Category Archives: Columnists

Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 27, 1959

Posted on April 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File American Friends Service Committee You just never know where you'll find a bunch of pioneers. On wind-swept sand hills at Kitty Hawk, under the polar ice cap or in a quiet Los Angeles residential district. I visited a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 25, 1959

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Taken for a Ride The question before the house today is, "Does the MTA hold secret meetings?" Ralph P. Merritt, MTA executive director, says no. Carter Barber of this newspaper says yes. "What's the difference?" you may ask. The answer … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 25, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Mr. Coates, "I am against smog and I understand a lot of other people, including Mayor Poulson, are against it too. "Now you're for a lot of things and against a lot of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 24, 1959

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Summit of Babel Night is a time for deep, probing thoughts, and a couple of midnights ago the semanticists on the copy desk lobster trick* turned up a disturbing little fantasy. It all started when slotman Robert Smith viewed with … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 24, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Webster Wasn't Hep to County General Webster's, I admit, is pretty vague in defining the word "hospital." The dictionary says: "An institution in which patients or injured persons are given medical or surgical care." That plainly leaves a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 23, 1959

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What Goes Up… For some reason, perhaps a power failure, all four elevators in the 12-story Equitable Building at Hollywood Blvd. and Vine St. Stopped between floors Monday and remained stalled about an hour. The remarkable thing was that there … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 23, 1959

Posted on April 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Underworld Eyes Bounty on a Killer As one who, from time to time, chronicles the grim game of cops and robbers, I have always believed implicitly that the underworld has a First Commandment: "Never kill a cop." And … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 22, 1959

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Talk Is Cheaper At this moment of drought there is much talk of water. At a meeting in Sacramento a few days ago John E. Hunt, financial consultant of the California Department of Water Resources, outlined to interested persons from … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 22, 1959

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Confidential File So Wyatt Outdrawed Him With a Potater Stay a moment and consider with me the potato. Or, if you prefer, Solanum tuberosum, a perennial plant of the nightshade family. (You can be damn sure I didn't put all … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 21, 1959

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No Deal This corner's continuing seminar on the subject "Do Mr. Parker's boys hand out too many traffic citations?" is at a stalemate. The deadlock has to do with a case recently presented here in which a motorist who lives … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 21, 1959

Posted on April 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Confidential File Nice Heart-Warming Variety of Larceny I have, in rare moments of self-examination, confessed to filching stories from fellow newspapermen. Consequently, I am not in a position to be outraged when someone lifts one of my pieces. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 20, 1959

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Wanton Juveniles On their return from several months in Europe, a couple learned the furnished house they own in San Fernando Valley had been vacated by the people they had rented it to and become the rendezvous of juveniles who … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 20, 1959

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Confidential File Chief Parker Sniffs Lavender, Old Lace William Parker, the duly appointed police chief of this teeming metropolis, is all things to all men. To some, he's a stanch, unflinching defender of law and order. To others, including, I … Continue reading →

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Voices — Art Seidenbaum, 1963

Posted on April 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Our Place in the California Sun: From the Past, Reflections for Today July 29, 1990 By Art Seidenbaum, [Art Seidenbaum was a columnist for The Times from 1962 to 1978, book editor through 1984 and editor of the Opinion … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 18, 1959

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On Education Julius Sumner Miller teacher physics at El Camino College, is writing a book and on alternate Sundays (tomorrow) conducts a provocative program, "Why Is It So?" On KNXT, Channel 2. Between times he is a stormy advocate for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — April 18, 1959

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Ventura County Vice Jury May Call Cohen BY PAUL COATESStaff ColumnistFormer gambling czar Mickey Cohen may be called before a Ventura County grand jury to discuss his possible connection with prostitution, commercial sex parties and organized crime in Oxnard and … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 17, 1959

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Cans! Cans! Cans! The man on the phone, asking a moment of my time, sounded reasonable — at first. "You might want to write about this," he said. "I think I know why people are so tense and nervous and … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 17, 1959

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Confidential File The Time the Earth Shook So Gaudily Some of us live a lifetime clinging to one moment. John C. Crowe has. Fifth-three years ago tomorrow, he was a lonely boy of 17, orphaned by the death of both … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 16, 1959

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Crime and Punishment A young man named Len was stopped recently for an illegal left turn on Vermont Ave. and, when it turned out he didn't have his driver's license, the officer ran a routine check on him over the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 16, 1959

Posted on April 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE We Should Be Told All the Mafia Facts Yesterday's headlines posed a question vital to every citizen of the United States. "Is the Mafia fact or fiction?" asked the black type. The question was inspired by two opposing … Continue reading →

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