Matt Weinstock, March 9, 1961

March 9, 1961: Matt Weinstock has the story of a downtown bookie who got away with it – and got away. CONFIDENTIAL TO "EL CHUMPO": Don't Marry her. An engineer should be able to count to nine.

Matt Weinstock, March 8, 1961

March 8, 1961: Matt Weinstock updates an item about a man at “McWestlake” Park who was seen putting a duck in a shopping bag and carrying it away. It turns out that the man has been nursing the injured duck and carries it in a shopping bag to fool his landlady. DEAR LOSING: You are losing more than sleep. you are losing your marbles. A man who would give up a wife and three beautiful children for a woman who would permit him to do it needs a keeper. Stick to your own fireside, Buddy. You don't know when you're well off.

Matt Weinstock, March 7, 1961

March 7, 1961: The DWP magazine reports on a broken water main at Ventura Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon that spouted 100,000 gallons of water per minute. It took a crew of 12 working in pairs 2 1/2 hours to close about 25 valves and isolate the broken section and four more hours to drain the residue. "If anyone wonders why it took so long -- I did -- the main line valves require 550 turns for full closure. Otherwise there would be serious damage from water 'hammer' caused by the pressure," Matt Weinstock says. CONFIDENTIAL TO LORENA:     Take his temperature. If it's normal -- marry him.

Matt Weinstock, March 6, 1961

March 6, 1961: Matt Weinstock says he’s at a loss for words when people begin comparing notes about their European travels. The only foreign places he’s ever been are Iwo Jima, Manila, Tacloban and Morotai.  “There isn't much I can add except that an island in the Pacific is simply an island in the Pacific, that it was very hot and that the only art treasures within view were cans of cold beer,” he writes.  DEAR ABBY: Tell "Alligator" I have been all over the world and in my opinion the American women have more intelligence, taste, dignity, initiative, charm and moral strength than any other women in the world. And what's more, they are better looking.

Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, March 4, 1961

March 4, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a cautionary tale proving that gamblers should only place bets with reliable bookies. Paul Coates has the story of a desperate caller who says she is trapped in a phone booth by one of the men who escaped in the mass jailbreak. CONFIDENTIAL TO "BOWLEGGED BOY": Find a girl who is knock-kneed and together you'll spell O.K.

Matt Weinstock, March 3, 1961

March 3, 1961: Some 13-year-old English students turn to Matt Weinstock for help with an assignment to find “osculate” and 119 other words in print.  DEAR ABBY: My husband doesn't respect me because I gave in to him before marriage. He said at the time it would prove I loved him, but now he calls me a tramp and says he will never trust me. I have never been unfaithful to him and never will be. I am saving your columns for my daughter, Abby. Mothers can tell daughters things, but coming from you it means more. I want more than anything else in the world to see my daughter walk down the aisle in white.

Matt Weinstock, March 2, 1961

March 2, 1961: Why are so many streetlights out in West L.A.? Matt Weinstock has the story, and it’s a good one.   DEAR JEALOUS: A married woman often "flirts" because she needs the reassurance that she is desirable, attractive and hasn't lost the old touch. It's unwise to keep a wife down on the farm after she's seen Paree, so give her a whirl occasionally. And don't worry -- you're the guy she goes home with.

Matt Weinstock, March 1, 1961

March 1, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a tribute to mountain rescue teams from someone who is familiar with their work…  CONFIDENTIAL TO D.D.: If some women would work as hard to keep their husbands happy as they did trying to hook him in the first place, we could turn our divorce courts into bowling alleys.

Matt Weinstock, Feb. 28, 1961

Feb. 28, 1961: Matt Weinstock has a whimsical item on a mythical group called Jobless Anonymous… CONFIDENTIAL TO "BOTH 45": You cannot continue to live with your present setup. If your husband refuses to see a doctor (he IS sick, you know) see an attorney about a legal separation.

Matt Weinstock, Feb. 27, 1961

Feb. 27, 1961: A survey of whether Pepperdine students are married brings some interesting responses, Matt Weinstock says.  DEAR ABBY: Re the item in your column about whether a man should stand and give a woman his seat on a bus: If a woman can dress in trousers, cut her hair short, sit in taverns and drink like a man, cuss, smoke, vote and take jobs formerly held by men, why should a man stand up and give her his seat on a bus?

Paul Coates and Matt Weinstock, Feb. 25, 1961

 

Feb. 25, 1961: A "confessed love slayer" is among 11 men who escaped from the booking room at the County Jail.The leader of the jailbreak is identified as "love slayer" Joe Morgan, who at the age of 16 killed Jose Rojo of East L.A.  in 1945. Matt Weinstock publishes some grammatical outrages, including: "Her has gone, her has went, her left I all alone. Can't her never come back to I, must I always go to she? It could never was." Paul Coates has the story of a man who used an unconventional method to look for a job – and became famous. DEAR ABBY: I am having a terrible time trying to convince my mother that her old-fashioned ideas about dating are not right for this day and age. She says if a boy asks you to a school dance and you tell him you are going out of town or something, you can't show up with another fellow. This means a girl has to accept the first boy who asks her, whether he's a drip or not, or else stay home. Abby, please tell my mom in your column that times have changed.

Matt Weinstock, Feb. 24, 1961

Feb. 24, 1961: Crazy times on the back lot at MGM: As one crew was shooting a scene for "Gunslinger," a Confederate cavalry charge from "The Americans" came thundering through the scene (evidently the riders had trouble stopping their horses). As the bandits and the Confederates were regrouping, a helicopter being used in a third production rose in the background, Matt Weinstock says. DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago I went to live with a man as his wife without marrying him. We had three children. When our youngest reached his 18th birthday (last week) this man told me he was selling our home and everything in it, as he plans to take off and find himself a "wife" and live a little. I asked him when he was giving me my half of the money. He said "Since when does a man give his housekeeper half his money?" As his common-law wife am I not entitled to half his money? I haven't a dime to call my own and have never worked outside my home. What are my rights? I don't want to go to a lawyer as I have my pride.