Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Matt Weinstock, Nov. 3, 1960

Posted on November 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 3, 1960: Guess what jazz drummer Shelley Manne is calling his new Hollywood nightclub, Matt Weinstock says. CONFIDENTIAL TO HANSEN: Experience is the comb that nature gives to bald men. Live a little.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 2, 1960

Posted on November 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 2, 1960: A San Fernando Valley resident conducted a treat or treat poll, asking youngsters who came to his door which candidate their parents were voting for before handing them the candy, Matt Weinstock says.  DEAR … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 1, 1960

Posted on November 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Nov. 1, 1960: BE ON THE ALERT for strangers in bars who offer to bet $25 or $5 that if Candidate A (or B) is elected that three days later the banks will be closed and there … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 31, 1960

Posted on October 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 31, 1960: Gene Barry, who swings a wicked gold-headed cane as Bat Masterson, confided at an informal discussion of the subject that he frequently prevails upon his producer to delete scenes of killing and mayhem when they … Continue reading →

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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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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1960

Posted on October 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 28, 1960: ONLY IN L.A. — Another bus became lost in the big city Tuesday. It was a Beverly Boulevard express which is supposed to turn on Vermont Avenue and take the Hollywood Freeway downtown. Somehow the … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 27, 1960

Posted on October 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct 27, 1960: Matt Weinstock weighs in on Ben Hecht’s discredited claims that Paul Bern’s suicide was a “whitewash.” CONFIDENTIAL TO IGNORANT AND ASHAMED: Your question is one that troubles many people … and it is nothing to … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 26, 1960

Posted on October 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 26, 1960: Matt Weinstock says, “When he receives a letter with the stamp cancellation ‘Report Obscene Mail to Your Postmaster,’ a troublemaker I know mails it back to the postmaster with the note, ‘What — and spoil … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 25, 1960

Posted on October 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Oct. 25, 1960: Bunker Hill residents are sleeping undisturbed again after three weeks of terror during which a burglar broke into seven apartments, held a knife to occupants who awoke and robbed them. Dets. Joe Medina and … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 21, 1960

Posted on October 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

         Oct. 21, 1960: Matt Weinstock reports from the trenches in the battle between Democrats and Republicans for the White House.

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 20, 1960

Posted on October 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Oct. 20, 1960: Matt Weinstock writes an update on a story about a runaway youth from Lancaster. DEAR ABBY: You goofed! How could you advise parents to get their small boy a miniature French poodle?

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 19, 1960

Posted on October 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

       Those ears… the eyebrows…. What is it with Starr Sapphire?   Oct. 19, 1960: A student at Valley College night school turned in a book report expressing enthusiastic agreement with the theme of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 18, 1960

Posted on October 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

      Oct. 18, 1960: Matt Weinstock has an item on Robert Nathan’s satire “The Weans.” CONFIDENTIAL TO 'SICK INSIDE': Tell your husband you found the letter. He owes you an explanation.

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 17, 1960

Posted on October 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 17, 1960: Frank Bronson, who took over the Hotel Morris at 809 E. 5th St. 2 1/2 years ago, is starting to clean up his portion of skid row, Matt Weinstock says.

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 14, 1960

Posted on October 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

    You know, I don’t think this Vulcan – if he is a Vulcan – is entirely honest. Oct. 14, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of Richard, a 16-year-old runaway. And Abby has a letter from a milkman’s … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 13, 1960

Posted on October 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Hey! Wait a minute! Those pointy ears! Haven’t I seen them before? Why you don’t suppose…. But… this is 1960! Oct. 13, 1960: A BULLETIN BOARD memo instructs employees at ABC-TV, including maintenance men and technicians, to wear … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 12, 1960

Posted on October 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 12, 1960: Bill Day tells Matt Weinstock that traffic is even worse in India than it is on the local freeways! And Abby’s readers respond to a letter from a 14-year-old girl who signs herself Feels Like … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 11, 1960

Posted on October 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

    Oct. 11, 1960: A homeless fellow called Front End Freddy complains about cleanup crews that are removing tumbleweeds from a vacant lot near downtown Los Angeles. Tumbleweeds in Los Angeles? Evidently so.

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Paul Coates, Aug. 25, 1960

Posted on August 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 25, 1960: Tons of steel fall onto Wilshire Boulevard from a building under construction … Richard Bergholz makes a rare appearance as a columnist and Paul Coates analyzes a bill from Los Angeles County for cutting down a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock Is on Vacation, Aug. 24, 1960

Posted on August 24, 2010 by lmharnisch

Aug. 24, 1960: Matt Weinstock is on vacation. Dear Abby: I am 19 and work in a large store. One of my supervisors started taking me out for coffee breaks and lunches and then it got serious. I knew he … Continue reading →

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