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Weegar, Ted

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1 item: 76-pp. transcript of interview with Ted Weegar, an LAT editor involved with the electronic editing system, etc. Notable names and subjects include: Weegar and interviewer Berges jump around a bit but much of the interview has to do with the electronic editing system ; Cecily Surace comes from RAND to be LAT Library Director and modernizes that department (pp. 18 - 20) ; description of the emerging electronic system of feeding stories between writers, editors and the data bank in the Editorial Library (around pp. 29) ; pagination (pp. 33) ; Weegar's childhood and youth (pp. 35 - 37) ; what led him into journalism (pp. 50) ; Richard Nixon (pp. 52 - 53) ; around 1960, Weegar was chosen to start up the LAT Opinion section (pp. 57 - 59) ; "those early years (with) Otis (as) publisher were terribly fun" (pp. 62 - 63).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1979
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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