Category Archives: Paul Coates

November 19, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Saga of a Guy Who Flipped From Poky “I walk alone,” the voice on the phone told me, more as an apology than as a boast.  “With me, it’s habit.  I guess I never learned any other way.” The voice … Continue reading →

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November 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

As Senators Write to Indignant Taxpayers While we’re all gathered here together, in this smoke-filled room, I’d like to say a few words in behalf of politicians. They are our friends.  Behind that stodgy facade that they put up, they’ve … Continue reading →

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November 17, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

Poet in the Poky Has Samson Sort of Woes Jerry Baker, the promising young coffee-house poet, appeared in my office yesterday afternoon, shortly after being released from Lincoln Heights jail. He sat down, gazed fondly at an open pack of … Continue reading →

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Nov. 16, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Search for Better Brand of Justice Erle Stanley Gardner, you either like or dislike. He’s easy to categorize. If you don’t like him, he’s a troublemaker, a rebel who gets his kicks by destroying the public’s illusions concerning the integrity … Continue reading →

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Voices – Evelyn Rudie

Posted on November 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Above, Evelyn Rudie, 9, who played Eloise on TV, makes the front page of the Mirror with a story about vanishing from home to go see Mamie Eisenhower. Paul Coates’ Nov. 10, 1959, column (“Evelyn Is a Real Old … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 14, 1959

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment     "Dear Mr. Coates:     "Humorous though your column about taking your wife with you to Japan was, I just wanted you to know that it did the hearts of many women good to have you … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Hucksters of Horror Tell How to Succeed I listened in on a trilogy of success stories this week. They were about three local-boys-who-made-good.  Their ages averaged 25.  Each was married, with two to four children.  None had any special … Continue reading →

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November 12, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on November 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Mirror follows the Lillian Lenorak story. Below, Paul Weeks profiles suspect Tord Ove Zeppen-Field.

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

Posted on November 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

John Law Gets Sort of Rough Now and Then For a minute.  Talk to him for just a minute and you know that he’s not the man who looks for trouble. He’s a quiet man.  Everything about him is quiet.  … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 10, 1959

Posted on November 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Evelyn Is a Real Old Hand at Drum Beating     I'm not one to go around saying I told you so.   But I did.     Three years ago I warned you about Eloise's alter ego, Evelyn Rudie.     I … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Trials and Tribulation of Doodles Weaver It’s an axiom thought up by Sir Isaac Newton and perpetuated by Hollywood: What goes up must come down. And its proof sat in front of my desk, in striped shirt and gaudy suit, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 7, 1959

Posted on November 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Public Unexcited About Rigged Shows I'm home.     And if you've been following my dispatches from the Mysterious East, I'm sure you're aware by now that there is really nothing mysterious about it at all.      I suspect … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 6, 1959

Posted on November 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Now Hear This and Then Smell This     THOUGHTS ON THE LONG VOYAGE HOME:  The things you remember most are the sounds and the smells of the Orient.     The sound, in Japan, of women's voices, subdued but constant, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hunger Way of Life in ‘Pearl of Orient’ Hong Kong — In this bedlam of political intrigue, British pomposity, sly international trade, glamour and abject poverty, I’ve learned a very disturbing thing about myself. I never thought the time would … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 4, 1959

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Hong Kong Smells Unlike Peach Orchard     HONG KONG — There's an astonishing distance between the Orient of Tokyo and the Orient of this British Crown Colony.    Although Hong Kong is only a few hours away by air, it is … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 3, 1959

Posted on November 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Erwin “He Walked by Night” Walker is recaptured. Japan of Today Has Its Lost Generation     TOKYO — There are striking things you see when you look at a country 14 years after it lost the most devastating war in … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Nov. 2, 1959

Posted on November 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  TV game show winner Charles Van Doren says everything was a fake. There's a Strange Girl in His Bath     TOKYO — You know what you've always heard about those Japanese public baths?  Well, don't believe it.    We Americans … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Oct. 31, 1959

Posted on October 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Sparrow Just Not Columnist's Dish     TOKYO — I hope you're fine, but me? I'm a bit under the weather.  Got this kind of queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach.      You see, I have good … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Columnist’s Face Saved at Low Cost TOKYO — In today’s lesson, boys and girls, we will turn our rapt attention to the strange Japanese preoccupation with “saving face.” All we’ve known about it in the past, of course, is what … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Women of Japan Enjoy Their Liberty LADIES DAY IN TOKYO (Part Two) — When General of the Army Douglas MacArthur returned, as he had somehow hurriedly promised to do, Japan got its first taste of democracy. In the manner of … Continue reading →

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