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1151 Oxford Road
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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Manuscripts
Approx. 30 items. Letters, memos, transcripts, etc. Subjects include: Pearson's intimation that Ed Guthman, LAT National Editor, might censor the news to favor ex-associate Robert Kennedy; Pearson's intimation that a "homosexual ring" operated within Gov. Ronald Reagan's administration; text of a William F. Buckley, Jr., column titled "The Sacramento Scandal"; letters pro & con related to the subjects above; an Alan Harvey radio commentary titled :A Fairy Tale"; etc.
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Approx. 20 items. Material relates to a demand for retraction by Frank "One Eye" Dragna through his San Diego attorney, Rock Zaitzow. Certain pieces of information were provided, including "mug shots" of Dragna and some of his associates. Interoffice memos and notes from columnist Drew Pearson are in the file. In the end, the Times did print a correction stating that some claims in the article were found to be unsubstantiated. There was also a small number of items related to another complaint involving Abundavita Corp., actor Bob Cummings and right-winger Rev. Billy J. Hargis.
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A draft letter written by Freddie Miller on behalf of Otis Chandler to be sent to Drew Middleton.
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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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Seven letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and George Murphy, United States Senator
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Seven letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler from Charles H. Percy, United States Senator
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