Category Archives: Columnists

October 6, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Irony Backfires A great despair has settled on Jeffrey Rimmer of Garden Grove. Not long ago he became outraged at what seemed a miscarriage of justice and wrote this letter, which a paper printed: “By suspending the wealthy attorney’s jail … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 6, 1959

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    Oct. 6, 1959: Abby advises a young man to read “Johnny Tremain.”

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock on UFOs, downtown bars and the greatest invention of all time.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 5, 1959

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October 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Matt Weinstock writes of Steve Allen’s concerns about nuclear weapons and Edita Morris’ novel “The Flowers of Hiroshima.”

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October 3, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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October 3, 1959: Thelonious Monk leaves after playing two numbers at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz fest. Paul Coates says Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn’t well known. Huxley asked: “Mike Wallace? … Continue reading →

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October 2, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 2, 1959: “Thelonious Monk, who’ll be among those present at the Hollywood Bowl jazz festival tonight, is the composer of “Round About Midnight, in my opinion one of the finest mood pieces of recent years.”

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October 2, 1959: Paul V. Coates &ndash

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October 2, 1959: Paul Coates says of Caryl Chessman: “Justice tripped over her own skirts in her hurry to get rid of him when he asked for his day in court.”

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October 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 1, 1959: A caller tries to tap Matt Weinstock for a few dollars. He’s not soft touch.

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October 1, Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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October 1, 1959: And Paul Coates conducts a telephone survey on Caryl Chessman. The results reveal the common misconception that Chessman was a killer. And Mickey Cohen plans to marry Beverly (Jean) Hills.

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September 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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September 30, 1959: “The body of a San Bernardino Freeway crash victim was hurled into a tree where it hung unnoticed for five hours today” … W.C. Fields vs. Cecil B. De Mille … and Matt Weinstock on some friendly … Continue reading →

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September 30, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 30, 1959: Paul Coates on a young con man, and on the tragic tale of Barbara Burns, the daughter of Bob “Bazooka” Burns.

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September 29,1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 29, 1959: Paul Coates on Dorothy Roseborough, a woman who liked to write…

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September 28, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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September 28, 1959: “They say I have nothing but yes men around me. I don’t operate that way. I know what I know, so I’m interested in what you know. If you don’t tell me what you think, if you … Continue reading →

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September 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 28, 1959: Paul Coates on the lingering effects of holding Japanese Americans during World War II.

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September 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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September 26, 1959: Al Capone’s widow is preparing to sue over the film “Al Capone,” seeking a share of the profits, Matt Weinstock says. Gene Tierney has been released from the Menninger Clinic, a news story says.

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September 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 25, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Matt Weinstock on the success of pianist Van Cliburn — and his contemporaries Eugene Istomin, Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher, Leonard Pennario and Daniel Pollack. I didn’t know John Browning went to John Marshall High.

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September 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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Sept. 25, 1959: Multimillionaire Myford Plum Irvine was trying to raise $5 million at the time of his death and needed $400,000 in cash within four days because he was “sitting on a keg of dynamite,” relatives say. Paul Coates … Continue reading →

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September 24, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 24, 1959: Orange County authorities reopen their investigation into the death of Myford Plum Irvine, who was found shot to death Jan. 11, 1959, in the basement of his Tustin mansion. Irvine was shot twice in the stomach with … Continue reading →

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