Category Archives: Columnists

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

Posted on October 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Women of Japan Enjoy Their Liberty LADIES DAY IN TOKYO (Part Two) — When General of the Army Douglas MacArthur returned, as he had somehow hurriedly promised to do, Japan got its first taste of democracy. In the manner of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1959

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Misplaced Patch This one requires the utmost delicacy. A lady named Irene got an infection on her chin.  Her doctor prescribed a series of shots, not on her chin.  She has been going to his office regularly and the nurse … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nippon Women Split on Retaining Geisha  LADIES DAY IN TOKYO:  The flowery era of Madame Butterfly is dying, but not quite dead in the postwar life of Japan. Under the democracy dictated to them by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Japanese women … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 27, 1959

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Street Shrinkers Studies are constantly being made to determine the effects of alcohol, smoking, overeating and noise on people but another perhaps more deadly trauma-producing experience is relatively neglected.      Driving in traffic, I mean. It does things to people.  At … Continue reading →

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October 27, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Coates Is Reluctant Stripper of Airways You want my opinion, I say there’s something almost indecent about Japan Air Lines’ luxury flight to Tokyo. We left Los Angeles after midnight — an hour when self-respecting Occidentals give some thought to … Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

L.A. Justice All Steve Medved wants is to be left alone by the LAPD.  He hopes that now, after a third trial, he has it made. Medved, 38, is a big (6’2, 230), easy going fellow of Yugoslav descent.  But … Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Columnist’s Wife Influences Column TOKYO — There’s an ancient and revered Oriental proverb which, roughly translated, goes: “Man who take wife to Japan is man who bring coal to Newcastle.” But to my way of thinking, this is an archaic, … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 24, 1959

Posted on October 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Yet another panel you’ll never see in the legacy version of “Peanuts.” Bearded Bamboozler While driving south from San Francisco recently, Mike Molony stopped in Paso Robles and was momentarily puzzled to discover he was the object of the admiring … Continue reading →

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Warning to the ‘Cat Ladies’ of Glendale!

Posted on October 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Glendale limits residents to three cats! Oct. 24, 1959:  “You women who have good husbands should stay home and take care of them. If you leave him alone again, the next girl might not be as charitable as…”

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October 23, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Dispatched A man driving here from Chicago became confused the other day as he neared Los Angeles.  His car is equipped with two-way radio so he called the local dispatcher, who is on the same wave length.  He identified himself … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 23, 1959

Posted on October 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Paul Coates will be back soon … Oct. 23, 1959: A family has trouble traveling with grandma. She weighs 300 pounds always brings a pick and shovel in case she admires some roadside greenery – like somebody’s lemon tree. … Continue reading →

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October 22, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Brace Yourself   As you have read, Gov. Brown announced the other day that he was through with proclamation business.  Too much time and energy were expended, he said, in calling attention to such inspirational events as Don’t Race Your Motor … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 22, 1959

Posted on October 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul is still on vacation … but he will be back. Oct. 22, 1959: He’s a man. He works hard. And he smells like a man who works hard.

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October 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Above and Beyond For sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty, a colleague asks a typographical paean for Jerry Leshay, associate director of the George Gobel TV program.  An associate director’s job is to make the show go.  Working … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 21, 1959

Posted on October 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul is still on vacation… Oct. 21, 1959: A cleaning lady who steals … a grandmother who gets hungry when she’s babysitting … and foreigners who brag.

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October 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Memorable Speech Almost a week later, those who heard it are still tingling over H.C.(Chad) McClellan’s talk before the Rotary Club. McClellan, 62, L.A. paint company executive and onetime NAM president, organized and managed the U.S. exhibit in Moscow, which … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 20, 1959

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Paul is still on vacation … Oct. 20, 1959: Well this is cryptic: “He who lives more lives than one more deaths than one shall die.”

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 19, 1959

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Desert Beachcomber After a long time, I crossed orbits again the other day with Peter O’Crotty, writer, beachcomber and enthusiastic fugitive from civilization.  Pete, a fun-loving, charming gentleman to whom crazy things are always happening — with his help, it … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 19, 1959

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul is still on vacation … Oct. 19, 1959: A woman who may have a bad case of “nerves” yells constantly at her 4-year-old daughter … And a woman whose husband keeps telling people about her  “horrible mistake” and her … Continue reading →

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October 17, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Earthquake Weather Thursday, when a pink gloom caused by the brush fire and the smog engulfed the city, a man on Broadway remarked, “Hey, this is almost like earthquake weather!” It’s a phrase rarely heard these days, and evoked memories … Continue reading →

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