Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

October 21, 1957: Matt Weinstock

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October 21, 1957: Matt Weinstock writes about a disgruntled car owner who discovers it’s no longer possible to rent a car battery for a few days. Continue reading →

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October 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 20, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes about H.C. “Chad” McClellan’s recent trip to the Soviet Union, representing capitalism. His message to Rotarians was that young Communists were misguided, misled and misinformed. Not evil. Continue reading →

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October 19, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 19, 1957: Matt Weinstock profiles former newspaperman Edwin Anthony Browne, who appears in Carroll and Garrett Graham’s “Queer People” a hilarious book about crazy movie people in the crazy 1920s. Continue reading →

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October 18, 1957: Matt Weinstock

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October 18, 1957: The city health department has a complaint desk and some of the calls would test anyone’s sanity, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 17, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 17, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 17, 1957: Matt Weinstock interviews George B. Murphy, an aircraft inspector for whom Murphy’s Law was named. Continue reading →

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October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock writes about a man who claimed he saw Saturn from his backyard — without a telescope. Which was impossible. Was it spacemen? Continue reading →

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October 15, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 15, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 15, 1959: Matt Weinstock takes a look at Caryl Chessman’s case and his grounds for appeal. Chessman remains the only person executed in California who never killed anyone. Continue reading →

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October 14, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 14, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 14, 1957: The Dodgers are coming, but there’s a reason to believe the Battle of Chavez Ravine is not quite over. Twelve families there are sitting tight, some of them on land their grandfathers bought and built homes on and they don’t think the city has done right by them, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 13, 1959: The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because they had no shoes or adequate clothing came into a child welfare and attendance office and Monty Minock, a worker, was assigned to investigate, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 12, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 12, 1957: Matt Weinstock profiles Burl Ives as he makes the transition from folk singing to acting. Continue reading →

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October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 10, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock is less than thrilled over the Dodgers’ World Series victory. “Furthermore, I don’t think the Dodgers are the greatest thing that ever happened to Los Angeles,” he says. Continue reading →

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October 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 9, 1959: A reader sends Matt Weinstock clippings from her hometown paper, the Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Wash. Continue reading →

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock profiles Eugene Vale, author of ‘The Thirteenth Apostle.’ Continue reading →

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock tells the story of Hal, a former newsman now working in the entertainment industry, who was so broke in 1936 that he slept on the ledge next to a drugstore. Continue reading →

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October 6, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 6, 1959: Irony and sarcasm are lost on some people, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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October 5, 1959: Matt Weinstock on UFOs and the greatest invention of all time. Continue reading →

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October 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 3, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 3, 1959: Matt Weinstock writes of Steve Allen’s concerns about nuclear weapons and Edita Morris’ novel “The Flowers of Hiroshima.” Continue reading →

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October 2, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 2, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 2, 1959: “Thelonious Monk, who’ll be among those present at the Hollywood Bowl jazz festival tonight, is the composer of “Round About Midnight, in my opinion one of the finest mood pieces of recent years.” Continue reading →

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October 1, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 1, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 1, 1959: A caller tries to tap Matt Weinstock for a few dollars. He’s not an easy touch. Continue reading →

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September 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on September 30, 2025 by lmharnisch

Sept. 30, 1959: “The body of a San Bernardino Freeway crash victim was hurled into a tree where it hung unnoticed for five hours today” … W.C. Fields vs. Cecil B. DeMille … and Matt Weinstock on some friendly traffic officers. Continue reading →

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