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Chandler, Otis

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Chandler, Otis

Description: 1 item: 33-pp. transcript of interview with Otis Chandler by Marshall Berges, 12/17/1980. Subjects include: describing "phone calls from the breakfast table" of Governor Reagan or Nancy Reagan when they were unhappy about a Conrad cartoon (both Reagans disliked Conrad's work) or an editorial ; description of Dorothy B. Chandler upsetting Ronald Reagan at a private dinner party by "lecturing him" about his behavior toward the University of California Board of Regents (of which Dorothy Buffum Chandler was a member) ; other interesting anecdotes about Dorothy Buffum Chandler, in her senior years, offering her thoughts in the wrong setting or at too great a length ; description of Otis' visit to Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in Texas, days before John F. Kennedy assassination - a wild hunting trip with Lyndon B. Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson's thoughts about John and Robert Kennedy and how he, Lyndon B. Johnson, deserved better than the Vice Presidency ; more on friendship between Otis and Robert Kennedy (including rafting trip on Colorado River in the Grand Canyon) ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1980

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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.

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Los Angeles Times (Firm).

Los Angeles Times History Center.

Times Mirror Company.

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