped that the U.S. would cooperate and become a member. However, President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull refused to get involved.

1936 U.S.A. -- Car Workers Strikes

Strikes by members of the United Automobile Workers closed seven General Motors (GM) factories in Flint, Michigan

1944 Bulgaria -- Radio Moscow

According to Radio Moscow, Russia, the U.S., and Britain gave three previous regents of Bulgaria to the Bulgarian government because they were the "main culprits committing Bulgaria to the war against the United Nations."

1957 East Germany -- Visas Required

In an attempt to push the West to recognize them, East Germany ruled that travellers to their territory had to possess East German visas instead of Soviet ones. This law was imposed on diplomats and travellers from Allied countries.

1958 Cuba -- Fidel Castro

Rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, are involved in heavy fighting around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of Las Villas.

Two days later, Castro and his guerrillas had taken control and President Batista fled the country to the Dominican Republic

1965 Philippines -- Ferdinand Marcos

1965 : Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Philippines

1968 Canada -- GNP

Canada had a mixture of prosperity mixed with high unemployment and rising inflation. The Gross National Product was 67 billion dollars.

1969 U.S.A. -- Tax Reduction Nixon

President Richard Nixon signed off on one of the most far-reaching tax reform bill in U.S. history, relieving nine million low-income citizens of the burden of paying taxes and cutting tax rates for all individuals by 5 percent.

1971 Iraq -- Iranians Deported

60,000 Iranian men, women and children are deported from Iraq following relations between Iraq and Iran ending.

1972 Vietnam -- US Stops Bombing

President Nixon orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel to help with peace negotiations scheduled between Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris on Jan 8

1978 Guyana -- Radio Demerere

1978 : Radio Demerere was bought from the British to give the government of Guyana full control over broadcasting in their own country.

1984 Mexico -- World's Deepest Cave

Speleologists in Mexico had discovered what might be the world's deepest cave after going through a maze of underground tunnels in the jungle. The explorations took place in the state of Oaxeca.

1993 Israel -- Recognized Vatican

Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another as countries.

1994 U.S.A. -- Abortion Clinics

1994 : Two women are shot dead and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at two abortion clinics in a suburb of Boston.

1994 Japan -- Earthquake

A huge 7.5 earthquake shook northern Japan and workmen tried feverishly to repair the wreckage. Two hundred and eighty-five aftershocks occurred and the quake originated in the Pacific Ocean 300 miles northeast of Tokyo.

2003 U.S.A. -- Ephedra

The federal government announced it would proceed with the ban on the sale of Ephedra, an herbal stimulant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years due to it's link to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes when used as a dietary supplement .

2006 North Korea -- Nuclear Bomb Test

North Korea tested a nuclear bomb in October in spite of the threat of sanctions being placed on it. The country also planned to open a nuclear power plant in 2007.

2006 Iraq -- Saddam Hussein hanged

2006 : Saddam Hussein has been hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity. Iraqi state TV showed images of him going to the gallows before dawn in a building that his intelligence services once used for executions. The moment of his execution was not shown, although pictures of his body wrapped in a shroud were later broadcast on TV.

2008 U.S.A -- Blagojevich names Roland Burris for the President-elect's vacant Senate seat

Govenor Blagojevich has shocked everyone by naming one of Illinois' most well known black political figures to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. The embattled Governor's appointment of former state comptroller and attorney general Roland Burris drew rebukes from Senate Democratic leaders in Washington and the Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who said he would not sign Burris' appointment papers.

2009 Afghanistan -- Seven C.I.A. agents (including two contractors) are killed in Afghanistan

Leon Panetta, the C.I.A. Director, has confirmed that seven C.I.A. agents have been killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan. The dead include a mother of three who was the head of the C.I.A's base in Khost Province, near Pakistan. The Taleban have said that one of their members was wearing an explosive vest and an army uniform when he carried out the attack. Two of the seven killed by the Jordanian double agent were contractors for Blackwater Worldwide, and it is likely that they have been included in press reports as actual C.I.A. staff.

2011 United States -- Celebrities Russell Brand and Katy Perry File for Divorce

30th December, 2011 : British Comedian, Russell Brand, announced that he had filed for divorce from US Pop Star Katy Perry after only fourteen months of marriage citing irreconcilable differences. The couple had met in 2008 and were married in 2010 in India.

2013 Russia -- Second Suicide Bomb Attack Hits Volgograd

At least fourteen people died after a suicide bomber attacked a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd. The attack came only a day after another suicide bombing killed seventeen people at a railway station in the city.

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/december31st.html

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Los Angeles County Covid-19


December 29, 2021
New Cases: 16,510 (1,649,376 to date)
New Deaths: 25 (27,601 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,069


 

Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 29th

                        NEW CASES               DEATHS              HOSPITALIZATIONS

1ST                1,473                      18                      562

2ND                1,970                      24                     574

3RD                1,942                      17                     569

4TH                 2,307                      20                    572

5TH                 1,642                        4                    610

6TH                 1,103                        2                    595

7TH                    941                      15                    629

8TH                 1,772                      15                    650

9TH                 1,718                      15                    667

10TH               1,924                      16                    667

11TH               1,834                      23                    684

12TH               1,460                        5                    707

13TH               1,123                       11                   698

14TH               1,138                       15                   718

15TH               1,850                       19                   751

16TH               2,275                       20                   770

17TH               3,360                       27                   772

18TH               3,730                       21                   749

19TH               3,512                         9                   742 

20TH               3,258                         7                   743

21ST               3,052                       25                   741

22ND              6,509                       16                   748

23RD              8,633                       24                   770

24TH              9,988                        21                   801

25TH             11.930                         6                   850

26TH               8,891                         7                   849

27TH               7.425                         9                   904

28TH               9,473                       22                   966

29TH             16,510                       25                1,069