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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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2 items: two transcript of an interview with Robert Lobdell, General Counsel and Vice President of Los Angeles Times. The yellow sheets contain a clean, final draft without editing marks, the tan copy has spelling corrections, corrected punctuation, etc. Notable names and subjects are: (page numbers correspond with the yellow copy which runs 59 pages.) Lobdell discusses the growth of law relating to press issues and the increase in litigation (pp. 1 - 2) ; William (Bill) Niese, also of Los Angeles Times Legal Dept., joins the interview in progress (pp.5+) ; they relate a case in which girls in tiny swimsuits ended up in pictures in a West magazine story on the Colorado River party scene sued for compensation claiming they were used as models (pp. 8 - 12) ; extended discussion between the three men on libel, privacy, shield laws, citizens' rights to government materials.
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1 item: Management Bulletin, 1/8/1986, "Robert C. Lobdell, vice president and assistant to the senior vice president and general counsel, has elected to take early retirement effective January 1..."
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Letters sent out by Tom Johnson to William Lobdell in response to an editorial written by Lobdell.
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5 items: 2-pp. transcript, "Daryl Lembke (interview in SF, 10/7/1974)" - Lembke was Los Angeles Times's first full-time correspondent in San Francisco ; attached to Lembke interview is 1-pp. "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for him ; 4-pp. legal document related to "People of the State of California vs. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan," 6/7/1968 ; letter, 7/14/1968, to Judge Arthur L. Alarcon from Robert Lobdell, Los Angeles Times General Counsel ; 2-pp. Biography, 1975, for Robert C. Lobdell ; 15-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert Lobdell, Vice President and General Counsel of Los Angeles Times," 10/20/1975.
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Six items comprising twenty-three pages pertaining to Bob Lobdell, containing memos, letters and photocopies of clippings.
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2 items: two copies of "FTC Update" packet, containing 4-pp. memorandum to Board of Directors from Robert Lobdell, General Counsel, Los Angeles Times. Subject is "Status Report on the Los Angeles Times/Federal Trade Commission case - Docket No. 9103.
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