Category Archives: Columnists

November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock looks over L.A. football, college and pro, and says: It could be that the Dodgers did L.A. a disservice in their magnificent drive for the pennant and their World Series victory.  Every team here is now expected to be not only victorious but also spectacular.  Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 20, 1959: Housewives lead more interesting lives than career girls, Paul Coates says, citing the example of a woman with the magazine subscription that Would Not Die. Continue reading →

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November 19, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 19, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about a “Pyramidologist” who says his study of the Great Pyramid shows that the day will bring something ominous — and that the Earth will end Jan. 28, 2001. Continue reading →

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November 19, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 19, 1959: A convicted robber who escaped from jail talks to Paul Coates about why he did it and whether to surrender to police. Continue reading →

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November 19, 1941: Hollywood Model Dies of Botched Abortion

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November 19, 1941: Angelka Rose Gogich was 18 when she died at Glendale Emergency Hospital after undergoing an abortion. She had be working as a model, hat check girl and dancer under the name Rose Ann Rae. Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 18, 1959: Retired math professor Robert Bruce tells a friend “you’re entitled to call me Robert.” But physics instructor Julius Miller replies: “I couldn’t do that. You’ve been Professor Bruce to me for more than 30 years,” Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 18, 1959: Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill) responds to taxpayers’ fury over a resolution to take all 100 senators to Hawaii for its statehood ceremonies, Paul Coates writes. Continue reading →

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November 18, 1941: Private Detective Held in ‘Love’ Killing

Posted on November 18, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 18, 1941: Private detective Edwin Crumplar is charged in ‘love slaying’ of Irene Wilder, who died of an infection after Crumplar shot her in the stomach. Jimmie Fidler says Alan Ladd’s romance with Sally Wadsworth won’t please Paramount. Continue reading →

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November 17, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 17, 1959: In a school project, a boy plants radishes in a circle rather than rows. Why? That’s how you get them at the market, he says. Now a commercial grower is trying the method to ease stoop labor, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 17, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 17, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Beat poet Jerry Baker, arrested while hitchhiking on his way to a coffeehouse. Continue reading →

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November 17, 1941: Women Reporters

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November 17, 1941: Reporter Mary Shaw Leader is posthumously honored for covering Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Leader walked 15 miles to cover Lincoln’s speech. Continue reading →

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November 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 16, 1959: A new teacher’s night out to celebrate a career change has an unusual twist, Matt Weinstock writes. Continue reading →

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November 16, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

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November 16, 1959: Erle Stanley Gardner tells Paul Coates: “The basic problem facing law enforcement today is one of public relations.” Continue reading →

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

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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

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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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