Category Archives: Paul Coates

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

Posted on April 6, 2010 by lmharnisch

Prudery Not So Very Practical These Days     Read a report the other day that a French sociologist named Pierre-Louis Weil sees the western world entering upon an era of prudery.     He bases it on the belief that sex … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 5, 1960

Posted on April 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Facts We Won't Find in the Census Report       There's nothing profound about the lady's story.  Nothing glamorous.  Nothing shocking.       For 17 years she worked diligently at being a housewife, raising four kids.  It's a job with … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sawdust Trail Leads Through Midway       To you, Cucamonga may mean nothing but a Jack Benny joke, but to history it may be remembered as the scene of one of Christianity's major jurisdictional disputes.       Recently, a syndicate … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Mash Notes and Comment       "Paul Coates,       "Regarding the recent television show you had about the dog who was left behind in Kentucky and found his way to California and found his masters, probably the dog … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

Handicapped Group Needs a Few Tools       The night was May 29, 1958.  It was a minute or two after 10 o'clock and I was on the studio lot at KTTV, waiting to go on the air with my … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 31, 1960

Posted on March 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

Major Family Tragedy of Our Atomic Times       There's sadness in the face of Jackson McVey.  Lined into his forehead and around his mouth, it never completely disappears, even when he smiles.       It's a sadness not without … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

A Condemned Man Wants to Give an Eye     The question now before the California Supreme Court is an eerie one, with no easy answer.     How much control — it asks — does the state have over a condemned … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 29, 1960

Posted on March 29, 2010 by lmharnisch

Dollar-Down Crowd Gangs Up on Kiddies       Yesterday, I got the latest pitch on "friendly credit buying."       By mail, I received a circular from a jewelry store chain which is spread across Southern California.       It … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 23, 1960

Posted on March 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Police Problems in Hunting Arsonist       You're a cop and, maybe, he's a pyromaniac.       A special kind of criminal.       His weapon isn't a gun or a knife.  Shake him down and you learn nothing. … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 22, 1960

Posted on March 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Cynical Columnist Gets More Cynical       You think I seem a little sallow lately?  A kind of drawn, hunted look about me?  Deepening circles under the eyes?       You're right.  I'm sick.       But it's nothing … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 21 1960

Posted on March 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Journalism Lesson From a Dixie Editor     My mother didn’t exactly cancel her subscription to The Mirror News. What she did, she called me up — collect — from her flat in the Bronx just before Christmas last year with … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 19, 1960

Posted on March 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

     Mash Notes and Comment     (Press Release)  "John Mason Brown is a conversationalist critic whose verbal outpourings since birth have never ceased  to be witty and original, as well as readily and steadily forthcoming . . . " … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates Is Ill

Posted on March 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1960: I always worry when Coates is sick because the poor fellow died at the age of 47 in 1968.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 17, 1960

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Further Reaction to White 'Negro'     A $1 bill and  a $5 bill found their respective ways through the U.S. mails this week, onto my desk.     Both came to me as a result of the articles I printed … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

Salsberry Family Is Very Wondrous Thing     There's a twist to the Salsberry story.     Gerald, the husband, is a 39-year-old construction worker, and right now he's unemployed.  He hasn't had a day's work in a month.     He and … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 14, 1960

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

A Military Problem Beyond the Military     Every election year two undeniable truths reaffirm themselves:     1- Our Armed Forces are too soft on enlisted personnel.     2- Our Armed Forces are too hard on enlisted personnel.        To the … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates, Confidential File, March 12, 1960

Posted on March 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Uh-oh. Mash Notes and Comments     "Dear Paul,     "Ever ask yourself WHY so many women look worse after they return from the powder room than they did before they entered?     "Ask Ed Cabrera, the lighting specialist whom … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 11, 1960

Posted on March 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Deep South's Constant Sullen Hate, Contempt, Sadism Bared (Second of two articles)     John Howard Griffin became a Negro by choice.     He did it with special pills, ultraviolet ray treatments and vegetable dyes.     And he did it … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

The book Coates is talking about is, of course, "Black Like Me." DARING THE 'HATE STARE' A White Man Turns Negro (This is the first of two exclusive columns on the remarkable story of a white author who turned "Negro" … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

Father, Son Talk Over the Slaying of Seven     In his 57 years, stolid Ralph Whitney never made a more difficult phone call.      He placed it late yesterday afternoon from the quiet Pomona Valley community of Upland to the … Continue reading →

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