Category Archives: Columnists

Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1958 Everyone is out to make an extra buck but sometimes opportunity knocks so hard it takes a man off his feet. As in the case of a mail pitch received by E. Hewe of Pasadena from a … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on February 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 1958 Mrs. Shannon is not against progress. Her argument is not with the achievement itself. It’s with the method employed to reach it. She phoned me last night with her story. "I live at 16200 Gilmore St. in … Continue reading →

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Feb. 1, 1938

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Harry Raymond undergoes surgery to remove more bomb fragments … Times columnist E.V. Durling, an institution of the 1930s, urges restraint in deciding whether the LAPD was involved in the Raymond case   … Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses for … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 31, 1958 It is generally conceded that newspapermen have an infinite capacity for nonchalance, irreverence and wryness. No one is sure why. Maybe it’s the interesting people they don’t meet. Anyway, several reporters were reminiscing the other day and … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 30, 1958 As all dedicated students of trivia know, it’s the little things, not the big ones, that irritate and arouse people. At the moment, the mail is littered with derogatory comments about the proposal, presented at the recent … Continue reading →

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January 30, 1958: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 30, 1958 Memphis Harry Lee Ward, Hollywood’s oldest newsboy and foremost collector of literary works, once made the observation to me that: “Parkey Sharkey is far more literary than you are, sir.” It wasn’t a comment meant to degrade … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 29, 1958 Charles Judson, former city editor of the late lamented L.A. Daily News, is now farm editor of the daily Grand Junction (Colo.) Sentinel. His job requires that he travel about the countryside, checking agricultural conditions and writing … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 29, 1958 The Kingfish and I got a pretty fair raking over the coals a few days ago. And, somehow, I’m not quite sure that we deserved it. The man who did the raking is a colleague of mine–a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 28, 1958 T.J. Flournoy, who makes pianos look and sound like they’re supposed to, went to a customer’s home for a tune-up job and found him busily putting his record collection in order by discarding unwanted platters. The householder … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 28, 1958 His name is Richard. He’s an addict. He took his first fix at the age of 16 on the grounds of Jackson High School. Since then–in the past seven years–he’s done two short stretches for using. Once, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 24, 1958 There are about 110,000 streetlights in the city of Los Angeles. Keeping them lighted is quite a chore. The Department of Water and Power has 23 two-man crews assigned to service and maintenance. Last month they replaced … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 24, 1958 In 1924, Nathan F. Leopold Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the most vicious, senseless crimes ever committed in this country. He and a fellow University of Chicago student, Richard Loeb, were responsible for … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 23, 1958 Confidential magazine may have purged itself of obscenity but the expose complex it created is not so easily dispelled. So says an experienced writer of fact articles. The way he analyzes the present situation, the public’s appetite … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1958: Paul Coates

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 23, 1958 There’s an old saying that I frequently call upon which goes: “Omnia vincit amor.” It means “Love conquers all”–and I think it’s pretty applicable to what’s going to happen to the U.S. Marines. I think so because, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 No one better mention elk hunting very soon to Bill Molinar, Pasadena real estate man. Bill recently went on a safari in northwest Montana, near Swan Lake. It is very primitive country. His party packed in five … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 22, 1958 Please read this story to the finish. It’s a shocker. But it’s worth the few minutes it’ll take you to read it. Because, as they say, there, but for the grace of God– The subject of the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 18, 1958 After a long, persistent search, a collection agency operative the other day located–in jail–a young man who had become six months delinquent on a bill he owed. And he told his pathetic story. He is a foundry … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 17, 1958 Add to the file of consternation creators the name of Sterling Ferguson, Redlands real estate man. He does his diabolic act in crowded restaurants at dinnertime. While waiting for a table the other night, he listened as … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 16, 1958 Fellow beer drinkers, we’ve got a crisis bubbling over right in front of us. Before we call in the United Nations, let’s give it a brief rundown. Plans have been going ahead, more or less quietly, for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on January 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 16, 1958 In the space of a year, in a county of 6,000,000 persons, a lot of policemen draw their revolvers a lot of times. And use them, too. They do it because we expect it of them. But … Continue reading →

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