Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Social Outcast A lady whose husband is a kind of subdued celebrity found herself listening in awe at a party as the other female guests discussed with embarrassing frankness their current and divorced husbands and boyfriends. Inevitably they turned to … Continue reading →

Cause of the World's  Ills It isn't often you get the kind of significant thinking that emerged the other day during a coffee break in a Spring Street restaurant. A man named Joe broke open the conversation by announcing that … Continue reading →

Auto Gremlins A man drove into the Max Barish agency, 444 S La Brea, last week and complained about a rattle in the trunk of his car. A mechanic, Virgil Helner, crawled into the big, deep recess to locate it, … Continue reading →

Memorable Mentor What, would you say, is the quality that makes students remember one teacher and not another? Severity? Encouragement? Guidance? Ability to inspire? Whatever it is, Frances M. Hov, Belmont High School journalism teacher has it. The word went … Continue reading →

Hearts Respond One of the city's older elementary schools, Hyde Park, is now set aside for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Last weekend Michael, 7, a first-grader learning to live in his silent world, wandered into a pool and drowned. His … Continue reading →

High Finance Talk is not only cheap, it's frequently boring. But once in a while, if you listen intently, you catch an offbeat fragment that is profound or wonderful nonsense or raffishly realistic. Mike Molony, who helps cover Hill St. … Continue reading →

Noisesome to Some Apparently a city employee who complained here about the music broadcast in City Hall is not alone in his irritation. Other tortured souls have chimed in with similar grievances. One man writes: "Each day from 7:30 a.m. … Continue reading →

Shell Game It is the nature of shell collectors to correspond with each other and, thus, adman Bennett Foster has learned of the fantastic tale of R. Julian Dashwood, the only white man on the island of Mauke, in the … Continue reading →

Non-Conformist There is a widespread belief that conformity has so overwhelmed everyone that even the hardiest individualists have lost their incentive and inspiration. There's evidence today that this is not entirely true. A solid citizen, piqued at some flaw in … Continue reading →

A Call From Sam Bill Stout of KNXT received a phone call the other day from a stranger who said he was Sam (Golf Bag) Hunt, a big man in Chicago hoodlum circles. He was calling, he said, to get … Continue reading →

Tijuana Exile Hopes This is a further report on Roy Huerta, separated for the last 10 years from his beloved wife, Manuela, and their six children. Roy, 39, is a cook at a restaurant on Sunset Blvd. and lives with … Continue reading →

  Money Troubles The bitter warfare between those who owe money and those who are trying to collect it goes on and on, with extracurricular activity here and there. A mother received a call recently from a woman who said … Continue reading →

Stop the Music In the event you hadn't heard, music is broadcast over the City Hall loudspeaker system. Maybe not the best music, but music. Now an anonymous city employee asks bitterly, "Why must we be submitted to this torture?" … Continue reading →

Goleta's Great Day In the twilight of Monday, Feb. 23, 1942, a Japanese submarine a mile offshore fired 25 shells from its 5-in. deck guns at the Elwood oil field inGoleta, a few miles north of Santa Barbara. The attack, … Continue reading →

Taken for a Ride The question before the house today is, "Does the MTA hold secret meetings?" Ralph P. Merritt, MTA executive director, says no. Carter Barber of this newspaper says yes. "What's the difference?" you may ask. The answer … Continue reading →

Summit of Babel Night is a time for deep, probing thoughts, and a couple of midnights ago the semanticists on the copy desk lobster trick* turned up a disturbing little fantasy. It all started when slotman Robert Smith viewed with … Continue reading →

What Goes Up… For some reason, perhaps a power failure, all four elevators in the 12-story Equitable Building at Hollywood Blvd. and Vine St. Stopped between floors Monday and remained stalled about an hour. The remarkable thing was that there … Continue reading →