Category Archives: Columnists

Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 25, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 25, 1957 You know how some newspapermen are–gay and carefree. Well, a reporter–let’s call him Mac–was driving home the other day after suitably observing the decline of common sense with a few literate friends. Two blocks from his home, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 22, 1957 This is to report that a distressing situation has arisen in MacWestlake Park. Certain pigeons–just a few of the hundreds in the park, mind you–have adopted a decidedly unmilitary attitude toward the recently dedicated statue of the … Continue reading →

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Literary diversions

Posted on July 21, 2007 by lmharnisch

The late Art Seidenbaum on animation (and publicity) genius Jay Ward. Statehood for Moosylvania? As the 52nd state? As the story appeared, Dec. 25, 1962:

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 18, 1957 Don Bailey Jr. has no red tab on his rear license plate. He applied for it like other motorists during the renewal period but never received it. Apparently it was lost in the processing at Sacramento or … Continue reading →

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Missing woman found

Posted on July 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Mildred Hall, 44, who vanished Nov. 15, 1956, and was the subject of a Paul Coates column, resurfaced in April 1959, posing as many baffling questions as she did when she disappeared after leaving a note for her husband, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 16, 1957 Account 727-1 in the auditor's office of the Southern Pacific is known within the company as the "Conscience Fund." It consists of money sent in by people for services rendered but unpaid for. An average of $200 … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 15, 1957 SUBJECT’S NAME: Mildred Dolores Hall. SUBJECT’S DESCRIPTION: Age, 42, height, 5 feet, 6 inches. Weight, 118 lbs., Red-blond hair. Brown eyes. Slim-medium build. Any person with information as to the subject’s whereabouts is requested to contact the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 15, 1957 Farther and farther go the freeways, preceded by roaring monsters which sweep aside or reduce to rubble everything in their paths, then claw and shape the earth. But all is not lost. Every Tuesday, Lenard Kester takes … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 11, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 11, 1957 There was a traffic tie-up at the Harbor turnoff the other day as Inspectors Ed Walker and Bob Houghton were traveling inbound on the Hollywood Freeway. They threaded their way through it and came upon a woman … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on July 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 10, 1957 Since my boyhood days in the wheat fields of Manhattan I have steadfastly held Hollywood in veneration. I feigned interest in Lou Gehrig and Carl Hubbell and Hank Greenberg and the rest of their sweaty ilk to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 8, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 8, 1957 Readers may have noticed that, except when vital to the story, this paper no longer uses the names of victims of rapists. The policy was prompted by the editors’ opinion that printing these names only added to … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on July 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 6, 1957 Teenagers’ magazines are a comparatively new fad. But in spite of their recent arrival, they have already grabbed a strong position of influence. And respect. Yesterday, I printed some letters written to Lilly Cooper, Dig magazine’s problem … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on July 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 5, 1957 Lilly Cooper is an average, mature woman. But she has one quality which separates her from the rest of us older, wiser inhabitants of the world. She is neither amused nor annoyed by teenage melodramatics. Instead, she … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 3, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 3, 1957  We have on our hands today a taxpayer in that happy frame of mind known as irate. He is enraged because he finds himself helpless at fighting City Hall. Half a dozen years ago he bought a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on July 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 2, 1957 You simply have no idea of the hazards of journalism. The city desk got a call from a woman on East 6th Street who proudly announced that she had become a great-grandmother at 48. This was indeed … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on July 2, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 2, 1957 This is a twist story–a reverse mystery. I’ve been presenting, for the past few months, weekly missing persons cases on file with local sheriffs and police. Each started with a living, active person, surrounded by apparent normalcy. … Continue reading →

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Pepe Arciga

Posted on July 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 1, 1957 In the midst of clapping castanets, kicking heels and flying Spanish skirts during a whirlwind visit to La Golondrina one night last week, I asked a question of Mexico’s attorney general, Lic. Jose Aguilar y Maya. "Senor … Continue reading →

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In Rome, II

Posted on July 1, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 1, 1957Los Angeles The late Art Buchwald, continued.

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on June 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1957 Rehabilitation can come in curious ways. Let a man who occasionally checks in here tell his story of self-appraisal and reinstatement in society. One day he picked up a book, “Blood on the Boards,” by William Campbell … Continue reading →

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In Rome

Posted on June 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

June 26, 1957 Los Angeles The late Art Buchwald always struck me as one of the least amusing humor columnists America has ever produced. But as this piece shows, he was a pretty fair writer when he wasn’t trying to … Continue reading →

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