Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

November 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock has the story of robbery Detective Dalton Patton, a man with a long memory who finally gets his safe-cracker. Continue reading →

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November 25, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 25, 1959: The health department says the Fern Dell water hole, fed by a mountain spring, is unsafe to use because of pollution, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock, Nov. 21, 1959

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November 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock has the story of a man who keeps getting tickets for not having a front plate on his French Panhard. The problem is there’s no place for a license plate. Continue reading →

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November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock looks over L.A. football, college and pro, and says: It could be that the Dodgers did L.A. a disservice in their magnificent drive for the pennant and their World Series victory.  Every team here is now expected to be not only victorious but also spectacular.  Continue reading →

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November 19, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 19, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about a “Pyramidologist” who says his study of the Great Pyramid shows that the day will bring something ominous — and that the Earth will end Jan. 28, 2001. Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 18, 1959: Retired math professor Robert Bruce tells a friend “you’re entitled to call me Robert.” But physics instructor Julius Miller replies: “I couldn’t do that. You’ve been Professor Bruce to me for more than 30 years,” Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 17, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 17, 1959: In a school project, a boy plants radishes in a circle rather than rows. Why? That’s how you get them at the market, he says. Now a commercial grower is trying the method to ease stoop labor, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 16, 1959: A new teacher’s night out to celebrate a career change has an unusual twist, Matt Weinstock writes. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 13, 1959: As the city suffers under a heavy layer of smog, the copy desk wonders if L.A. will be abandoned by 1975, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 12, 1958: It has become a kind of game for the young men who pilot the jungle boats at Disneyland to invent bright new lines for their spiels during the voyage, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 11, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 11, 1959: A Palm Springs getaway to cure a dog’s cough? Matt Weinstock tells the tale. Continue reading →

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November 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 9, 1959: Clearly it’s no more possible to control the gags about the quiz show scandal than it is to control the mushrooming scandal itself, and the other day a group of coffee break philosophers of my acquaintance got around to the subject, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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November 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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November 5, 1959: Los Angeles residents are hit by a large increase in property taxes and Matt Weinstock has the story. Continue reading →

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October 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 30, 1959: A woman walking to the store is “kidnapped” by a bus of Stanford graduates en route to the football game against USC, Matt Weinstock says. (Stanford lost). Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1959

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October 28, 1959: Janice, 11, saves her money for more than a year to send her parents on the honeymoon they never had because they married during World War II, Matt Weinstock writes. Continue reading →

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October 27, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 27, 1959: A driver named Hank says he is always outwitted by traffic congestion. “I’m sure the word goes out when I leave the house — Drive this guy nuts,” he says. Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 26, 1959: Steve Medved says he was beaten unconscious by the LAPD while being arrested for being drunk. When his trial ended in a hung jury, Medved says, the LAPD began targeting him for drunkenness, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 24, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 24, 1959: A driver with a long, majestic beard stopping in Paso Robles during a beard-growing contest for Pioneer Day is the envy of every man, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 23, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 23, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 23, 1957: An intoxicated woman hails a police car, which provides a ride to jail. She’s freed, but then arrested for a warrant on a traffic ticket on a 1956 car — only she says she never owned a 1956 model, just a 1926 that she sold a year ago. Continue reading →

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October 22, 1957: Matt Weinstock

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October 22, 1957: Yelling “Boy!” for a copy boy has nearly disappeared from the newsroom, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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