Category Archives: Front Pages

Paul Coates, March 27, 1961

Posted on March 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 27, 1961: Paul Coates has the story of two students who went on vacation to Mexico and came back with a 12-year-old orphan.   And Mirror reader Jerry Feldner sends a letter about the artistry of bullfighting.

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Paul Coates, March 24, 1961

Posted on March 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 24, 1961: Paul Coates dips into the mailbox for items on the mayor’s race and women’s measurements.

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Paul Coates, March 22, 1961

Posted on March 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

         March 22, 1961: Paul Coates publishes a personal testimonial from a woman advocating free school lunches for children. “It breaks my heart when I hear people say it's a waste of money to feed hungry kids … Continue reading →

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The Mirror, March 21, 1961

Posted on March 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

             March 21, 1961: I’ve been on vacation, so I hurried down to the scanner in The Times’ library today and went through this week’s copies of the Mirror. Here’s the latest from Matt Weinstock, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 10, 1961

Posted on March 10, 2011 by lmharnisch

         March 10, 1961: Douglas Johnson, 60, an unemployed maintenance man, finds a sack containing $240,000 that fell from a Brink's truck on Wilshire Boulevard. Paul Coates writes about Leonard S. Abrams' pamphlet, titled "Are You SURE … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 8, 1961

Posted on March 8, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 8, 1961: Paul Coates has an item about the possibility that the new postmaster general, J. Edward Day, might run afoul of obscenity laws because he wrote a racy novel that could be unfit for the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 7, 1961

Posted on March 7, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 7, 1961: Paul Coates looks at the problem of a family caring (or not caring) for an ailing parent who is on welfare and a veteran's pension. He writes: How any society but a degenerating one … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 6, 1961

Posted on March 6, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 6, 1961: Paul Coates has the story of 8-year-old Lillian Gonzales Gossett, who lives in Tijuana because immigration officials won’t allow her to join her mother and stepfather in the U.S.

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Paul Coates, March 3, 1961

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lmharnisch

         March 3, 1961: Paul Coates dips into the mailbox for items on Clu Gulager; Zoballo “The Living Dead Man” and the folks at KMPC.  

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Paul Coates, March 2, 1961

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lmharnisch

    March 2, 1961: Paul Coates has one of his better columns today. It’s about a couple of suspects who didn’t take part in a mass escape at the County Jail – and why they didn’t.  ALSO Manhunt Widens … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, March 1, 1961

Posted on March 1, 2011 by lmharnisch

       March 1, 1961: Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler becomes a vice president of Times-Mirror.  Recent revelations by the Eisenhowers’ maid and Princess Margaret’s butler make Paul Coates wonder about his domestic help.

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Paul Coates, Feb. 27, 1961

Posted on February 27, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 27, 1961: “The Apartment” gets 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture. The other nominees are "The Alamo," "Elmer Gantry," "Sons and Lovers" and "The Sundowners." Paul Coates has an interview with  Herman Abrams, who … Continue reading →

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Feb. 24, 1961, Paul Coates

Posted on February 24, 2011 by lmharnisch

             Feb. 24, 1961: Notice the different headlines between the two editions: "I JUST HAD TO KILL," L.A. SLAYER ADMITS and SUICIDE BARES THIRD IOWA BANK SCANDAL. All of this will change when the Mirror … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 23, 1961

Posted on February 23, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 23, 1961: For a column pegged to Washington’s birthday, Paul Coates  recalls his suspicions about a lemon tree that met an unhappy fate.

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Paul Coates, Feb. 22, 1961

Posted on February 22, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 22, 1961: Longtime readers of the Daily Mirror may recall Paul Coates’ 1959 columns about a young African American boy named Butch Harris, who faced exclusion from the Cub Scouts because of his race. Today, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 21, 1961

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 21, 1961: The choice of which Mercury astronaut will be the first launched into space narrows to Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., Air Force Capt. Virgil L. Grissom and Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 20, 1961

Posted on February 20, 2011 by lmharnisch

         Feb. 20, 1961: Paul Coates follows up on a story about the DMV insisting that Spanish speakers attempt—and fail—the test in English before taking it in Spanish. A new directive allows applications to take the test … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 17, 1961

Posted on February 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 17, 1961: The death of Burdette E. Lowery, 67, was an accident – or was it? Lowery, a retired engineer, was tenant in a home at 514 Via De La Paz occupied by Turner Ashby Martin, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Feb. 16, 1961

Posted on February 16, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 16, 1961: Paul Coates dips into his mail and turns down a chance to audition showgirls for Le Crazy Horse in Paris. 

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Paul Coates, Feb. 15, 1961

Posted on February 15, 2011 by lmharnisch

      Feb. 15, 1961: Paul Coates writes about a house for rent, “an ornate, slightly garish Mediterranean-style home on a hill overlooking Hollywood” built in the ‘20s by a movie star. “Never heard of her,” says one prospective … Continue reading →

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