Category Archives: 1959

November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 18, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 18, 1959: Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill) responds to taxpayers’ fury over a resolution to take all 100 senators to Hawaii for its statehood ceremonies, Paul Coates writes. Continue reading →

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November 11, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on November 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 11, 1959: A Palm Springs getaway to cure a dog’s cough? Matt Weinstock tells the tale. Continue reading →

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September 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock–Visit to Ojai

Posted on September 7, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock is back from vacation and writes about his visit to Ojai. He also attended Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” and saw Tab Hunter perform. Continue reading →

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August 15, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on August 15, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 15, 1959: The Fern Dell rumors are true. A fountain really dispenses spring water, Matt Weinstock says. Do tomatoes belong on hamburgers? Readers share opinions. Continue reading →

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August 15, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 15, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 15, 1959: A letter writer asks Paul Coates why adults are so mean about teen idols — like Kookie! A letter writer asks Dear Abby why she always sticks up for women. Continue reading →

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August 14, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 14, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 14, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a recent encounter with the Queen’s Guards. Dear Abby answers the questions: How do you forget a boy when you know he is no good? Continue reading →

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August 11, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 11, 1959: Paul Coates wonders how Madison Avenue would change Nikita Khrushchev’s image as the Soviet leader is about to visit the U.S. Continue reading →

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August 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on August 10, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 10, 1959: Mail from outer space? Matt Weinstock has the story. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, August 10, 1959

Posted on August 10, 2025 by lmharnisch

August 10, 1959: Paul Coates on the dangers of signing a blank contract. And Dear Abby has the case of the road-tripping husband. Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 2, 2024 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Columbia picture The True Story of Lynn Stuart, with Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord and Barry Atwater.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on July 3, 2023 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Paramount picture The Black Orchid, with Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell, Robert Carricart, Joe di Reda and Jack Washburn. Introducing Ina Balin.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on August 22, 2022 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 MGM film Watusi, with George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar, Rex Ingram, Dan Seymour, Robert Goodwin, Anthony M. Davis, Paul Thompson and Harold Dyrenforth.

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on May 10, 2021 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Columbia film “Middle of the Night,” with Kim Novak, Fredric March, Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Grant, Lee Philips, Edith Meiser, Joan Copeland, Lou Gilbert, Rudy Bond, Effie Afton and Jan … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on November 30, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Walt Disney picture “Darby O’Gill and the Little People,” with Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O’Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O’Dea, J.G. Devlin, Jack MacGowran, Farrell Delly and … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on September 14, 2020 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Allied Artists film “The Atomic Submarine,” with Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Paul Dubov, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi, Joi Lansing, Selmer Jackson, Jack Mulhall, Jean Moorhead, Richard Tyler, Sid Melton, Ken Becker, … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 28, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 film “The Devil’s Disciple,” with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott, Eva Le Gallienne, Harry Andrews, Basil Sydney, George Rose, Neil McCallum, Mervyn Johns, David Horne, Erik Chitty, Allan Cuthbertson, Percy … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on October 7, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Twentieth Century-Fox film “The Man Who Understood Women,” with Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick, Marcel Dalio, Conrad Nagel, Edwin Jerome, Harry Ellerbe, Frank Cady, Bern Hoffman and Ben Astar. Screenplay … Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on July 15, 2019 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1959 Allied Artists picture “The Big Circus,” with Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David Nelson, Adele Mara, Howard McNear, Charles Watts and the World’s Greatest Circus Acts. … Continue reading →

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May 7, 1959: Dodgers Honor Roy Campanella as Coliseum Crowd Sets Record

Posted on May 7, 2019 by lmharnisch

Keith Thursby has the story of Roy Campanella being honored in a ceremony during an exhibition game at the Coliseum between the Dodgers and Yankees. The game raised nearly $60,000 for the former Dodger catcher, who was partially paralyzed in … Continue reading →

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March 5, 1959: Blinded by Bullet, Officer Shoots Gunman Who Killed Partner

Posted on April 9, 2019 by lmharnisch

Note: I’m way behind on revisiting old blog posts but here’s one I especially like. It’s a little story about  LAPD artist Ector A. Garcia. Garcia also published a paperback “Portraits of Crime” in 1977. It’s a bit hard to … Continue reading →

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