Category Archives: Columnists

Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 11, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Man Dead 100 Years Presents Problem The phone rang the other day and a voice with a hint of Piccadilly in it said hello. "Brian Kirkwood here," it announced. "I own a small bar in Venice, at 4089 … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 10, 1959

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In Sharese-Goofs Fellow humans, we’ve had it. The machines apparently have taken over. A librarian at UCLA was baffled by an incoming booklet titled "Proceedings of SHARE," written in a strange mumbo jumbo.  Example: "Ramshaw (UA) revealed that they were … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 10, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Some Sons Fail to Take After Father There is, within the tight little confines of my ancestral Burbank home, a full-fledged Boy Scout of America. And frankly, the kid bugs me. At the outset, let me go on … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 9, 1959

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Just a Low Character About a year ago evidence was disclosed here indicating that Carl Foreman had written the Oscar-winning screenplay for "The Bridge on the River Kwai" although Pierre Boule, who wrote the novel, got the salute.  If I … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 9, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Stymied: One Nice Little Kid in Tokyo Dwight Warnecke has a remarkable wife. By all rules of medical science, she should have died 10 years ago. But she didn’t. She remained alive. Very much alive. That she is, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 7, 1959

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The Case of Judge Pfaff This was the week of Superior Court Judge Roger Alton Pfaff’s great disillusionment. On receiving what he considered an unjustified speeding citation (45 in a 25) he said angrily, "In 12 years on the bench … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 7, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Mr. Coates, "Last week I bought, for 30 cents, some discarded material that was emptied out of a room that a man died in some time ago and I was surprised! "One learns … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 6, 1959

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Lost Chords A PTA meeting at Center Avenue Elementary School in Inglewood opened Tuesday with a salute to the flag, after which the audience remained hushed as a Girl Scout choral group assembled for a song and the accompanist approached … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 7, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Inactivated Barber Makes Superb Clip Any man who can overcome a handicap like an underactive thyroid and make a name for himself in show business, is, in my book, all right. Therefore, to wit, I like Perry Como. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, March 5, 1959

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Panes in Stomach First let it be stated that G.K. Williams, editor of the Coronado Journal, and Jane Reed, his assistant, are known by me to be utterly reliable. Now go on. They depose, on a stack of pancakes, that … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 5, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Big Money Bonanza Fails to Pay Off LeRoy McFarland of Huntington Park, has a money mine. It’s in his back yard. He just discovered it. It’s a lively one — chock full of coins, thousands of them. From … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 4, 1959

Posted on March 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

New Twist on Smog Along with the rest of us, W. B. France is weary of reading about smog. But he thinks he has a solution. It is based on a science-fiction story he read long ago. In this tale … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 4, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE It Happened Here, Believe It or Not In big cities, little dramas are born every minute. This one happened a few Wednesdays ago. Its protagonist was a dark-haired lady, barely 5 feet tall, with a very soft voice. … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 3, 1959

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Death of a Fighter Rene Belbenoit, a gallant man, goes to his grave today at Pierce Bros. Hollywood cemetery. Rene, 59, was found dead, sitting in a chair, in the little desert store he had operated the last seven years … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 3, 1959

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Photographs by the Los Angeles Times Frank Heller and Linda Mintz in a photograph published Nov. 11, 1958, in The Times.  Slave Camp to Murder Trial Nazi Victim Still Hopes For Linda Mintz, tomorrow the horror may end. The tiny, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — March 2, 1959

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Next Stop: the Couch This is to alert psychiatrists to keep their couches dusted off. At a party the other night a man was telling about a recurring dream. In it he would go up to a tobacco counter and … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 2, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE First-Hand Report From Bed of Pain [Note: I’m always concerned when Paul Coates takes a sick day or writes about his health. He suffered a stroke in 1966, made a startling recovery, but died Nov. 16, 1968. He … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 28, 1959

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Fix your toaster, mister? One Saturday morning about four years ago a man came into the Mayflower Hotel on Grand Avenue to repair a toaster. In the ensuing confusion involving the chef, the engineer and the assistant manager, the man … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 28, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE "No Place to Pull a Job" Half a year ago, I first met Albert Ebert. He was a short and solid man whose 50-odd years had removed his hair, but none of his backbone. By trade, Ebert was … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 27, 1959

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Not Dead, but Reeling Reports of the death of the movie industry at the hands of television are premature, Jerry Wald, Fox producer, told a Press Club audience. He conceded, however, under the expert needling of Joe Hyams of the … Continue reading →

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