Category Archives: Paul Coates

Nov. 13, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 13, 1959: Paul Coates talks to three men in their 20s who are doing well, live in good neighborhoods and are respected by neighbors and the police. The catch? They’re heroin dealers. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1957: Paul Coates — confidential file

Posted on November 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 13, 1957: Joseph Szabo tells Paul Coates about being tortured in Hungary before coming to America. Continue reading →

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Nov. 11, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 11, 1959: The LAPD raids the wrong place and refuses to pay for damage, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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November 9, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 9, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 9, 1959: Comedian Doodles Weaver, who once headlined in played Las Vegas, can’t get a job, Paul Coates says. (Also a proposed union bus terminal for L.A.). Continue reading →

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November 5, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 5, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 5, 1959; Paul Coates, visiting Hong Kong, writes about the prevalence of children who are begging. Continue reading →

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October 30, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 30, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 30, 1959: Touring Japan, Paul Coates writes about the complicated tradition of “saving face.” Continue reading →

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October 29, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 29, 1959: One of the main beneficiaries of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s leadership of Japan after World War II was the nation’s women, Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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October 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 28, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 28, 1959:  LADIES DAY IN TOKYO:  The flowery era of Madame Butterfly is dying, but not quite dead in the postwar life of Japan, Paul Coates writes, Continue reading →

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October 27, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 27, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 27, 1959: Paul Coates describes his flight to Tokyo on Japan Air Lines, with (sigh) lots of dialect. Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 26, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 26, 1959: Paul Coates writes that his wife insists on accompanying him on his trips, like his recent one to Japan. Continue reading →

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October 21, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 21, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 21, 1957: Comedy writer Sy Miller writes a serious song, throws it in a drawer, but his daughters want to sing it at camp, so he agrees. The song: “Let there be peace on Earth,” Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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October 19, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 19, 1957: Paul Coates talks with scenarist Jack Wagner about his recent visit to Cuba and how the talk about Fulgencio Batista reminded him of the way Mexicans talked about Porfirio Diaz. Continue reading →

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October 16, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 16, 1957: Paul Coates has a moving tribute to a dead man and a son who loved to play the piano. Continue reading →

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October 14, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 14, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 14, 1957: Paul Coates has the story of Rosalee Cartwright, 14, who ran away five weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since. Continue reading →

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October 3, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on October 3, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 3, 1959: Thelonious Monk leaves after playing two numbers at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest. Paul Coates says Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn’t well known. Huxley asked: “Mike Wallace? Who’s Mike Wallace?” Continue reading →

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October 2, 1959: Paul V. Coates &ndash

Posted on October 2, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 2, 1959: Paul Coates looks at the myths surrounding Caryl Chessman, scheduled to die in the gas chamber. Continue reading →

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October 1, Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on October 1, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 1, 1959: Paul Coates writes about Caryl Chessman and his scheduled execution. And Mickey Cohen plans to marry Beverly (Jean) Hills. Continue reading →

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September 30, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 30, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 30, 1959: Paul Coates follows up on the tale of a young man pulling a magazine subscription scam, and on the troubles of Barbara Burns. Continue reading →

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September 29,1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 29, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Dorothy Roseborough and her adventures writing articles and eventually a book as Dorothy Ross. Whenever she sold something, the pay was deducted for her pension, so she saw no point in writing. But she did anyway. Continue reading →

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September 28, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 28, 2025 by lmharnisch

September 28, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Namichi Senzaki and how the gap in his employment during World War II affected his pension — until a new agreement was reached. Continue reading →

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