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Chronological File - January

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Approx. 110 items. Letters & memos, one sheet of "Craig St. Clair" notepaper with subject notes. Subjects and correspondents include: NBW cannot detect a left or right "lean" in the political comment of the comic strip "Berry's World"; thoughts on ballerinas Markova and Danilova; letter to ex-Governor Edmond G. Brown explaining why a speech he gave was severely condensed in LAT reportage (another letter to Brown on different topic, (1/21/1970); friendly note to Elmer Dills (of L.A. Herald-Examiner); response to Charles Ege (Porterville, CA) thanking him for highly complimentary letter to LAT--"we get a few letters like yours, but...the greatest majority of them tell us we're a bunch of bums..."; response to Superior Court Judge John Cole; (form) letters in defense of LAT's UN reporter Louis Fleming who, NBW writes, "does not express personal opinions in the Israeli-Arab conflict"; letters to J. Edward Murray of Arizona Republic; letter to Robert Barton (1/12/1970) of U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico; should LAT sponsor a "juried art show"?; incident involving LAPD officer and a shotgun (1/9/1970); attitude of Spiro Agnew (U.S. V. Pres.) toward LAT (1/9/1970); Oscar Acosta wishes to write a column for LAT as "spokesman for the Chicano" and NBW wishes to read examples (1/9/1970); letter to Police Chief Edward Davis (1/6/1970) on LAT coverage of police work in L.A.; (1/29/1970) minimum space requirements; letter (1/27/1970) to Herbert Klein, White House (Nixon) Communications Director assuring him that LAT reporter Jack Foisie did not "make critical comments casually"; further responses to readers critical of coverage of Agnew's Southeast Asia trip of 1970; Ralph Story's t-v program on Los Angeles; letter to Saul David (1/22/1970) expressing the view that, had JFK's assassin been a member of a left or right-wing organization instead of Oswald ("a nut") "hell would have broken loose"; problems with Metro coverage (1/22/1970); as always, complaints about cartoonists Conrad and Interlandi; as always, opinions pro and con about LAT comics pages; on form letter to be sent to "teachers praising Student Outlook," an LAT publication. (1/21/1970); etc.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1970
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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    Chronological File - February

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    Approx. 60 items. Letters & memos. Subjects include: Eric Hoffer's retirement; (2/27/'70) letter to regular complainer, NBW writes-- "as you go along, you're beginning to get a little vulgar. Your (recent) letter sounds like you might be fresh out of one of our campus riots"; due to budget, NBW instructs editors to "restrict...the use of part-time and temporary people"; (2/27/1970) trial of Chicago Seven; (2/27/1970) letter to Herbert Klein, (Nixon) White House Comm. Director, on "the flow of information to the public (on Vietnam war-related issues)" ; 2-pp. memo to Otis C. on "minimum space requests"; in editorial pages, fashioning key sentences or even key phrases from many letters on an issue into a sort of article/sidebar and calling it "something like: The Public Speaks Out..."; on 2/11/1970 NBW responds to a reader who claims LAT has "been taken in by the marijuana movement."

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