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Journal for 1958
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Tunney, John V
Manuscripts
Five letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and California Senator John V. Tunney. Two letters are regarding a proposed newspaper exemption amendment to S. 408, the Fair Trade Repeal Bill. The other three letters are regarding Tunney's Los Angeles visit.
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Departments - Editorial - Editorial policy, 1881 - 1959
Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items. Material includes: tear sheet, 3/9/1937, 3 photos/captions allegedly showing that (L.A.) Examiner retouched and used LAT photo of wounded DA Fitts, "Here is a study of pictorial journalism"; stack of approx. 15 typed, photocopied sheets describing LAT's coverage of nation and world in editorials (1939-40); 13-pp. report, typed on yellow paper, gives headlines and summary of editorials, headed "Pre-WW2 (Asia, Europe) 1926-38 - HC-NC (& LEAGUE failures)"; single sheet, typed, "The Times' Creed," calls for "the loyalty of every Phalanx member [all staffers]"; copy of brief editorial, 6/23/1932, headline, "Things aren't so bad when...", opening with "Daily we see or hear about some kindly deed"; clips of editorials related to LAT policy toward Spanish-speaking Angelenos, tobacco--how harmful?, increase in crime, Gen. Otis' "carefully-wrought instructions" to "Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chandler" about how to conduct LAT operation "after his demise" (1917); a 1929 thesis presented at Claremont Colleges, "Los Angeles Times and Public Opinion," which points up the ultra-conservative viewpoint of LAT editorial policy; 3/24/1976 info sheet [LAT Editorial Policy] on LAT daily column, "Information," which appeared in the 1910s, and which was a mouthpiece for the anti-union stance of the paper; 28-pp. (yellow sheets) headed, "Times & opposition papers (SG chronology)," beginning in 1881, running to 1914; plastic bag containing several copies of editorials, 1919-1934, on the subjects "hard liquor advertising," the Lindbergh kidnapping," "the press and the public," and "yellow journalism."
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Sewage disposal methods in Los Angeles County
Visual Materials
The typewritten foreword to the volume calls it a "photographic resume of a recent survey on sewage disposal methods and plants in Los Angeles County." The fourteen photographs compare the antiquated Los Angeles city plant in Hyperion with the modern efficiency of Pasadena's plant in Alhambra.
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From Readers
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Twenty-two letters comprising 63 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include photo policy, Nixon ridicule, Watergate, Los Angeles Times competition, comics (Doonesbury, Peanuts, and Emy Lou, including a letter from the artist Marty Links), Harry Trimborh, Tomas Fitch an Los Angeles Times Writer, Gerald Ford, Marilyn Chandler, editorial policy, subscription cancellation, subscription rate for Australia, Los Angeles Times Orange County edition, syndicate contracts and central section.
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Pornography Advertising Responses
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In August 1977, the Los Angeles Times adopted a policy that prohibited advertising for hardcore pornographic movies. This decision generated much debate and incoming correspondence. Letters are arranged by opinion of the policy and chronologically. Date range is 1977-1978.
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From Readers
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"Twenty-nine letters comprising 80 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include Los Angeles Times Syndicate, medical column, employment policy regarding education, editorial policy, religion coverage, Paul Conrad, permission to reproduce, copyright material, Vietnamese language newspapers, editorial chain of command, Thomas Gardiner, Zodiac Killer, crossword puzzle feature, Comics (Grin & Bear It and Doonesbury), policy on drunk driving arrests, and Santa Claus."
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