Category Archives: Paul Coates

  "I'm Gonna Be a Jazz Musician!" Confidential File 'Justice' in Tijuana Is Extremely Tricky It's traditional for imaginative American youngsters to be infected with wanderlust. This is the story of an American youngster whose wanderlust led him to the … Continue reading →

Confidential File New Fast Buck Method Just when I think I'm wise in all the ways we can fleeced, I run across a new one. This time the suckers — some 80 of them in the El Monte-Rosemead area — … Continue reading →

  Confidential File Mash Notes and Comments (Press Release) "Recently, Don Porter saw an elderly lady standing at the curb of a busy street. "Going up to her, Don said, "Are you going across?" "The old lady took his arm … Continue reading →

Dope Department's Busy in County Jail A kid from a "good family" came into my office yesterday. He'd been out of County Jail for a few weeks. But something was gnawing at him. "How come," he wanted to know, "it's … Continue reading →

Confidential File Deep South Deep in Literary Criticism Two weeks ago a nursery book entitled "The Rabbits' Wedding" was hastily removed from Alabama's public library shelves as "pure integrationist propaganda" because it linked in matrimony a white rabbit and a … Continue reading →

"I Can't Stand Seeing You Seeing Me Like This!" The Good Old Days: How to Reckon Them I've got a fresh perspective for the worn cliche about "the good old days." It's not prompted by pleasant recurring memories of my … Continue reading →

Isn't it amazing how much Pogo looks like Calvin of "Calvin and Hobbes?"   Confidential File Mash Notes and Comments (Press Release) "Washington, D.C. — According to Congressman Craig Hosmer, sponsor of the Interior Department's 10-year, $10 million research program … Continue reading →

Confidential File Bounty on Adjectives Viewed With Alarm It is my studied opinion that Fidel Castro has flipped. Not irreparably, I hope. A few weeks of intensive psychotherapy, or perhaps just a good fatherly talking to by a more mature … Continue reading →

Confidential File Medical Profession Recognizes a Peril There are groups in this town that are highly sensitive to criticism by the press. So sensitive, in fact, that I get the feeling sometimes they'd just as soon we didn't exist. They … Continue reading →

At UCLA's new faculty center, there are three lounges for men — and two for women. Confidential File Drinking Can Become Overly Free and Easy I know that this will come as a shock to my many fine-feathered drinking companions … Continue reading →

Confidential File Careful, Doctor, With That 'Trash' Doctor, we've met before. Under slightly strained circumstances, if you'll remember. I called you into my consultation room to tell you how to run your business. That was more than three years ago. … Continue reading →

"All Our Plans … in the Hands of a Woman With a Gun!" Confidential File Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Mr. Coates: "Last Friday night, when I was exiting from my room, a beautiful 19-year-old Mexican senorita stopped me and … Continue reading →

Confidential File Disappearance Without Reason I'm going to tell you the story of a missing person. His name is Robert Corbell. His disappearance just doesn't add up. He doesn't fit in the statistical picture of a man who disappears from … Continue reading →

Confidential File Moms-to-Moscow Movement Churning WASHINGTON, May 14 — EXCHANGING MOMS WITH RUSS URGED. Congress was asked today to authorize a cultural exchange of mothers between the United States and the Soviet Union as an approach to peace. Rep. Kind … Continue reading →

Confidential File More Letters From a Badly Warped Mind The hard way, Jet Simrell got what he wanted this week: Headlines. By threatening to kill six superior judges and three other court officials, he got his name and picture plastered … Continue reading →

A dramatic moment in "The Jackson Twins."  Confidential File Ex-POWs Tell of China Reds I talked with two young men this week about some things they have in common: Both served with the U.S. Army in Korea. Both were captured … Continue reading →