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Sulzberger, Arthur "Punch"
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Articles on, 1966 - 1969
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3 items. Two copies (1 tear sheet, 2 reprints) of article from Los Angeles Magazine, title "The Changing Direction of The Times. Also, one tear sheet copy of Time (mag.) article titled "Enterprise in Los Angeles," on LAT coverage of Watts riots, the resulting Pulitzer, Otis Chandler and the philosophical evolution of LAT. Attached to the Time article is a humorous note, hand-written by Otis Chandler. 7 items. Two tear sheets of Newsweek article, "How to Build an Empire" (1/2/1967) about LAT and the Chandlers--attached is color cover photo of Otis Chandler. One tear sheet and two photocopies of Saturday Review article (9/23/1967), "New Winds in the South, New Splash in the North, in part, about LAT. 4 items. Photocopy of chapter titled "The Times: Los Angeles and New York," from The Elite Press by John C. Merrill, 1968. Photocopy of chapter titled "Expanding Empire of a Newspaper," from Los Angeles--a Profile, by W.W. Robinson. Complete issue of The Nation, 1/15/1968, containing article "Los Angeles Times: Most Likely to Succeed," by Phil Kirby, and a tear sheet of same article. 5 items. Two copies of Harper's Magazine article of 12/1969, titled "The Los Angeles Times," by John Corry. Two news clippings, one titled "Pulitzer Prize Winner Pays Tribute to Times," the other "How Soviet Journalists Rate U.S. Newspapers." Clipping from L.A. Free Press, dated only "1969," titled "Los Angeles Times as Underground," giving the leftist newspaper's reaction to "the L.A. Times editorial of June 1st." The writer concludes, "Considerable changes must have taken place in the editorial offices of the Times...(noting) the increased liberal format of the new L.A. Times."
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Departments - Production - Production - Format and Style Changes
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6 items. Materials include: brief copied from New York (mag), 11/13/1989, "L.A. Times look riles staffers"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1966, "Greater readability - Times to introduce 6-column format on all clear pages"; tear sheet, newspaper?, scribbled date appears to be from 1941 or 1947, "[LAT] Has best front page, finest type display, is university finding"; LAT article copy, 10/23/1886, "The Times in its new dress" (on new typeface and new machinery); LAT tear sheet, 7/7/1980, (ad) headed "Times Change"; copy of Pg. 1 Masthead for 2/22/1914.
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Articles
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6 items: LAT clip, 9/1/1989, "David Laventhol named Publisher of The Times" ; article from Manhattan, inc (mag), 2/1990, a profile of Laventhol, "The quiet newspaper warrior, pp. 82 ; tear sheet from Los Angeles (mag), "The 30 Most Powerful People in Los Angeles," with Laventhol at #3 ; 15-pp. article copied from Buzz (mag), 2/1994, "Who was David Laventhol?" with introductory blurb describing Laventhol as having "the manners of a recluse and the soul of a salesman" ; 9-pp. packet with LAT, L.A. Daily News, N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal and O.C. Register articles of 12/3/1993 on the resignation (citing illness) of Laventhol ; American Society of Newspaper Editors press release, ?/1994, "ASNE announces two new $10,000 prizes for deadline reporting," Laventhol mentioned etc.
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Employees - Haber, Joyce
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2 items: tear sheet, Time (mag) 6/3/1974, A guide to syndicated survivors (incl. Haber); article copy, Los Angeles (mag) 12/1993, "The rise and fall of the last gossip queen."
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Los Angeles - City Government
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Approx. 12 items: LAT article copy, 6/10/1931, "Fifth official city flag proposed" ; LAT editorial, 9/14/1964, "Time for a charter change?" ; LAT edit., 10/25/1966, "Reforming Los Angeles' City Charter" ; LAT edit., 11/21/1969, "Charter reform debate" ; LAT edit., 2/23/1970, "Hollywood faces...harsh facts" ; a 1973 exchange of letters betw. Samuel Leask, ex-City Administrative Officer and James Bassett of LAT ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 12/1980, "His dishonor, the Mayor" (on A.C. Harper, L.A. mayor 1906 - 1909) ; LAT tear sheet, articles on new City Council District (1st), 1/18/1987 ; LAT article tear sheet, list & brief bio sketch of L.A. mayors, 1850 to 1988, 9/6/1988 ; article copy, Times Mirror (mag), Summer 1989, "A tale of two cities" (L.A. and N.Y.).
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Employees - Rosenberg, Howard
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3 items: article tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), 9/1980, "The Times Token Crank"; single-sheet (LAT) Biography, 5/1991, "Howard Rosenberg - Television Critic"; article copy, 12/1992, Emmy (mag), "The Rosenberg Rap - Times critic... swears he lauds TV as much as he lashes it. So why do readers belabor the barbs?"
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