Manuscripts

Radio/TV Coverage - Transcripts

Description: 3 items. Transcript from KMPC-radio, 3/26, in which on-air reporter (Fred?) Hessler is critical of LAT staffers Dwight Chapin and Jeff Prugh. Bill Walton and UCLA coach John Wooden are also mentioned. Transcript (4/17) of interview from KABC-tv in which Ralph Story talks to Milt Kahn, who is critical LAT and Herald-Examiner sports coverage. Transcript from KCOP-tv news (12/27) which reads, in part, "Former County Administrator Baldo M. Kristovitch sued the Los Angeles Times for $2 million libel damages today, over a 1972 letter to the editor." Otis Chandler and Melvin Waters (letter writer) are also mentioned. A photocopy of the original letter is attached.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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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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