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Pressroom 1962 Campaign
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35-plus items. (most items are bound or stapled together in sizable stacks) Materials include: large stapled packet of memos and reports, dated 11/1962. Subject given as "Economic information - pressroom negotiations" - incl. many charts showing increased annual costs to LAT of adhering to union guidelines; material related to strike against The Oregonian and Oregon Journal in early 1960s; "Proposed Otis Chandler Remarks" to pressmen in lead-up to vote on unionization, 1962; examples of memos, letters and other materials geared to sway pressmen away from union influences. Seven letters comprising 23 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include Summer Camp fund, Ronald Reagan, Editorial policy on request for sponsors for immigration and missing persons.
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Thirty-five letters comprising 95 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include T.R.B column, Richard Strout, Gasoline Alley, Ruben Salazar, newsprint recycling, Student Outlook, George Putnam, United Nations News Bureau, Vietnam War, Los Angeles Times Price Change, Steve Harvey, Matt Weinstock, Los Angeles Times policy on Profanity, Dick Tracy, Lil' Abner, Los Angeles Times Feature "The Watchman," proposal for a ecology section, and editorial policy on missing pets, missing persons, political stand, editorial cartoons, comics, and the solicitation for funds.
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"Twenty-nine letters comprising 80 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include Los Angeles Times Syndicate, medical column, employment policy regarding education, editorial policy, religion coverage, Paul Conrad, permission to reproduce, copyright material, Vietnamese language newspapers, editorial chain of command, Thomas Gardiner, Zodiac Killer, crossword puzzle feature, Comics (Grin & Bear It and Doonesbury), policy on drunk driving arrests, and Santa Claus."
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Forty letters comprising 102 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include editorial policy, political cartoons, Dorothy Healey, Jack Smith, press operations, letters to the editor, editorial viewpoint, communism, campus unrest (civil disobedience), copyright policy-permision to reproduce, Ted Bomar, 1969 mayor news stories, how a news story gets in print, Norman Chandler, Angela Davis, Art Sidenbaum, and Sirhan Sirhan.
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Twenty-two letters comprising 63 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include photo policy, Nixon ridicule, Watergate, Los Angeles Times competition, comics (Doonesbury, Peanuts, and Emy Lou, including a letter from the artist Marty Links), Harry Trimborh, Tomas Fitch an Los Angeles Times Writer, Gerald Ford, Marilyn Chandler, editorial policy, subscription cancellation, subscription rate for Australia, Los Angeles Times Orange County edition, syndicate contracts and central section.
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Twenty-two letters comprising 66 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include newsprint quotas, editorial policy regarding race (ethnicity), suburban section regarding San Bernardino, business section, crossword puzzles, Charles Owens, Daniel Shaw, Bill Hazlett, Watergate, Bill Farr, Vietnam (MIA), Comics (Grin & Bear It, Doonesbury, Love is.... and Dick Tracy, including a letter from the artist Chester Gould), Matt, Weinstock, Pasadena local news recording, "After the Revolution" column by Patte Wheat Mahan, "Billy Casper Says" sports feature, Paul Conrad, Art Buchwald, and letters to the editor.
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