Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Matt Weinstock, Nov. 12, 1960

    Nov. 13, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of a Pittsburgh reporter in town for an episode of “Day in Court” — who got a ticket for jaywalking in Hollywood.  CONFIDENTIAL TO "MARRIED TO A MAMMA'S BOY": Don't … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 11, 1960

       Hm. Not just a Vulcan, but a Vulcan who uses wheresgeorge.com!  Clearly ahead of his time! Nov. 11, 1960: Matt Weinstock has the story of a man who brought his family to L.A. from Indiana and got  … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 10, 1960

    Nov. 10, 1960: Four drawers vanished from the card catalog at UCLA’s library, from “Independent” to “Indian Cot,” Matt Weinstock says.   (Yes, they were recovered.) Weinstock also caught Errol Garner and Bob Newhart at Gene Norman’s Crescendo nightclub. … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 9, 1960

    Nov. 9, 1960: Norman Mailer’s Esquire article on the 1960 Democratic National Convention gets a frosty reaction from Matt Weinstock. CONFIDENTIAL TO "BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED" (in the office romance): After investing nine years in this man, I diagnose the … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 8, 1960

    Nov. 8, 1960: Today’s election means an end to the madness over political bumper stickers, Matt Weinstock says. CONFIDENTIAL TO "TOO SMART": A smart girl should be smart enough not to look too smart.

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 7, 1960

       Nov. 7, 1960: The county tax ax fell last week on property owners. They received their annual valentines from tax collector H.L. Byram, who gets the blame but merely does the bookkeeping. Some homeowners were merely nicked. … Continue reading

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

    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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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 4, 1960

         Nov. 4, 1960: Matt Weinstock explores the new Hall of Administration in search of the press room … and gets lost. DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of five grown children. Each has made me a … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, Nov. 3, 1960

       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

       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

       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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

      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

         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

       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

       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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