Category Archives: Columnists

Nov. 13, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 13, 1959: Paul Coates talks to three men in their 20s who are doing well, live in good neighborhoods and are respected by neighbors and the police. The catch? They’re heroin dealers. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 13, 1959: As the city suffers under a heavy layer of smog, the copy desk wonders if L.A. will be abandoned by 1975, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1957: Paul Coates — confidential file

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November 13, 1957: Joseph Szabo tells Paul Coates about being tortured in Hungary before coming to America. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1941: U.S. Prepares to Round Up Japanese in Event of War

Posted on November 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 13, 1941: Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle “confirms reports that the government has plans for the segregation of Nipponese alien groups for a ‘temporary period’ if relations between the U.S. and Japan are broken off.” Continue reading →

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November 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 12, 1958: It has become a kind of game for the young men who pilot the jungle boats at Disneyland to invent bright new lines for their spiels during the voyage, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 12, 1941: Crowds Line Broadway for Armistice Day Parade

Posted on November 12, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 12, 1941: Crowds line Broadway in downtown Los Angeles for the annual Armistice Day parade, which marked the end of what used to be called the Great War or the World War – until we had another one. Continue reading →

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November 11, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 11, 1959: A Palm Springs getaway to cure a dog’s cough? Matt Weinstock tells the tale. Continue reading →

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Nov. 11, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 11, 1959: The LAPD raids the wrong place and refuses to pay for damage, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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November 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 9, 1959: Clearly it’s no more possible to control the gags about the quiz show scandal than it is to control the mushrooming scandal itself, and the other day a group of coffee break philosophers of my acquaintance got around to the subject, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 9, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 9, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 9, 1959: Comedian Doodles Weaver, who once headlined in played Las Vegas, can’t get a job, Paul Coates says. (Also a proposed union bus terminal for L.A.). Continue reading →

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November 9, 1941: Roosevelt Declares Early Thanksgiving

Posted on November 9, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 9, 1941: President Roosevelt moves up the date of Thanksgiving to add an extra week of Christmas shopping. Continue reading →

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November 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 5, 1959: Los Angeles residents are hit by a large increase in property taxes and Matt Weinstock has the story. Continue reading →

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November 5, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 5, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 5, 1959; Paul Coates, visiting Hong Kong, writes about the prevalence of children who are begging. Continue reading →

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November 3, 1941: Wingy Manone Puts the Swing in Swing Shift

Posted on November 3, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 3, 1941: Tom Treanor goes to a dance at the Glendale Civic Auditorium for swing shift workers, about 5,000 of them, from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Most of the couples are married, he says, and the wives are 18 or 19. Continue reading →

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October 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 30, 1959: A woman walking to the store is “kidnapped” by a bus of Stanford graduates en route to the football game against USC, Matt Weinstock says. (Stanford lost). Continue reading →

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October 30, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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October 30, 1959: Touring Japan, Paul Coates writes about the complicated tradition of “saving face.” Continue reading →

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October 29, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 29, 1959: One of the main beneficiaries of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s leadership of Japan after World War II was the nation’s women, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1959

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October 28, 1959: Janice, 11, saves her money for more than a year to send her parents on the honeymoon they never had because they married during World War II, Matt Weinstock writes. Continue reading →

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October 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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October 28, 1959:  LADIES DAY IN TOKYO:  The flowery era of Madame Butterfly is dying, but not quite dead in the postwar life of Japan, Paul Coates writes, Continue reading →

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October 27, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 27, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 27, 1959: A driver named Hank says he is always outwitted by traffic congestion. “I’m sure the word goes out when I leave the house — Drive this guy nuts,” he says. Continue reading →

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