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T - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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Approx. 40 items. Letters. memos, extended in-house reports by William Trombley on Clark Kerr and the University of Calif., some newspaper clippings. Subjects include: W.'s memo on "tak(ing) The Times out of the business of reporting minor crimes and minor domestic disputes, including routine custody cases and divorces"; editorial telephone service; security - 2nd floor, Times building; Paris bureau rent; law suit brought by Bernard Tohl related to Lois Dwan column in Calendar which referred to his seafood eateries as "four poor (restaurants)'; exchange of letters between William Thomas of LAT and Nick Thimmesch of Newsday, arranging a meeting; newsmen missing in Cambodia; letter from "Minister of Public Relations" for the Church of Scientology, protesting the tone of a John Dart story in LAT; 2-pp. plan from Kelly Tunney for "on-the-street" researching of series of stories on arriving in L.A. without resources and how one gets by; permission to reprint a Charles Hillinger story on Nevada prostitution in True Detective; letter to William Thomas from U.S. Sen. John Tunney; exchange of letters between W. and members of the Journalism faculty at U. of Texas, Austin; exchange of letters between Dan Thrapp and W. just after the latter's retirement -- Thrapp urges W. to write a book, and says in part, "You are...one of the truly great newspaper editors in the history of American journalism , and The Times, under your leadership, accomplished the most thorough and important transformation of any newspaper on record."; William Thomas letter to Amer. Political Science Assn. "recommending the candidacy of Narda Z[acchino] Trout...for a Congressional Fellowship; etc.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
[1959] 1965 - 1971
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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