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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 10, 1959

Posted on February 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Soothing Music Tempers Justice (News item) Use of background music in the Los Angeles Police Building to "alleviate tensions" of 280 employees was authorized today by the City Council. * * Scene is an interrogation room in the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 9, 1959

Posted on February 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Horse and Badge Make a Sheriff The way it started, Mickey Finn, the bearded Grover Whalen of Palm Springs, phoned me a couple weeks ago. Collect. "Keep your fingers crossed," he said. "The Palm Springs mounted police are … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 7, 1959

Posted on February 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mash Notes and Comments (Press Release) "In MGM’s ‘Some Came Running,’ Shirley MacLaine scores a triumph in the role of Ginny, one of the ‘un-respectable’ characters in the James Jones novel. "To Shirley, however, Ginny was not ‘the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 6, 1959

Posted on February 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Good Scout’s Bid Makes Cub Happy I promised you this report. It’s my final one, I hope, on a kid named Butch Harris, who a few months ago got his first lesson in how little some big people … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 5, 1959

Posted on February 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Soiled Politics in Rosarito Raid I’m back from the sleepy little border village of Tijuana after a quick visit to its dirty little jail. And glad to be back. Feeling much better now, thank you. Had a hot … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 4, 1959

Posted on February 4, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 3, 1959

Posted on February 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Bail Cut on Yanks in Tijuana Bail on some of the 20 U.S. residents held in Tijuana on gambling charges has been reduced from $1,600 to $400 and on others to $800. State Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk was informed by … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 2, 1959

Posted on February 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Really, Has Cuba a Barber Strike? Somebody’s got to say it. And it’s obvious that even the man’s best friend won’t tell him. So I guess, as usual, it’s up to me. I mean about Fidel Castro. He … Continue reading →

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January 31, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Junks ‘Junk’; Grads Applaud It’s commencement week, but the proudest graduate in Southern California today isn’t from any institution of learning. He went through his ceremony in a shabby Ocean Park store-front dwelling crowded with friends whose combined … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 30, 1959

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Crackdown Hits Death Ballads Stop that dancing up there. And sit down a minute. I want to talk to you. I suppose you know that most of this town’s top disc jockeys have — either by choice or … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 29, 1959

Posted on January 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Here’s Volunteer for Outer Space NEW YORK, Jan. 28– T. Keith Glennan, U.S. space chief, announced last night that the selection of America’s first human space traveler is under way. According to Glennan, the new Federal Space Agency … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 28, 1959

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE They Lost — They Were Lucky The Baumans, mother and daughter, had dinner at 9 o’clock last Sunday — not an unreasonable hour when you’re relaxing in a pleasant coastal resort likeBaja California’s Rosarito Beach. But now, looking … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 27, 1959

Posted on January 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Blisters, Bites at Palm Springs Some people go to Palm Springs on the week end to lay around in the sun and relax. But I don’t. I go for professional reasons. It’s one … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 26, 1959

Posted on January 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Interesting Query On Slave Situation "Dear Mr. Coates, "I read in the Time magazine your: Ignorance is Embarrassing. The federal white slave traffic law which forbids transporting women for immoral purpose across state line. "1– How is it … Continue reading →

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January 24, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 23, 1959

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Scroll Crusade Strikes Deeply You ask me, I say Burton Chace is carrying this "economy-in-government" crusade too far. Let him cut financial corners by buying cheaper wastebaskets or by scrapping the jazzy two-tone commodes in the new Board … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 22, 1959

Posted on January 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Another Claimant to ‘Brave’ Oscar There was new confusion today in the "Who Wrote ‘The Brave One?’ " Oscar derby. Now the window of Juan Duval, a Spanish-born writer-dancer-actor, claims the story idea for the Academy Award-winning picture … Continue reading →

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January 21, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Smut Purveyor Reaps Harvest In the smut business, the biggest losers are the customers. They shell out something (more than 1 million dollars a year) for nothing. But they’re not the only ones who come out on the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 20, 1959

Posted on January 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE U.S. ‘Big Stick’ Attitude Deplored Fidel Castro, the bearded boy wonder of Cuba, has been sassing his kindly, benevolent, slightly wealthy Uncle Sam lately. Young Fidel has taken it as a personal insult that a few of our … Continue reading →

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January 19, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Way Out Back, a Head of Hair See that picture down the column a few lines? The one of the smiling, bushy-haired boy? That’s me. I’ll concede that it wasn’t taken yesterday. But if you want to get … Continue reading →

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