Category Archives: Paul Coates

Paul Coates – Confidential File, June 16, 1960

Posted on June 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 16, 1960: Paul Coates examines the situation of “Swedish maids,” teenage European girls who come to Hollywood with the expectation of doing a little dusting in exchange for pay, lodging and their nights free to rub shoulders with … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 15, 1960

Posted on June 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 15, 1960: Paul Coates writes about a fad called the “hairloom,” which comes in the Bobby Darin, Sal Mineo and Fabian models. The Tommy Sands model is a little problematic, however. 

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Paul Coates – Confidential File, June 14, 1960

Posted on June 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 14, 1960: Paul Coates takes a look at the possibility of a national lottery, which he supports. 

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Paul Coates – Confidential File, June 13, 1960

Posted on June 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 13, 1960: Paul Coates writes about the strengths and weaknesses of various writers, including Matt Weinstock – and himself.

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Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, June 11, 1960

Posted on June 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 11, 1960: Paul Coates, Matt Weinstock and Abby on one page!

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 10, 1960

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: Paul Coates tells a story of the slow-moving bureaucracy of the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 9, 1960

Posted on June 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 9, 1960: Paul Coates has an item on people who campaign against pornography, called “smut” in 1960, and on the bravery of some teenagers who rescued a girl from a shark.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 8, 1960

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 10, 1960: Paul Coates writes updates on several continuing stories. Tijuana appears to be improving after years of preying on tourists … Harold Moore, whose son, Leonard, was killed in a holdup by drug addicts, is looking for … Continue reading →

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The Parkey Sharkey Story

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Parkey Sharkey, the terror of Palo Alto, with his taxi, about 1961. Readers frequently assume that Parkey Sharkey was a fictional character invented by Paul Coates to fill his Saturday letters column. I recently found a copy of Sharkey’s … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 7, 1960

Posted on June 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 7, 1960: Paul Coates has the story of a baby girl who was left in Ray Gahring's Cadillac, which was parked behind his real estate office at 7131 Balboa Blvd. The little girl would be 50 now. I … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 6, 1960

Posted on June 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 6, 1960: Paul Coates has a follow-up on the story of a doctor  confined to a mental ward who saved another patient’s life.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 4, 1960

Posted on June 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 4, 1960: “The other day (Monday, I think it was) I was listening to the ballgame between the Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Vin Scully is the regular announcer and, as usual, he was giving us fans … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 3, 1960

Posted on June 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 3, 1960: How to pay for the proposed national healthcare program? Paul Coates writes about a campaign by congressional candidate William H. Ware Jr. for a national lottery.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 2, 1960

Posted on June 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 2, 1960: Paul Coates catches up with former Floradora Girl Evelyn Nesbit, whose millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw, killed architect Stanford White in a jealous rage during a rooftop performance at Madison Square Garden in June 1906.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 1, 1960

Posted on June 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1960: Paul Coates has a follow-up on the raid on the 25-cent gambling pool on roller derby at Olympic Auditorium. The judge dismissed the case.

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Paul Coates – Confidential File, May 31, 1960

Posted on May 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 31, 1960: Paul Coates writes about Norman Farberow and Edwin Shneidman, founders of the Suicide Prevention Center.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 30, 1960

Posted on May 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 30, 1960: Paul Coates spends Memorial Day on skid row and talks with a World War I veteran. 

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 28, 1960

Posted on May 28, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 28, 1960: Paul Coates’ cat ladies, Beth Lawrence and her daughter Betty,  have new troubles. TV host Jack Linkletter was interviewing them (and their 13 cats) in Bronson Canyon Park when their white Persian cat named Prince Baba … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 27, 1960

Posted on May 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 27, 1960: Paul Coates follows up on his survey of prisoners with the transcription of an inmate interviewing another. Sample quote: “It isn't my fault that I was born with a Cadillac appetite into a sharecropper's life.”

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, May 25, 1960

Posted on May 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

  May 25, 1960: Paul Coates has a great story today – and I’m not going to spoil it with a summary. You’ll just have to read it for yourself.

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