Category Archives: Columnists

Tent Revival in El Monte

Posted on October 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

A.A. Allen stages a tent revival in El Monte, with faith healing. Oct. 17, 1959: Dear True Love, wait until the Shangri Las release “The Leader of the Pack.”

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October 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Above, Eugene Vale discusses his novel “The Thirteenth Apostle,” which received good notices at the time and is completely forgotten today. Out of curiosity, I picked up a copy on EBay. I may give it a little writeup if it’s … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates, Confidential File – Oct. 16, 1959

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Paul is still on vacation … Oct. 16, 1959: A paperboy wonders what to do with stale gifts from one his clients … and the plight of a 67-year-old bachelor.

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October 15, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Chessman Case How, under the law, can a man be left dangling between life an death for 11 years?  That’s what people are asking in the strange case of Caryl Chessman, due to be gassed in San Quentin Oct. … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 15, 1959

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul is still on vacation … Oct. 15, 1959: A respectable neighbor is a peeping Tom … And a high school girl has a crush on her science teacher!

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October 14, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Red Wine Man This is wine week and while I am not knocking the old fashioned (with plain water, without the fruit salad) or minimizing the fiery Martini (I’m crazy about big green olives, with pimiento) or even bourbon and … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 14, 1959

Posted on October 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Paul is on vacation … Oct. 14, 1959: Dear Abby, should I tell my neighbor that there are weevils in her flour?

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October 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Linus seems to have rather adult emotions about his teacher in this panel — not appearing in the legacy version of “Peanuts.” No Shoes but New Wheels The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 13, 1959

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Still on vacation. Oct. 13, 1959: The classic Abby column, “Too Late.” “I am the most brokenhearted person on earth. I always found time to go everywhere else but to see my dear old gray-haired parents. They sat home … Continue reading →

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October 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Here’s another panel you’ll never see in the sitcom legacy version of “Peanuts.” A cynical Snoopy? Vox Populi A man phoned Lee Warburton the other day and complained indignantly about his failure to expedite the street work which was blocking … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 12, 1959

Posted on October 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul Coates is still on vacation. Oct. 12, 1959: A divorcee gives a going-away party when she leaves the company – no wives invited! The men were fat and 40 – or 50.

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October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

As for Baseball . . . Now that the madness has abated slightly, let us take a calm second look. The Dodgers, a Horatio Alger team, won a stirring victory, breaking all known records for everything. With it came a … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates Is on Vacation

Posted on October 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 10, 1959: “Would you allow your child to eat garbage? Then why do you permit her to read such trash? Replace those four-letter words with another four-letter word –“LOVE”—and give her something worthwhile to read.” I wonder if … Continue reading →

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October 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Refreshing View People who were reared in small towns and now live in big, busy cities are inclined to forget the life they knew unless, as in the case of Mrs. Pat Bernesser of Inglewood, they get a look at … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 9, 1959

Posted on October 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 9, 1959: What to do with a boy-crazy girl. And Ignored asks: My husband has made it plain that he prefers the television set to me. Several of my women friends have the same complaint. What could be … Continue reading →

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hollywood Intellectual Eugene Vale, author of “The Thirteenth Apostle,” lives and works a few blocks from Sunset and Laurel Canyon Blvds., rendezvous of actors, entertainers, agents and horse players, and fountainhead of glib, superficial wisecracks about Hollywood. Yet out of … Continue reading →

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The Strange, Terrible Saga of Mario Lanza

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 8, 1959: Columnist Dick Williams on Mario Lanza. Oct. 8, 1959: “The Best of Everything” starts tomorrow at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 8, 1959

Posted on October 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

I always worry when Coates goes on vacation. He had some health problems and died at an early age, poor fellow, so his absences always trouble me. Dear Abby has advice for parents with mule-headed teenage daughters!

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ledge to Remember As anyone who was around then will recall, things were mighty tough in 1936.  The Depression was on and jobs were scarce and, while hardly anyone went hungry, many persons weren’t eating too well. In this prevailing … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 7, 1959

Posted on October 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 7, 1959: Paul Coates is on vacation.   Dear Suspicious: If there is nothing “between them” there out to be a wall!

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