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Matt Weinstock — January 24, 1959

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January 24, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

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The Ghosts of Wrigley Field, January 24, 1969

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Hal Moulin / Los Angeles Times Wrigley Field, Oct. 3, 1944, as the San Francisco Seals defeat the L.A. Angels. "Roadside Baseball" looksat Wrigley Field John Hall wrote a couple of columns bidding farewell to Los Angeles’ Wrigley … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — January 23, 1959

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Money Well Spent "We’re in a fight for survival," Ernest K. Lindley, the tall, thin, wry chief of Newsweek’s Washington bureau, told a gathering at the Press Club. "Unless we get the free world on its feet with large infusions … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 23, 1959

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Scroll Crusade Strikes Deeply You ask me, I say Burton Chace is carrying this "economy-in-government" crusade too far. Let him cut financial corners by buying cheaper wastebaskets or by scrapping the jazzy two-tone commodes in the new Board … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 22, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Another Claimant to ‘Brave’ Oscar There was new confusion today in the "Who Wrote ‘The Brave One?’ " Oscar derby. Now the window of Juan Duval, a Spanish-born writer-dancer-actor, claims the story idea for the Academy Award-winning picture … Continue reading →

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January 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Cagey Mr. Mikoyan Now that Anastas Mikoyan has returned whence he came, a lady named Natasha Smith would like a few unkind words. She was born and reared in Russia and barely escaped with her life during the revolution. She … Continue reading →

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January 21, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Smut Purveyor Reaps Harvest In the smut business, the biggest losers are the customers. They shell out something (more than 1 million dollars a year) for nothing. But they’re not the only ones who come out on the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — January 20, 1959

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Worried Ad Men Some earnest men in the advertising business are concerned about the derogatory image of their profession that has been created in the public mind and quietly are running it up on the flagpole to see who salutes. … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 20, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE U.S. ‘Big Stick’ Attitude Deplored Fidel Castro, the bearded boy wonder of Cuba, has been sassing his kindly, benevolent, slightly wealthy Uncle Sam lately. Young Fidel has taken it as a personal insult that a few of our … Continue reading →

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January 19, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Life in Beverly Hills During a lavish party in a Beverly Hills home the host guided a group of guests to a huge shelfful of glassware in the trophy room. “Of course you know about Bruges glass,” he said proudly. … Continue reading →

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January 19, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Way Out Back, a Head of Hair See that picture down the column a few lines? The one of the smiling, bushy-haired boy? That’s me. I’ll concede that it wasn’t taken yesterday. But if you want to get … Continue reading →

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We’re looking for Butch Harris

Posted on January 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Many people have written to the Daily Mirror asking "What happened to Butch Harris?" or "Did he finally get into the Cub Scouts?" At this point, we don’t know. Here’s the background. Recently, the Daily Mirror got a UCLA intern … Continue reading →

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January 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Saved by the Knell In everybody’s life there is a dark, unforgettable moment when it doesn’t appear he’s going to make it. A downtown group somehow got around to discussing the this topic over coffee, and Ken Bromfield Jones, Title … Continue reading →

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January 16, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Someday, Butch H., Try to Be Forgiving Some stories I’d rather not print. And when I first heard about what a bunch of grown men and women were doing to a kid named Butch Harris, I filed the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock — January 15, 1959

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Frontier Pusher-Back To newsman John Cornell goes a silent roll of drums, a bugle call and maybe a flag-raising for alertness above and beyond the call of routine. John was banging out a rewrite about Les White, Southland auto dealer, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 15, 1959

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CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mother Knows Best (She Says So Herself) REPORT FROM A BOY’S BEST FRIEND: Deep down in the grimy recesses of my mind lives the unreasonable conviction that, in my dear mother’s eyes, I’m a bum. As I say, … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Capricious Electron An engaging stranger named Peter Buchanan came into the office, apologized for taking my time, handed me a typewritten half-sheet of paper and asked me to read it and perhaps check it. It was a theory he had … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Red Tape Frequently Chokes Logic, Justice Postscript to a tragedy: Two and a half years ago, a young Norwalk housewife returned from the home of a neighbor to find her husband sprawled dying across his bed. He had … Continue reading →

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Thousands in Los Angeles pray for peace, January 14, 1939

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

About 4,000 worshipers attend a Perpetual Novena for Our Sorrowful Mother at St. Vibiana’s Cathedral. People knelt in the aisles, in the doorways and outside praying for peace and for relief of the poor, The Times says. County Supervisor Roger … Continue reading →

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