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Moore, Richard A
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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 3
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1 item: 28-pp. transcript of interview Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/19/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Harry Chandler's interest in "monkey gland treatments" (pp. 1 - 3) ; Harry Chandler's diet (pp. 3 - 5) ; Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler agree they were served the same meal every Thursday night, when they ate at Harry Chandler's home - it was "(fried) chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, and ice cream" (pp. 5) ; Norman Chandler clarifies aspects of the legend that Harrison Gray Otis had a cannon mounted on the hood of his car -- "it was...just a decoration" (pp. 5) ; liquor ads and Los Angeles Times ; Harry Chandler was a "teetotaler" (pp. 7) ; attitudes of both Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler toward alcohol consumption (pp. 7 - 8) ; Harry Chandler rarely attended social and public events (pp. 9) ; in the years right after WW II "smog" became an issue in L.A. (pp. 10 - 12) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in radio - KHJ (pp. 13) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in television - KTTV (pp. 15) ; The Mirror (pp. 16 - 20) ; Norman Chandler - "on the whole I was pleased with the progress of (Los Angeles Times) while I was publisher," (pp. 21) - he wanted Los Angeles Times to be FAIR, RESPECTED, AND TO RENDER PUBLIC SERVICE, (pp. 22) - agrees that prior to late 1950s, Los Angeles Times was politically biased, biased on labor reporting ; L.D. Hotchkiss (1940s+ editor) and his personality (pp. 25 - 27).
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Articles
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6 items: LAT article copy, 4/23/1968, "Supreme Court upholds ruling on San Bernardino newspapers"; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 6/1/1968, "Newspaper groups are growing"; article clip, Among Ourselves, 8/1968?, Norman Chandler announces he will become the chairman of the Times Mirror Executive Committee"; two tear sheets, Fortune, 9/1/1968, "Times Mirror's ambitious acquirers," long article with photos; article copy, Editor & Publisher, 10/5/1968, "Times-Mirror to sell Sun papers to Gannett for cash."
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Handbooks - Times-Mirror Co. Supervisor's Handbook, 2nd Edition
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Times Mirror Co. Supervisor's Handbook, 3/21/1962, with forward by publisher Norman Chandler. Material includes information in ten tabbed sections, "Employment Practices," "Employee Effectiveness," "Hours and Compensation," etc.
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Street, Suzanne
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3 items: letter, 10/11/1962, to Norman Chandler from Suzanne Street ; memo, 10/25/1962, to Norman Chandler from Marvin Reimer of Los Angeles Times (Personnel? Legal?) ; letter, 11/2/1962, from Norman Chandler to Suzanne Street. All correspondence deals with a request for Times' financial help for Street, whose sister, Opal Street wrote a column for Los Angeles Times for a decade, circa 1920. Pfaffinger Foundation had already provided some aid but Norman Chandler and Reimer determined that nothing more would be forthcoming from Los Angeles Times.
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Articles - "Times Mirror in the News"
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Approx. 50 sheets headed "Times Mirror in the News," and the TM logo, with three to eight news briefs reprinted on them. Samples: San Bernardino Telegram, 10/27/1965, "L.A. Times to acquire book firm"; Lincoln Heights Bulletin News, 3/17/1966, "Boys' Club honors Norman Chandler"; Wall Street Journal, 9/16/1969, "Times Mirror proposal to buy Times Herald of Dallas moves ahead."
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Times Mirror Company Annual Shareholder Meeting
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1 item: 14-pp. Norman Chandler speech, titled "Sixty-Second Annual Report - Year 1948 - The Times Mirror Company." The speech was delivered at the Annual Stockholders Meeting, 1/21/ 1949. 1 item: 10-pp. text, Norman Chandler "Sixty-Third Annual Report - Year 1949 - The Times Mirror Company." Norman Chandler delivered the speech at the Annual Stockholders Meeting, 4/4/1950."
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