Category Archives: Columnists

America Rejects Its Rural Roots

Posted on February 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

“When a Feller Needs a Friend,” by Clare Briggs.   Feb. 27, 1920: “How Ya Gonna Keep Them Down on the Farm?” You can’t, according to The Times’ Harry C. Carr, who says former servicemen are abandoning farming in favor … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 26, 1960

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Court Is a Stage     One of the travesties of court procedure is that most divorces are obtained on grounds that have little or nothing to do with the breakup of the marriages.     The ladies come into court … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 26, 1960

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  So Mexico's Justice Is Just, Eventually     Pfc. Robert Peterson, U.S. Army, dropped by my office yesterday on his way back to Ft. Ord.     He was a headline last June.  I'd worked on his story.  But yesterday, when … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 26, 1964: Hedda Hopper writes, “Stanley Kramer's remarks before presenting Paine Knickerbocker, of the San Francisco Chronicle, as best critic of the year were insulting. We all cringed.” Now I’m wondering what he said. Anyone have any idea?

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 25, 1960

Posted on February 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Mad Memories       The prohibition era (1920-1933) was a long time ago but to many persons it remains the most unforgettable time of their lives.  It had for them an aura of pleasurable deviltry.       It … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  On Man's Ingratitude to Man, With 20% Off     Sammy is 46 years old, a newsboy, a coffee-addicted graduate of Judge Clifton's drunk court, and — by his own admission — nobody's angel.     For 30 of his years … Continue reading →

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Robert Hilburn on Kenny Loggins

Posted on February 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 25, 1980: Robert Hilburn wears a tie to a Kenny Loggins concert. “Sugar alone is not a satisfying – or healthy – diet,” Hilburn says. Ouch. 

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 25, 1963: Candice Bergen and Terry Melcher are over, Hedda Hopper says. “Lovely Candy and David Niven Jr. are concentrating on each other. They met when both were in school in Switzerland,” Hopper says … and Raymond Burr … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 24, 1960

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Story of Stories     The biggest story of the century, any century, would be the discovery that there is human life on another planet.       While most of us can only contemplate such a thing, men at the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Strange Slaying Case at Last Confessed       There should come a time in a reporter's  life when there's nothing left to shock him — when he's witnessed enough of the stark drama of human behavior to build up … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray – Making of a Man

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Feb. 24, 1980: Jim Murray profiles golfer Tom Watson.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 24, 1962: Hedda Hopper says, “That loveable Lucille Ball returns to CBS on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. in a new series for Lever Brothers.”

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 23, 1960

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Right Bows to Might        It happened at dusk on a Sunset Flyer, which travels from downtown L.A. to Laurel Canyon.     As Cynthia Lawrence boarded the bus, the driver gave her a check.  This was wrong.  A two-zone fare … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Democracy Guards Everyone's Rights       A few days before Gov. Brown's reprieve of Caryl Chessman, the Mexico City newspaper Novedades carried the front-page headline:         Puede Salvar La Vida de Chessman     Un Testigo Deseubierta por … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 23, 1961: Hedda Hopper says, “Warren Beatty has sex, youth, talent and ambition.” I would think she might have phrased that a bit differently.

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Matt Weinstock, Feb. 22, 1960

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Chessman Furor     Sometimes it is difficult to understand what motivates people.  Example:  Last week's frenzy over Caryl Chessman.     The case has been blundering around for 12 years, picking up a great deal of legal momentum.  But except … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Feb. 22, 1960

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

  William Pelley Still Haunts Us     William Dudley Pelley looks like any other elderly man, but the assumption dissipates itself when he opens his mouth.       His hair is gray; his face, lined; his manner of speech, halting, … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Feb. 22, 1959: William Shatner was in “The World of Suzie Wong?” I had no idea.

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Jim Murray, The Marrying Kind

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Feb. 21, 1980: Pro golfers really, really love their old clubs! Ask Lou Graham.

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

   Feb. 21, 1959: Hedda Hopper says, “When the Navy’s Blue Angels took Janet Leigh for a ride in one of their jets she didn’t realize what a special occasion it was.”

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