Category Archives: Columnists

Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 3, 1959

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Matt Weinstock — April 3, 1959

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Righting of the Left Not long ago a New York bank announced it had made left-handed checks available to southpaw patrons. Now Mattell, Inc., the firm on W. 102nd Street which makes toy guns, has come out with a left-handed … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 2, 1959

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Petty Crime Solved Having a little time to kill before a critics' preview of "The Naked Maja" the other night, United Artists publicist Roy Smith looked in a pet shop at 10650 W. Pico Blvd. A light was on so … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 2, 1959

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Confidential File Birth Travails of a Spaghetti Salon Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford, the Moskowitz and Lupowitz of Italian food, have, as you doubtlessly heard, opened a plush Beverly Hills lasagna palace called "Puccini's." It's an old racket to Sinatra, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — April 1, 1959

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End of the Trail It may take a generation or two — and in the broad scheme of things what are a few years — but writer Bob Schiller is confident of the inevitable demise of the TV western. The … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, April 1, 1959

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Confidential File My Mom Loves Me, in a Sinister Fashion I'm a member, in good standing, of the grossly sentimental school which maintains, despite statistical evidence to the contrary, that a boy's best friend is his mother. When all others … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Chuck Hillinger!

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Matt Weinstock — March 30, 1959

Posted on March 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Back on Canopus … Another election is only a week away and the air is heavy with confusion, obscurantism and apathy — mostly apathy. The confusion belongs to the voters. Many of them are recent arrivals who don't understand our … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 30, 1959

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Confidential File Operas Recalled … the Sudsy Kind You really want to know what’s bothering me? Or are you just asking to be nice? What’s bothering me is this gnawing feeling that I’m not in the swim any more. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 28, 1959

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No Martians — Yet All right, relax, everyone. You too, Mary Louise. Those cryptic numerals and markings on streets and sidewalks were not made by slithering invaders from another planet plotting our destruction. Perhaps you too have seen them. Some … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 28, 1959

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Confidential File Mash Notes and Comments (Press Release) "Americans are too modest! "Branded as braggarts by the rest of the world, we nevertheless suffer from a highly sensitized cultural inferiority complex. "We consider ourselves peerless in science, technology and industrial … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 27, 1959

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The Scene Changes Not so long ago a group of young ladies who worked in the same downtown office met regularly for dinner at Lindy’s restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard. These were gay, informal occasions, relished by all, and even after … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 27, 1959

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Confidential File A Depressing Story Brightens Up a Bit Yesterday I told you a rather depressing story. One of its central characters had coldly refused to display any concern for the lives of two young children. I surveyed the facts … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 26, 1959

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Progressive Pains That noise you hear down Santa Monica way is not another hunk of palisades sliding toward the ocean, it’s the indignant uproar over progress, with our without quotes. With the opening of Pacific Ocean Park  last year, the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 26, 1959

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Confidential File Dogs Often Nicer Than Their Owners On Jan. 29, 1958, the state of California began enforcing a law which commands that every dog be vaccinated against rabies. I applauded. Long and loud. And I sat back to wait. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 25, 1959

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Name Coincidences The name of Sheldon Grossbart appeared in the papers in connection with the tragic death of Brenda Emerson, 16, whose body was found outside a hospital. He is her uncle and he identified her at the morgue. By … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 25, 1959

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Confidential File Quiet Costs Merely $14 for 15 Minutes RIPLEY, Tenn, (AP) — A businessman who doesn’t like rock ‘n’ roll music bought 15 minutes of radio time yesterday and devoted almost all of it to silence. James W. Porter … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 24, 1959

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Time to Get Off? Al Ball, aircraft plant supervisor and part-time desert wanderer, has been ruminating about the future of sky travel and he isn’t sure people are quite ready for it. Planes now go more than 1,000 mph. Clearly … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 24, 1959

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Confidential File Educator Bans Students on TV Dr. George Armacost is president of the University of Redlands. Until yesterday, I looked upon the gentleman as I would upon the president of any American university — with a certain amount of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 23, 1959

Posted on March 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Tell It to a Termite The savants seem determined to cram a hearty breakfast down all our gullets and this is a small, choking voice of protest. They keep saying that if people will eat hearty in the a.m. their … Continue reading →

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