Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Sept. 11, 1959

Posted on September 11, 2009 by lmharnisch
Sept. 11, 1959, Mirror Cover

Actor Paul Douglas dies at the age of 52.

Sept. 11, 1959, Victims

"The reading public is seldom aware of the enterprise, imagination, teamwork and tireless digging that goes into the achievement of an exclusive newspaper story.

The Mirror News published such a scoop yesterday when it identified the victims of a double murder in the desert near Victorville; a mystery that had defied solution by law enforcement agencies."

Although reporters in 2009 have Google and online databases in their arsenal, in many ways reporting hasn't changed much.

Sept. 11, 1959, Paul Coates

Confidential to Dorothy: Sorry. You came to your senses 10 years and three children too late. when a woman gives herself to a man for nothing (not even a marriage certificate) he usually figures she is worth exactly what she cost him.

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