Category Archives: Paul Coates

We’re looking for Butch Harris

Posted on January 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Many people have written to the Daily Mirror asking "What happened to Butch Harris?" or "Did he finally get into the Cub Scouts?" At this point, we don’t know. Here’s the background. Recently, the Daily Mirror got a UCLA intern … Continue reading →

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January 16, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Someday, Butch H., Try to Be Forgiving Some stories I’d rather not print. And when I first heard about what a bunch of grown men and women were doing to a kid named Butch Harris, I filed the … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 15, 1959

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mother Knows Best (She Says So Herself) REPORT FROM A BOY’S BEST FRIEND: Deep down in the grimy recesses of my mind lives the unreasonable conviction that, in my dear mother’s eyes, I’m a bum. As I say, … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Red Tape Frequently Chokes Logic, Justice Postscript to a tragedy: Two and a half years ago, a young Norwalk housewife returned from the home of a neighbor to find her husband sprawled dying across his bed. He had … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Mikoyan interview, January 13, 1959

Posted on January 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Interview With Coates Russian Stars on TV Show By Paul V. Coates, Mirror News Columnist When President Eisenhower sits down with Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan on Saturday to plan give-and-take with West Berlin and Germany, it’ll be Ike … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 12, 1959

Posted on January 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Batista Death Plot Laid Here When Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba last week, a fantastic plot by an American war hero to assassinate the dictator died in the planning. The initial secret meeting between the much-decorated World War II … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 10, 1959

Posted on January 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mash Notes and Comments "Dear Paul Coates: "We can’t forgive you for using the objective case instead of the possessive or genitive case with your verbal nouns or gerunds. "You’re an educated man, so please clean up this … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 9, 1959

Posted on January 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE ‘Madame Guillotine,’ Alias Pierre Coates As a combined result of personal preference and the common sense economics of knowing what side my bread is buttered on, I have a paid-up subscription to this newspaper. And I recall reading … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 8, 1959

Posted on January 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Wife Tells of Mate Who Died, and Lived BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 7 — Buried alive for hours and given up for dead, Leslie O. Stafford, a construction workman, was dramatically rescued today from the bottom of a 24-foot-deep collapsed … Continue reading →

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January 7, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Current Skull Doily Scene, With Larceny I don’t know what you do for kicks, but my friend Tiger Small snatches toupees. Not just anybody’s toupees, understand. The Tiger’s selective. He’s been working the Catskill-Manhattan-Miami circuit for years, dealing … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 6, 1959

Posted on January 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE My Responsibilities as Your Reporter Marie Torre, a New York newspaper columnist, is sitting in prison today. She’s paying a 10-day "debt to society" for refusing to divulge the source of a news story. And personally, I’m sorry … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 5, 1959

Posted on January 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Cheer Up; Desmond Is Home, Vaguely Desmond Slattery has returned. He’s back. Here in Hollywood. And I’ll bet you didn’t even know he was gone. Well, he was. Obviously. And the reason I happened to know he’s back … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 2, 1959

Posted on January 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Puts Ego Factor Into Poll  Paul Coates Tries Out New Survey-Taking Theory Now don’t misunderstand me.    I’m not looking to start anything with Mr. Gallup. There’s enough petty bickering going on around here without us getting into a hassle. … Continue reading →

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January 1, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Confidential File Looking Back at ’58; Looking Ahead to ’59 In this business, all years go by fast. But ’58, somehow, seemed to be out to break records. It just doesn’t seem like a year ago this week that I … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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June 6, 1958

Posted on June 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

A couple of odd, sad stories… A Spanish American War veteran’s widow dies while donating the flag from his casket to a junior high … A student with polio graduates as valedictorian from Washington and Lee University … And the … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1958

Posted on June 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Here’s where we have a rare convergence: The Dodgers, columnists Matt Weinstock    and  Paul Coates, and Jack Searles writing about Chavez Ravine residents’ reaction to the passage of Proposition B. How can you not love an interview with … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on June 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1958  

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Paul Coates

Posted on June 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1958  

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Paul Coates

Posted on May 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 15, 1958

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