Manuscripts

Speeches

Description: 2 items. Speech texts. 9-pp. text on press credibility, date and audience not given; 17-pp. text on, broadly, "The Role of the Press in a Free Society," delivered on 11/21/1967, to the Wilshire Bar Assn
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1967
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Associated people: Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.); Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.); Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.); Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.); Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-); Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations: Los Angeles Times (Firm).; Los Angeles Times History Center.; Times Mirror Company.
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