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Bylines
Manuscripts
3 items. They are op-ed pieces by Williams titled "The Liberal Establishment Press Isn't" (1/30/1972), "Crime and Violence Don't Sell Papers" (2/11/1972), and "Getting the News is Better than Merely Following It" (8/11/1972).
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Bylines
Manuscripts
One item, a Williams column entitled "Reporting Public Affairs," clipped from The Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, March 1968.
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Bylines
Manuscripts
2 items. A July 1960 Williams letter to the editor of the ASNE Bulletin, in response to an article titled "Hollywood Hogwash." Also LAT op-ed piece from 12/11/1960 by Williams.
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Bylines
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3 items. Two Williams LAT columns, "A Flying Look at the Inscrutable Far East," (2/17/1963) and "GOP Conservatives must avoid Division." Also the text of a speech by Williams to the Fresno State College chapter of Sigma Delta Chi that was reprinted in The California Publisher, April 1963, titled "Current Communication Breakthroughts."
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Departments - Editorial - Editorial policy, 1960 - 1991
Manuscripts
Approx. 50 items. Material includes: packet of correspondence (stapled), 1966, between Philip Corwin of Barron's Weekly, and Otis Chandler, Nick Williams, Robert Nelson and others at LAT, related to Corwin's research for a story on the newspaper industry; article, The Certified News, 12/1966, article, The Review (of So. Cal. Journalism), "One of the world's great {good} newspapers"; 6-pp. report (several versions), "Basic Times Editorial Page Policies," 1964 - edited by Nick Williams; summary of 1962 series growing out of California's achieving No. 1 ranking in population among the 50 states--stories were written on religion, real estate, government, social welfare, labor, transportation, agriculture, sports, etc.; 2 cps. of 1961 booklet containing two essays, "A Statement of Principle," by Norman Chandler, and "An Octogenarian and Still More Growth Ahead"; various LAT articles dealing with press freedom, etc.; multi-page info. packet headed "Jan. 1991 - re: Persian Gulf War"; "OC's (Otis Chandler) comments - Oct. 12, 1961," specifying "Those against us..." and "Things in our favor..."; 8/9/1982, "On Editorial Policy," by Tom Johnson; LAT tear sheet, 8/2/1976, "The ups and downs of a bail bondsman," by Al Martinez, which has had all the quoted profanity/obscenity underlined (but w/o comment); articles, LAT and others, on newspaper editorial policy; columns by Nick B. Williams, 9/26/1971, "They don't horsewhip editors, do they?" (plus other columns) and James Bassett (no date), "The battle of the analysts"; LAT article on staffer jailed briefly for refusal to answer a question in court, (1987); tear sheet from The Review, 12/1972, "It can happen here; ask Bill Farr"; duplicate material.
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7 items. Op-ed pieces. Subjects include: 1962, a "tremendous" year for LAT: copy editors, "The Real Gentlemen of the Press"; LAT election endorsements; the challenge of writing several columns per week; etc.
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