Category Archives: Columnists

Paul V. Coates, Confidential File, May 26, 1960

Posted on May 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. displays a passive listening device, concealed in the Great Seal that hung in the residential office of the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from about 1945 to 1952.  The National Cryptologic Museum … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 25, 1960

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

    May 25, 1960: That fellow who seemed to be listening intently to a speaker at an AA meeting was actually following a Dodger game on a transistor radio, Matt Weinstock says.  And Abby has advice for a woman … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 25, 1960

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 25, 1960: Paul Coates has a great story today – and I’m not going to spoil it with a summary. You’ll just have to read it for yourself.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 25, 1940

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 25, 1940: On the jump, Jimmie Fidler explains Joan Crawford’s mysterious trips to New York.

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Matt Weinstock, May 24, 1960

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 24, 1960: A junior high music teacher finds out why one of his students has been taking his trumpet home on Fridays…. And Abby has advice for the woman whose husband spends all of his  time and lots … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 24, 1960

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 24, 1960: Paul Coates samples high school students’ opinions. One writer says: "A general apathy prevails, largely because America's two major political parties have failed to cast distinct, meaningful public images; their platforms and their records in the … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 24, 1940

Posted on May 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Times artist Charles Owens draws a map of fighting in Belgium and France. May 24, 1940: “Hollywood After Dark: Patricia Ellis nursing a bandaged right hand at Cocoanut Grove while an escort gallantly carved her steak,” Jimmie Fidler … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, May 23, 1960

Posted on May 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Deep thoughts on “Alley Oop.” May 23, 1960: Woman discovers miracle gardening secret – tennis balls, Matt Weinstock says. Abby has advice for a woman over 40 whose son wants to dance with her at the senior prom – … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 23, 1960

Posted on May 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 23, 1960: Paul Coates gets a second column out of the arrest of two people in a 25-cent gambling pool on roller derby at the Olympic Auditorium.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 23, 1940

Posted on May 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Staff artist Charles Owens illustrates the French fleeing the Nazis. May 23, 1940: “Sometimes it seems futile to sit here writing about movies and movie personalities, when on the other side of the world hundreds of thousands are horribly … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 22, 1940

Posted on May 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

  A Page 1 map by our Nuestro Pueblo artist, Charles Owens. May 22, 1940: “B. Taylor gave B. Stanwyck furs instead of his usual diamonds on their anniversary,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, May 21, 1960

Posted on May 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 21, 1960: Matt Weinstock gets an update on life in Japan from Col. A.L. Thomas … CONFIDENTIAL TO 'CONFIRMED BACHELOR IN THE OFFICE': Bachelors often get tangled up with several women in their frantic effort to avoid getting … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 21, 1960

Posted on May 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 21, 1960: Paul Coates writes his weekly letters column … a short-sleeved summer suit for men? No, really!

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 21, 1941

Posted on May 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 21, 1941: “Edna May Oliver attributes her amazing good health to her habit of downing two quarts of vegetable juice daily,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, May 20, 1960

Posted on May 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  “UINUERLAOEJG!” May 20, 1960: "I've worked in local coffeehouses for over a year," a reader tells Matt Weinstock,  "and I've yet to see a beatnik. It's for un-real. A joke perpetuated by the press and perpetuated by coffeehouse owners. … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 20, 1960

Posted on May 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 20, 1960: Paul Coates writes about two people who were charged with felony bookmaking for running a 25-cent pool on roller derby at the Olympic Auditorium.

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 20, 1940

Posted on May 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 20, 1940: “Hollywood After Dark …  At Ciro's, Dolores Del Rio drawing gasps with a gown of black net over a flesh-colored slip which looked like black net over Dolores,” Jimmie Fidler says.

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Matt Weinstock, May 19, 1960

Posted on May 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 19, 1960: Matt Weinstock writes about a science fair project in which a student tested the effect of wine and vodka on rats … and instant nostalgia: the Castelar ramp of the Pasadena Freeway.  Also on the jump, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 19, 1960

Posted on May 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 19, 1960: Attorney Jerry Giesler seems larger than life, almost continually in the headlines defending Hollywood stars who were in in trouble with the law. Paul Coates has a story about a different sort of case – and … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 19, 1941

Posted on May 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 19, 1941: Jimmie Fidler on the “Texas” set:   “Bill Holden says 'Easy life, eh? Look! Because my shirt's open in this movie I have to shave the hair off my chest. Try that when the thermometer's at 90 … Continue reading →

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