Category Archives: Front Pages

Paul Coates, Nov. 18, 1960

Posted on November 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 18, 1960: One glance at the front page shows the Mirror was nothing like The Times — but all of that is going to change in a little more than a year…. Paul Coates writes about … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 16, 1960

Posted on November 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 16, 1960: Paul Coates files the first story in his series on the Soviet Union. He writes from Moscow: “This is the other side of the moon. A place so strange to western eyes that it … Continue reading →

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The Real Marilyn Monroe

Posted on November 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

         Nov. 15, 1960: The Mirror continues Maurice Zolotow’s series on Marilyn Monroe. And on the jump, Mrs. S.C. Harris is worried about Paul Coates!

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The Real Marilyn Monroe

Posted on November 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 14, 1960: The Mirror begins publishing Maurice Zolotow’s biography of Marilyn Monroe (and yes, Clark Gable, her co-star in “The Misfits” dies in a few days). On the jump, Simone Signoret says that if Monroe is … Continue reading →

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Former Mirror Writer Beaten to Death

Posted on November 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 12, 1960: Here’s the sad story of Roby Heard, a former Mirror rewrite man who was beaten to death with a hammer in a killing that was unsolved for many years.

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Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller to Divorce

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 11, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation so I’m running the Mirror’s letters column instead. There’s advice from F. Wilson on how to select a good orange and Eleanor Blangsted is thankful for help fixing a … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates Is on Vacation, Nov. 10, 1960

Posted on November 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 10, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation. Instead, we have a letters column in which readers say that women have too many rights, the minimum age for a driver’s license should be raised to 18 and wonder, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 8, 1960

Posted on November 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 8, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation, so the Daily Mirror is substituting with Hollywood columnist Earl Wilson Mary Martin broke an arm warming up for "Peter Pan" on TV? I had no idea.

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Paul Coates Is on Vacation

Posted on November 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

           Nov. 7, 1960: Paul Coates is on vacation. The Mirror publishes a letter from Mrs. Jeannette Williams, who complains about the slanted, pro-Nixon political coverage in the paper. She asks: “What do you take us … Continue reading →

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Kennedy Leads 1% in Final Poll

Posted on November 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

        Nov. 7, 1960: Ernie Bushmiller is almost never topical – in fact it would be easy to transpose panels of “Nancy” from one decade to another. But here’s Sluggo, dressed in his outfit from the 1930s, … Continue reading →

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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 6, 1940

Posted on November 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 6, 1940: Roosevelt is elected for a third term. Once again, we find that election results undercut the purported influence of The Times’ political endorsements: Wendell Willkie for president (defeated); and incumbent Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts (defeated … Continue reading →

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Mack Sennett, Ward Bond Die, Nov. 5, 1960

Posted on November 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Nov. 5, 1960: Paul Coates reports on a little war over press releases on the upcoming John Wayne film “The Alamo” …. Matt Weinstock writes that CBS-TV is having problems with the IBM RAMAC 305 it's using for … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 4, 1960

Posted on November 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

         Nov. 4, 1960: Paul Coates digs into his mailbox and comes up with items on Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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Paul Coates, Nov. 3, 1960

Posted on November 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 3, 1960: Paul Coates has the story of John Resko, who was sent to prison for killing a man but eventually rebuilt his life as an artist. Also on the jump, Earl Wilson on Marilyn Monroe … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 2, 1960

Posted on November 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 2, 1960: Paul Coates has a terrific story on one of two young men who dressed as Nazis and picketed the Huntington Hartford Theater, where Sammy Davis Jr. was to perform, over Davis’ upcoming marriage to … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Nov. 1, 1960

Posted on November 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 1, 1960: Paul Coates has  a story taken from a second grade textbook smuggled out of East Germany. Also on the jump, Earl Wilson on the reformed Steve McQueen.

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Paul Coates, Oct. 31, 1960

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 31, 1960: Paul Coates has a different sort of Halloween story set in a cemetery. 

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Fleeing Cubans Force Airliner to U.S., Oct. 29, 1960

Posted on October 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 29, 1960: ONLY IN ARCADIA — Mrs. Mae McClain hides these days when the garbage man comes by. Her husband recently caught a big shark off Catalina and brought it home to show the children. It was … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Oct. 28, 1960

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 28, 1960: Paul Coates gets an anonymous letter about teenage violence. “I was born in what you'd call the slums, I guess, but at the age of 10 I moved to a better neighborhood. Still, it's not … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Oct. 27, 1960

Posted on October 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Oct. 27, 1960: Paul Coates digs into his mailbox and finds “Johnny Grant was once a stunt car driver … and Dick Whittinghill sang with the Pied Pipers.” Notice: Art Pepper is arrested for possession of heroin.

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