Anthony Davis Scored 6 Touchdowns in 1972, Beating the Irish, 45-23. This is the game that my dad remembered while in attendance at the 1974 mauling

I obviously didn't attend this 1972 game, but I did attend the 1974 USC vs. Notre Dame game, where Anthony Davis destroyed the Irish.  

My dad was a diehard Notre Dame fan, but our seats were smack dab in Trojan territory. ND was up 24-6 at half. Coming back from restroom, he says to me "Let's go." I said it's only half time. He says, I know, but Notre Dame is not holding.  Because my dad had tracked ND each year, he was thinking what Anthony Davis did to them in 1972. Two years prior, 1972, Anthony Davis scored 6 touchdowns against Notre Dame, beating the Irish that year by a score of 45-23. As we left the stadium, we heard the roar of Anthony Davis' return to open the second half, like the Romans cheering on the slaughter of the Christians. By the time we reached the car and turned on the radio, another USC touchdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6ivTXDWZZw

Van Patrick was Notre Dame's radio announcer.  Here he is in 1971 against USC.  And the 1973 ND game against Purdue.  

Pete Arbogast was the Trojan's radio announcer.  

Bob McAllister, 1935-1998, host of Wonderama, 1955-1977.

I watched this show occasionally.  His voice and diction were interesting, a mixing of kid appeal along with that of high school voice.  The show was Wonderama, hosted by Bob McAllister.  "Kids are people too" in an era when kids were supposed to be seen and not heard.  

Steve Garvey, 1B for Los Angeles Dodgers, 1970-1987

A young Steve Garvey with Gil Hodges. Garvey, then a boy growing up in Tampa, Florida, became the Dodgers’ batboy thanks to his father’s job as a Greyhound bus driver for the team during Spring Training. Steve Garvey served as a batboy for five years (1956–1961), beginning at age seven, during Dodgers Spring Training in Florida. This experience allowed him regular, up-close contact with many of his baseball idols, including Hodges.

I wanted to post this pic of Steve Garvey on the left, and Gil Hodges on the right because my dad was such a Steve Garvey fan, mainly because Garv was a Catholic and a hardworking man and athlete.  Perhaps an even stronger reason for my dad's admiration of Garvey was the fact that Garv is Irish Catholic, "Steve Garvey is Irish-American on his father's side; his father's ancestry is from County Cork, Ireland."

Garv had early signs of talent, drafted by the Twins when he was just 17, "drafted in the third round by the Minnesota Twins in the June 1966 amateur draft at age 17."

Oh, and did I say that he's Catholic? Wealthpeeps answers this question,

he identifies as a devout Roman Catholic.

Throughout his life, Garvey has remained steadfast in his Catholic faith, and his interactions with individuals from diverse religious backgrounds highlight his openness to engage with people of differing beliefs.

He played 3rd base for the Dodgers in 1970 and hit his first home run on July 21, 1970, off Carl Morton of the Montreal Expos. He moved to first base in 1973 after the retirement of Wes Parker. 

View west on the 10, Los Angeles, CA, mid-1960s. Bendix Building at right. [St Joseph's] with tiers, burned in 1980s.

 

1960s, View west on the 10, Los Angeles, CA, ca. mid-1960s.  Thank you to Paul Ayers.  Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

I found this pic posted by Paul Ayers on Tuesday, August 11, 2025, and I wanted to know what the buildings in the background were.  I asked, 

Can anyone name the 3 major buildings in this photo? The one with the 2 towers, the one just off the freeway, and the one at the far right of the photo? Thanks.

Paul replied, 

Bendix Building at right. St Mary’s with tiers, burned in 1980s. Don’t know one at center. 

I thanked him, and then a day later Errip Errense corrects him, saying, 

Actually, it was St. Joseph's, [offering this link].  

The 70s had some great movies and great music. I can't imagine any white band producing a song like The Pusherman, 1972, though maybe the producers and distributors actually were white. When I hear this song, I think what a great cultural service it is to all young men to warn them of drug pushers in your neighborhood and midst. Growing up, I had a good friend who was on something, and he told me to never try it. I didn't need to be told. Drugs scared me.

1967, Many songs explore the theme of LSD, including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles, 1967, on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

1966, "Alice D. Millionaire" by The Grateful Dead, 1966.

"Girl on LSD" by Tom Petty,

1967, "White Rabbit," Jefferson Airplane, 1967. Although mushrooms are mentioned in this song, I don't think this song glorifies a drug-addled experience. To the contrary, the end of the song, the final lyrics read, "Feed your head / Feed your head," which sounds to me like extremely solid advice for kids growing up in the crazy times of 1960s.

1971, "Sweet Leaf," Black Sabbath. Doesn't take a terrific imagination to figure out what this song is about. But I suppose it appealed to a lot of former conservative teenagers who were looking to be part of the counter revolution.

1972, The Needle and the Damage Done, Neil Young. About heroin.

Cocaine, Eric Clapton

Los Angeles County, Post-War Boom, 1946-1962

1953, Hollywood Freeway over the Four-Level Interchange, or "The Stack". Courtesy of the California Dept. of Transportation.  Thank you to Los Angeles County Post-War Boom, 1946-1962.  

Gunfire. Commandos. Hostages. All components of a January 4th Siege on City Hall, staged by the War Department in 1944.

Shots of Chinatown come in at the 1:24 mark.

California Internment of Japanese began in 1942 and ended in 1944, 

On December 18, 1944, the Supreme Court handed down two decisions on the legality of the incarceration under Executive Order 9066. Korematsu v. United States, a 6–3 decision upholding a Nisei's conviction for violating the military exclusion order, stated that, in general, the removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast was constitutional. However, Ex parte Endo unanimously declared on that same day that loyal citizens of the United States, regardless of cultural descent, could not be detained without cause.^[227][228] In effect, the two rulings held that, while the eviction of American citizens in the name of military necessity was legal, the subsequent incarceration was not—thus paving the way for their release.

1944, Hostage situation at the City Hall.