Category Archives: Columnists

Matt Weinstock — February 17, 1959

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Right-Hand Waiver Play No. 995 is very popular in the legal league these days. It is the argument for dismissal of a charge against a defendant on the grounds that the evidence was searched through illegal search and seizure. Atty. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 17, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Phony Tax Expert Flaunts Shingle It’s that season again. Not the rainy season. That’s here, too, but it’s not the one I’m talking about. I’m referring to the season when phony income tax "experts" begin sprouting up along … Continue reading →

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February 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mishmash of Muse When she appeared at the state employment office for her weekly dole, a lady I know reported she’d sold an article for $15. The clerk looked at her file and frowned, “You do free-lance writing? It isn’t … Continue reading →

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February 16, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on February 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Those Sick Minds Are Again at Work The sick minds are working overtime again. They’ve found another “cause.” And they’re spreading the word. This morning I received my pamphlet. It came indirectly — through a reader who was … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 14, 1959

Posted on February 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

A Raid, A Hunch Deputy sheriffs this week raided a bookmaking joint in West Hollywood with 10 telephones, indicating it was a big operation. As the two suspects were taken into custody and evidence was gathered, the phones kept ringing. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 14, 1959

Posted on February 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Paul Coates: "I have often been told that an opinion unasked is seldom accepted. However, as this is my opinion as constructive criticism, I hope I do not offend you. "On television you interview many … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 13, 1959

Posted on February 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Thorns and Fragrance It’s the time of year when the two factions of the greeting card world, the sentimental and the offbeat, resume their snarling. The hearts-and-flowers folks have lost a little ground in the last few years to the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 13, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Good Resolutions Behind Jail Bars Not all is grim behind the walls of prisons. The latest edition of the Menard Time — monthly tabloid put out by inmates of Illinois State Penitentiary — has as its "Photo Quiz" … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 12, 1959

Posted on February 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Light in Darkness It’s a worthwhile experience to put down whatever you’re doing for half an hour today and read something about one of the world’s great men. It doesn’t matter which of the books about him you read. His … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 12, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Social Disease Problems Bared Guess I might as well admit it. I’m an old man. I’m so old I can even remember back to the late ’30s when young men were adequately, intelligently warned about the perils of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 11, 1959

Posted on February 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Flight That Got Away You take your profundity where you find it, and today’s significance comes from Bob Timm and John Cook, both 33, who landed their single-engine Cessna Saturday at Las Vegas after 65 days in the air, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 11, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Somebody Does Love a Fat Man For years, the Fat Man had ignored those ads that flashed intermittently on his TV screen. The ones that told him to get rid of that ugly excess by exercising in beautiful … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 10, 1959

Posted on February 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Firing-Squad Mood A jobless newspaperman subsisting on his unemployment insurance writes: "My weekly seance with the female martinet who holds my fate in her hands reminds me of what I have read of the upheaval in Cuba. "This hardened slave … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 10, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Soothing Music Tempers Justice (News item) Use of background music in the Los Angeles Police Building to "alleviate tensions" of 280 employees was authorized today by the City Council. * * Scene is an interrogation room in the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 9, 1959

Posted on February 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Squirrely Linguist Nobody’s going to believe this but I find I can speak squirrel language. For months a wild squirrel with a beautiful brown coat has been visiting the back yard, swinging from branch to branch of the eucalyptus trees, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 9, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Horse and Badge Make a Sheriff The way it started, Mickey Finn, the bearded Grover Whalen of Palm Springs, phoned me a couple weeks ago. Collect. "Keep your fingers crossed," he said. "The Palm Springs mounted police are … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 7, 1959

Posted on February 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Viene La Mañana Lencho Perez, a song writer, was arrested recently for drunk driving, and when he appeared in Judge Carlos Teran’s court in East L.A. he contritely admitted his guilt and paid his fine. Not only that, he returned … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 7, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mash Notes and Comments (Press Release) "In MGM’s ‘Some Came Running,’ Shirley MacLaine scores a triumph in the role of Ginny, one of the ‘un-respectable’ characters in the James Jones novel. "To Shirley, however, Ginny was not ‘the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — February 6, 1959

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Wrong Number Tonight as usual TV addicts will turn on a program titled "77 Sunset Strip," a private eye action thriller featuring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edward Byrnes, beautiful girls in deep trouble and a reverberating and contagious theme … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 6, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Good Scout’s Bid Makes Cub Happy I promised you this report. It’s my final one, I hope, on a kid named Butch Harris, who a few months ago got his first lesson in how little some big people … Continue reading →

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