Category Archives: Paul Coates

Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Sept. 8, 1959

Posted on September 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Paul Coates profiles private detective Fred Otash, one of the more colorful figures of Los Angeles of the 1950s.

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September 7, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 5, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 4, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 3, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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September 2, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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Thug Clubs L.A. Woman

Posted on September 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 2, 1949: Cub Scout wins cake contest!   I thought it would be fun to dip into the 1949 editions of the Mirror, if only briefly. At that time, Paul Coates was mostly covering nightclubs and had yet to … Continue reading →

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September 1, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

September 1, 1959: Paul Coates tells the story of Jean Elizabeth Wood, 26, an attractive young woman wearing a black party dress who stood in the middle of a darkened desert highway and refused to move out of the way … Continue reading →

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September 1, 1949: L.A. Warned on Water

Posted on September 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 1, 1949: The early days of the Mirror, when it was a tabloid. I thought it would be fun to dip into the 1949 editions of the Mirror, if only briefly. At that time, Paul Coates was mostly covering … Continue reading →

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August 31, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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

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

Posted on August 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

August 28, 1959: The success story of L.D. Tallent — a man born with less than half a body — isn’t quite believable, but it happened anyway, Paul Coates writes.

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August 27, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 26, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 25, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 24, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Great Impostor Fools Our City Too Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., age 37, is, by profession, an impostor. Without benefit of a high school diploma, he has masqueraded as a college dean of philosophy, a surgeon in the Royal Canadian Navy … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 22, 1959

Posted on August 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting … Continue reading →

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August 21, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting … Continue reading →

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August 20, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting … Continue reading →

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August 19, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on August 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: Devon McReynolds, the Daily Mirror’s UCLA intern, is off to Paris. Until our next intern starts in September, the Daily Mirror won’t be able to transcribe Paul Coates or Matt Weinstock. Rather than discontinue the columns, we’ll be posting … Continue reading →

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