Category Archives: Front Pages

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

Posted on November 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Note: Standards have changed since Paul Coates used "wetback" in this column 50 years ago. Today, words like this are acceptable in The Times only if they appear in a quote and then, only after consultation with top editors. … Continue reading →

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Nov. 22, 1963

Posted on November 22, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Pioneer of Covered Wagon Days Seeks to Save Oregon Trail

Posted on November 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Ezra Meeker, who first traveled the Oregon Trail in 1852. The city is overrun with loose dogs, The Times says. Dec. 4, 1928: Ezra Meeker dies at the age of 97. Nov. 21, 1909: The Times profiles Ezra Meeker, who … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Saga of a Guy Who Flipped From Poky “I walk alone,” the voice on the phone told me, more as an apology than as a boast.  “With me, it’s habit.  I guess I never learned any other way.” The voice … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

As Senators Write to Indignant Taxpayers While we’re all gathered here together, in this smoke-filled room, I’d like to say a few words in behalf of politicians. They are our friends.  Behind that stodgy facade that they put up, they’ve … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Poet in the Poky Has Samson Sort of Woes Jerry Baker, the promising young coffee-house poet, appeared in my office yesterday afternoon, shortly after being released from Lincoln Heights jail. He sat down, gazed fondly at an open pack of … Continue reading →

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Plane Crash Kills 42

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 17, 1959: Investigators speculate on whether a bomb exploded on a National Airlines DC-7B that crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 42 people. Ultimately, no cause was ever determined. … And  Gene Sherman reports on border drug traffic. … Continue reading →

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Family Killed in Kansas Farm Town

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

  "The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call 'out there.' Some seventy miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its hard blue skies and desert-clear … Continue reading →

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Reporters Walk Out on Rockefeller

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

   New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller’s plan for separate news conferences for print and broadcast reporters backfires when the TV and radio crews in Los Angeles walk out on him.   Louie Malle’s New Wave film “Lovers” is just plain … Continue reading →

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Beating Victim Identified

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

  A Senate subcommittee hears testimony about drug traffic from Mexico. Reading may become a lost art!   Nov. 11, 1959: Here’s a name that may sound familiar to people who follow the Black Dahlia case: Lillian Lenorak. You may … Continue reading →

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Nation Observes Armistice Day

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

     Nov. 11, 1919: Among the activities planned in Los Angeles for the first anniversary of the end of World War I is a "war pageant showing a night battle scene in all its phases." Interestingly enough, a similar … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 10, 1959

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Evelyn Is a Real Old Hand at Drum Beating     I'm not one to go around saying I told you so.   But I did.     Three years ago I warned you about Eloise's alter ego, Evelyn Rudie.     I … Continue reading →

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Wife Stabs Bob Crosby

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 10, 1959: June Crosby stabs her husband, Bob, with a 10-inch letter opener during a fight. She tells Beverly Hills police that she grabbed the letter opener to fight him off after he pushed her down during a violent … Continue reading →

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Cops Pose as Beatniks to Catch Drug Suspects

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Like, dig the crazy berets on the fuzz, daddy-o! One New York detective even wrote poetry to fit in with the beats! Jack Webb’s cult classic about the newspaper business is about to open.   Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Public Unexcited About Rigged Shows I'm home.     And if you've been following my dispatches from the Mysterious East, I'm sure you're aware by now that there is really nothing mysterious about it at all.      I suspect … Continue reading →

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House Committee to Investigate Payola

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 7, 1959: A U.N. group finds no proof that Laos had been invaded by communist troops from North Viet-Nam but discovers that Laotian rebels were supplied by Viet-Nam Reds. You may hear more about Viet-Nam in the days ahead … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 4, 1959

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hong Kong Smells Unlike Peach Orchard     HONG KONG — There's an astonishing distance between the Orient of Tokyo and the Orient of this British Crown Colony.    Although Hong Kong is only a few hours away by air, it is … Continue reading →

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A Jovial Nixon Tells Strangers He’s Bob Hope, Makes Prank Phone Calls

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Vice President Richard Nixon interrupting early morning walk on Wilshire Boulevard to watch sidewalk repairs, lingers to talk sports with Vic Salazar, left and another worker. It's easy to find weird stories about Richard Nixon, before and after his presidency. … Continue reading →

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Nixon and Kennedy Visit L.A.

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, arrive in Arcadia.  Nixon voices confidence the Republican Party … And the MTA is increasing fares on buses and streetcars from 17 cents to compensate for raises granted to union workers. Sen. … Continue reading →

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U.S. Approves Project to Clear Bunker Hill

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

Guess what happens after a plumber connects a butane line to Crestview, Fla.'s water supply Someone, we're not sure who, reminisces about Halloweens of the past. I figured out how to make the "ticktack" the woman describes, but the first … Continue reading →

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