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Chronological File - January
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Chronological File - May
Manuscripts
Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: renewal (with United Feature Syndicate) of comic strip "Peanuts"; business/social letter to Harry Brand of 20th Century Fox Film Corp. (5/9/1969; reactions to writer Eric Hoffer; black reporters and editors (5/12/1969); business/social letter to George C.S. Benson, Pres., Claremont Men's College; to Celia Zager, Exec. Dir. Fair Housing Council of the SFV; to Edmonde Haddad, KPOL-radio; to Kanji Takasugi, Consul Gen. of Japan in L.A.; to J.G. McEntyre, Consul Gen. of Canada in L.A.; to Raul Gonzalez Galarza, Consul Gen. of Mexico in L.A.; response to a reader who told Williams which comic strips she liked AND had given some kind of suggestion related to both William Buckley and editorial cartoonist Conrad; to John Anson Ford; another defense of Conrad as "serving a useful [social] purpose; to David Packard, Asst. Sec. of Defense (5/29/1969); assures reader (5/29/1969) that LAT would support Yorty, Reagan and Nixon, or any official, "when we agree with what they have proposed"; etc.
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Chronological File - March
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Approx. 90 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: banning cigarette advertising; (3/4/1969) full-page + letter to Ben Bradlee of Washington Post; letter to Jacob Jaffe, Chair, Journalism Dept., Long Island U.; Williams states, in letter to reader, that "the heyday of the syndicated columnists is passed," because "their opinions are usually so predictable," and more (3/6/1969); cost of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s column; responses to a number of aspiring authors who had offered books for LAT to publish; letter planning lunch meeting between LAT staffers (and Otis Chandler) and the Board of the Automobile Club of Southern California; responses to reader complaints (often about Conrad); letter to Eliot Janeway (a briefly "hot" economist); several letters to Herbert Brucker of Stanford; "free ticket" situation in Sports and entertainment departments; letter to Dr. Will Durant, historian (3/27/1969; etc.
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Chronological File - July
Manuscripts
Approx. 95 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Richard Dougherty praising his profile on the Apollo astronauts; letters to LAT staffers thanking them for their contribution to stories on Apollo 11; response to Mrs. Ormond defending columnist Jim Murray against her charge that he might someday write material praising the Vietcong; memo stating that "I think we should keep a very close watch on the [editorial] overtime situation" (7/16/1969); letter on the subject of radicals moving toward political center as they age (7/15/1969); letter to Roger Freeman of Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (7/15/1969) on the political spectrum; responses to readers on the right criticizing LAT opposition to Nixon policies, Reagan policies, and so on; interesting letter to Gov. Ronald Reagan requesting him to speak to the Twilight Club, a group, limited to 100 members, met seven times a year for dinner and a speaker (7/14/1969); letter to Robert Finch, HEW Secretary (7/14); example of the "Paul Conrad serves a useful purpose" letter to those irked at LAT cartoonist (7/3/1969); response to reader who objects to "leftist" LAT columnists; letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford University ; letter to John Freeman, Ambassador of Great Britain (7/2/1969); letter in praise of Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, and Charles Kuralt; etc.
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Chronological File - April
Manuscripts
Approx. 75 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford Prof. Journalism Fellowships; bad reactions to Feiffer cartoons; to Robert Work, Publisher, L.A. Daily Journal; deal for new Barry Goldwater column; more "range of (editorial) opinion" responses to reader complaints; to Edward Chase (VP, New American Library); number of editorial employees takes a leap (up) and Williams is concerned (4/7/1969); 2-pp. letter (4/7/1969) to Celia Zager, Exec. Dir. Fair Housing Council of the SFV; letter (4/7/1969) responding to criticisms of LAT by Hyman Haves, Exec. Dir. Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.; more defense of LAT coverage of Nixon administration and Gov. Reagan; Williams assures yet another reader that LAT "firmly believes in our democratic institutions" but that "the way to preserve them is to perfect them" (4/14/1967); Advertising Department and West magazine; etc.
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Chronological File - June
Manuscripts
Approx. 180 items. Letters, memos. Subjects include: letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, a 2nd follow-up (at least) to correspondence from him on strip's cancellation (6/29/1970); as always, more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; letters to readers on Black activist Angela Davis, reading in part, "It's not her avowed communism that bugs me...it is the racial hatred which she preaches (6/29/1970, et al); letters to readers who sided with Spiro Agnew against The Press; classic letter (6/29/1970) to abusive reader diplomatically putting him in his place; response to reader who felt Conrad and Interlandi were un-patriotic (or whatever) -- "(both) are veterans of World War II and fought overseas"; letter (6/25/1970) to reader who complained that LAT had run a series on lesbians--"Homosexuality has occurred throughout the history of civilization...ignoring it...has not lessened its prevalence"; letter (6/25/'70) to James Thorpe, Director, Huntington Library & Art Gallery; classic letter responding to criticisms of Conrad--"(he) grew up in the Midwest, attended a Midwestern university, served this country overseas during World War II, married and is the father of four children...." (6/25/1970); letter to Editor of Oroville (CA) Mercury-Register criticizing their editorial that held LAT had dropped two comic strips because of the "political philosophy" contained in them (6/25/1970); letter on Nixon's "Guam Doctrine," and on Vietnam policy generally; letter to Katherine Graham, Pres., Washington Post (6/22/1970); operations at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore; storage of bound volumes of LAT "since its inception," includes discussion of microfilm material and costs; the 1970 budget; (6/16/'70) the objectivity of U.S. News & World Report and The Media and the Vietnam War; 3-pp. letter to reader in which NBW states-"I (now) believe the Vietnam war was a tragic mistake..." (6/12/1970); further explanations on low readership being the reason for canceling "Lil Abner" and "Dick Tracy," not politics; "The Times believes that in addition to private enterprise, there is such a thing as the public interest (6/12/1970); more "Paul Conrad is a social critic...serves a useful purpose" letters; LAT supports Nixon on some issues, not on others; many responses to readers who believed LAT was trying to undermine the Nixon administration; to a subscriber who cancelled - "(LAT) could now best be described as middle-of-the-road" (6/3/'70); several responses to readers who believed that LAT condoned student rioting; personal letter to Walter O'Malley, Chairman of Dodgers; response to reader who felt LAT was promoting Sen. Edward Kennedy and burying negative stories about him; (6/2/1970) response to reader who alleges that journalists are "almost 100% far left liberals"; etc.
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Chronological File - April
Manuscripts
Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Response to Sam Chandler (4/21/1970) on working to eradicate prejudices; Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick; (4/15/1970) 2-pp. letter to reader Wallace Williams on the meaning of "freedom of the press"; "thank you" note to Gen. William Peers of the Pentagon after he joined the LAT Editorial Board for "off-the-record" talks; letter to Walter Annenberg, Ambassador to Great Britain; (4/9/1970) 4-pp. letter to columnist Morrie Ryskind on Police Chief Ed Davis--LAT--Ryskind incident; letter to Bishop Gerald Kennedy, United Methodist Church -- L.A. Area; response (4/8/1970) to M.D. Shelstad, who canceled subscription. and accused LAT of trying to "bust our President"; more explanation of reason LAT canceled "Li'l Abner"; more qualified defense of editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad; etc.
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