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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 7 - 9
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Chandler, Otis
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1 item: 66-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' interview of Otis Chandler. He offers the interviewer his thoughts about big game hunting and what he calls "trophy hunting." It is not made clear but it seems the interviewer and Mr. Chandler were riding cross-country on his Oregon land. Notations at top of each page read Side 1 through Side 3 - probably tape sides.
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Chandler, Otis - Tape # 2
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1 item: 19-pp. transcript of "Second taping with Otis Chandler," by Bassett, 7/30/1975. Subjects include: the "Jack Hart thesis" that the years when NC was publisher was an "Era of Mediocrity at Los Angeles Times was challenged by Otis Chandler (pp. 1 - 2) ; Editor Nick Williams and his Managing Editors, Frank Haven and Frank McCulloch (pp. 3 - 5) ; political "kingmaker" Kyle Palmer (pp. 6) ; Otis Chandler - in 1960s "I wanted to move The Times into a position of political independence..." (pp. 6) ; ending Los Angeles Times endorsements for President, Governor and U.S. Senate (pp. 7) ; Otis Chandler comments on those who, after the relative liberalization of Los Angeles Times editorial policies, wished for "The Times of old" (pp. 9 - 10) ; comments on the John Birch Society series and the editorial, signed by Otis, that accompanied it (pp. 10 - 11) ; the Geotek affair (pp. 17+).
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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 4 - 6
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1 item: 78-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler. Subjects appear in this order on the transcript: hunting (Afghanistan, Mongolia, Brazil) ; surfing ; vintage auto collecting ; luxury automobiles ; motorcycles ; experiences while attending Stanford ; the Duesenberg (auto) ; buying and selling cars as an avocation ; Porsches ; car racing.
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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 17 - 19
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1 item. 78-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 1/18/1980. Subjects include: Otis' thoughts on his father's and his mother's contributions to Los Angeles Times and Times Mirror ; Otis' relationships to first wife ("Missy"), his children, his friends and business associates ; Otis' objectivity in evaluation and criticism of others and of himself ; Missy's embarking on a career in urban planning ; "the demise of the marriage" ; origins of Otis' "attitude of independence" and his desire to excel in shot put ; participation in somewhat dangerous sports - surfing, hunting, race car driving, riding motorcycles ; how many Chandler clan members were unhappy with Otis' moving the paper editorial policy from conservative to moderate ; as publisher - "off and running with ten balls in the air...that's just sort of my style" ; changing Los Angeles Times from a paper that was just "dull and gray" ; specifics of what Otis wanted to improve ; the downside of being prominent, of being highly visible ; his philosophy of management.
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Chandler, Otis
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1 item: 73-pp. transcript of interview by Marshall Berges with Otis Chandler, 3/12/1980. Chandler spoke about a hunting trip to Afghanistan in 1977 and traveling in the region of the Himalayas. Later in the tape Chandler discusses the Watts Riots and the aftermath, plus 1964 political endorsements, more.
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Chandler, Otis - Tape # 5
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1 item: 15-pp. transcript of "Fifth taping with Otis Chandler," 8/5/1975. Subjects include: production, circulation, advertising issues (pp. 1 - 2) ; innovations in electronic transmission processes (pp. 4) ; automation and computerization (pp. 5) ; "sending the paper out of town" and circulation areas within California - S. Francisco, Fresno, Modesto, etc. (pp. 6 - 7) ; Los Angeles Times and continuing antipathy to labor in 1970s ; Otis Chandler relationships with various politicians and his thought about them (pp. 11 - 12) ; Otis Chandler thoughts on Sam Yorty, "a small-town buffoon, right out of the movies" (pp. 14).
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