Category Archives: Paul Coates

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

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August 21, 1959: A company is recruiting engineers by putting messages in fortune cookies — 30,000 cookies, Paul Coates writes. Continue reading →

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

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August 20, 1959: That annoying guest who tops every story? Paul Coates has the one that tripped him up. What to do after a 9-year-old doesn’t get invited to a playmate’s birthday? Dear Abby has the answer. Continue reading →

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

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August 19, 1959: The stage name Starr Knight is listed for sale in the Hollywood Reporter and Paul Coates investigates. A writer asks Dear Abby if a man ever breaks an engagement. Continue reading →

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August 18, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 18 , 1959: Paul Coates profiles Mel Travioli, the newsboy at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel. A woman writes to Dear Abby about baby showers where people drop off their gifts and leave. Continue reading →

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August 17, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 17, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of a judge and a defendant charged with public intoxication who insisted on pleading not guilty and demanding a jury trial. Continue reading →

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August 15, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 15, 1959: A letter writer asks Paul Coates why adults are so mean about teen idols — like Kookie! A letter writer asks Dear Abby why she always sticks up for women. Continue reading →

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August 14, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 14, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a recent encounter with the Queen’s Guards. Dear Abby answers the questions: How do you forget a boy when you know he is no good? Continue reading →

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August 13, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 13, 1959: A beauty contest winner comes to Hollywood, gets a job — then drops out and joins the Beats in Venice, Paul Coates writes. Continue reading →

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August 12, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 12, 1959: A retired teacher has an idea for a simplified spelling system, Paul Coates writes. And Dear Abby has advice about the widower who buries his wife on Monday and asks for a date on Saturday. Continue reading →

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August 11, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

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August 11, 1959: Paul Coates wonders how Madison Avenue would change Nikita Khrushchev’s image as the Soviet leader is about to visit the U.S. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, August 10, 1959

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August 10, 1959: Paul Coates on the dangers of signing a blank contract. And Dear Abby has the case of the road-tripping husband. Continue reading →

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Paul Coates, Aug. 9, 1960

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August 9, 1960: Paul Coates writes about the current fad of boating. Continue reading →

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

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August 8, 1959: Paul Coates’ weekly letter column with a note from Ira Cook of KMPC. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 7, 1959

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August 7, 1959: Paul Coates writes that he is hopelessly under the influence of ad slogans. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 6, 1959

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August 6, 1959: Preston Sturges dies. Paul Coates writes about teenagers who sniff glue and gasoline. And a poll on what Nikita Khrushchev should see on his U.S. visit. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 4, 1959

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August 4, 1959: Paul Coates with the real (well, maybe) story of why Simon Rodia began the Watts Towers. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 3, 1959

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August 3, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a letter he received from a distraught 18-year-old who can’t afford counseling for mental illness. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, Aug. 1, 1959

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August 1, 1959: In Paul Coates’ weekly letters column, a writer complains about a pet shop that balked on selling her a bobcat. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 31, 1959

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July 31, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of 12-year-old Joe Oliveira and his coverage of the Laurel Canyon fire. Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates — Confidential File, July 30, 1959

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July 30, 1959: Paul Coates writes about a certain tangential figure in the Black Dahlia case whose phone number is confused with that of Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. Continue reading →

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