Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Matt Weinstock, April 14, 1960

  Let’s go to the Ambassador  and see where Milton Berle performed — no wait, we let L.A. Unified tear it down. Feeding Fosdic     In the event anyone is wondering what will happen to all those forms the census … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 13, 1960

  Sweden and Chessman     David Stone, instructor at John Adams Junior High School, plans a trip to Europe this summer with another teacher.  Not long ago he wrote a friendly letter to a newspaper in Sweden giving the date … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 12, 1960

  An Escape to Nature       There's this hideaway up near Lake Hughes and Sunday, responding to an urge to get away from mundane affairs, a group of weekend pioneers, equipped with enough picnic lunch for twice their number, … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 11, 1960

“ ‘Library Fever’ Is Similar to Other Mental Disturbances.”   Pay-as-You-Breathe Plan       Everyone, it seems, wants to help the beleaguered councilmen find a way to raise desperately needed revenue.  And it is a heartening thing indeed to witness the … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 9, 1960

Bed Burners Beware     Too often there are stories in the papers about persons who are badly, even fatally burned by falling asleep with a lighted cigarette.  Well, something has been done about them.     An amendment to the fire … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 8, 1960

“And When You Go Up to the Front Desk, the Librarian Looks at You With Her Great Big Eyes, and She….”  The Fourth at State     A crew of painters has been working on the sixth floor of the Hall … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 7, 1960

'Good Evening, Friends…'     The TV cliche file is overwhelming again so let's drain off another batch.     Irene McCroskey of Burbank shrinks every time she hears the line, which she contends is in every British film, "Darling! It must … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 4, 1960

The Stamp Age and Its Problems       It turns out that an idea projected here — trading stamps redeemable for cash instead of premiums — is already working fine at Tom Robertson's service station in Arcadia.     The customer … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 2, 1960

  “Fly Hard … Hard… Hard!” Fowl in Fish Bowl       Next to driving, the big problem for motorists is parking.  And since the upsurge of the sports car, life can be fraught with chaos.  Take the case of … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, April 1, 1960

  “Wait! I Don’t Trust You!” Ethereal Hitchhiker       Until recently Rhoda Cross, who lives near Vermont and Fountain Aves., had a two-party telephone line, or at least that's what she thought.  But several weeks ago she started hearing … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock – March 31, 1960

Seat of Judgment      A man I know was notified a few days ago that his auto insurance had been canceled.  Indignant, he demanded to know why.  He was told that the insurance company had checked his driving record and … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 30, 1960

The Ditched Duck     Easter is nigh and again doting parents will buy livestock for their children.  Let them take heed.     Last Easter a man named Norm, who lives in Palos Verdes, bought his son, 4, a duck.  The … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 29, 1960

Here's Unsqueezed Juice     The moans are low and constant from the civic Center.  Our leaders have squeezed every drop of juice out of the turnips, oops, I mean taxpayers, and still there isn't enough.  Unless new sources of revenue … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 22, 1960

  “Hello? Anybody There?” A Courageous Move     Along with spring, a sign has appeared in the Brentwood Country Mart, out in bosky del country, stating firmly, "Men Must Wear Shirts."  It is the first voice of protest in a … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 21, 1960

  Pulling a Chessman?     The letter, neatly written in pencil, is from a man named Arthur.     "I am in the City Jail on a phony beef," it begins.  "About 2:30 a.m. March 1 I was forced into a … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 19, 1960

  “?” Pig Stickers, En Garde     Sportsmen who complain they have to go farther and farther for good fishing and hunting — prepare to drool.  Dr. Louis Higger of L.A. writes from Kati, New Zealand: "Here we are on … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 18, 1960

For Liquid Prose     Today's study in wonderful irrelevance brings us to a brochure announcing Writer's Digest's annual $3,500 short story contest.  First prize is $500 and contestants must subscribe to qualify.  But money and fame aren't the only incentive … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 17, 1960

  Conversing Computers     Well, we're there, folks.  I suppose it was inevitable.  And presumably the news has been deliberately hushed and permitted to leak here so no one would get the impulse to jump out of his shoes.  So … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 16, 1960

  Mileage Test     I've had misgivings about freeways for a long time. But not the way you might think.  I've merely been suspicious of the comparative mileage.     This is to report that I have confirmed my suspicion.  I … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock, March 15, 1960

Hard and Fast     The file, and it's a thick one, seems to be complete now on the tale of the premix cement truck driver's revenge on his wife's boyfriend, so let's give it another run through.  The way it's … Continue reading

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