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FTC Update - LA Times
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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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Lobdell, Robert
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2 items: two 69-pp. transcripts of interview with Robert Lobdell, Los Angeles Times General Counsel, (by Marshall Berges). Yellow copy is the "clean," unmarked copy. Notable names and subjects include: the discussion is wide-ranging ; significant segments have not been transcribed, especially on pp. 1 - 5 ;. parts of discussion (around pp. 6 - 7+ 10 - 11) are on Oliver Sippel and involve homosexuality and gay rights ; Lobdell provides examples of material that should be included or deleted in stories for Los Angeles Times ; defining "legitimate public interest" (pp. 20 - 21) ; Wilbur Mills adventure with stripper Fanne Foxe (pp. 22 - 24) ; Lobdell states that "if there is any connection between (a politician's job performance) and their private habits," it should be reported on (pp. 26) ; more examples, more explanations.
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LA Times Executive Conference
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1 item: transcript, approx. 130-pp (headed "Tape I," "Tape II," "Tape III"), of "Los Angeles Times Executive Conference - 'Editorial Excellence' (5/17/1969), CONFIDENTIAL. This copy was issued to Vance Stickell. Those whose comments are seen on the transcript: Otis Chandler ; Nick Williams ; Frank Haven ; Robert Lobdell ; William Thomas ; Ed Guthman ; Robert Flannes.
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Department Management - LA Times Management
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7 items: a single typed sheet of Los Angeles Times "Management Staff" names, including Otis Chandler, Robert D. Nelson, Robert C. Lobdell, etc. & their administrative aides; b/w photocopies, head & shoulders shots of Otis Chandler, Robert D. Nelson (2), Robert C. Lobdell, Vance Stickell and John C. Darnall,.
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Lobdell, Robert
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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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Fair Employment Practices Committee
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2 items: memo, 1/10/1973, from Robert Lobdell to William F. Thomas related to the "current general FEPC investigation at the Los Angeles Times ; 8-pp. report headed "History of Los Angeles Times Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and Practices."
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