War Desk Project Fact Book, Parts 1 - 4

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  War Desk Project Fact Book, Parts 5 - 9

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  War Desk Project Fact book in tabbed sections, Parts 5 - 9. Material was compiled by LAT Editorial Library in 12/1990 as an aid to reporting on the Gulf crisis / Persian Gulf War. Contains the following topics: Casualties, Cost, Weapons Systems, U.N. Security Council, International Organizations.

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  War Desk Project Fact Book, Parts 10 - 16

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  War Desk Project Fact book in tabbed sections, Parts 10 - 16. Material was compiled by LAT Editorial Library in 12/1990 as an aid to reporting on the Gulf crisis / Persian Gulf War. Contains the following topics: Congress, State Department Goals, Refugees, Oil, Human Rights, Public Opinion, and Experts/ Officials.

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  Coffey, Shelby Files

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  Shelby Coffey III was editor and executive vice president of the Times from 1989-1997, after holding the post of deputy associate editor from 1986-1988. Contains a fact book created for the War Desk to use during the first Gulf War (1990). All items date from 1990.

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  History - Facts About

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  1 item. 5-pp. "Los Angeles Times FACT SHEET" (2/1993) - with "General Facts about the Los Angeles Times," with segments on Editorial, Circulation/Marketing, and Operations.

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  Departments - Editorial - Sections and Features

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  14 items. Materials include: 13-pp. chronology, headed "Editorial Changes," running from 4/24/1960, "Opinion Section stared...", to 5/1974, "News Bureau is established in Cairo...", and 6/1974, "Paul Steiger wins the ...Loeb Award" (Financial journalism); 6-pp. (stapled) headed, "Today's metropolitan newspaper must compete successfully with other media," followed by listing of "Editorial Improvements" running from 1960 to 1966, bureau openings, news additions to LAT editorial staff, innovations; 2-pp. with listing of "Sections of the Times," giving dates various sections started, and more in-depth info for Obituary Page, the Tuesday Business Section, and Focus; article, Among Ourselves, 1929, "How we have grown!"; two copies of 12-pp. booklet titled "Daily and Sunday Features published in the Los Angeles Times ("1959" added in pencil on the unbound copy), the spiral-bound copy (with cover) is dated 1/1/1962 (binding removed) ; 1-pp. chronology for "Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly Magazine," 1897 - 1934; 1-pp. chronology headed "Home Magazine started," running from 1940 - 1972; article, Among Ourselves, 5/1960, "Sunday Times Given Attractive New Look"; 3-pp. of material from Los Angeles Sunday Times of 12/5/1897, including the cover of the "Illustrated Magazine Section"; 2-pp. "Fact sheet" on Voices section (start-up was 9/1992) including bio info for editors Judy Dugan and Dean Wakefield, and description of features appearing in the section; 2-pp. "fact sheet" for City Times section (start-up 1992), including general description and brief professional bios on the entire staff of the section; 2-pp. chronology of "LAT Sunday Supplements," by Craig St. Clair (1991).

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  #242, 243

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  4 items: Methodology sheets for 242 and 243; Poll 242 on California issues; Poll 243 on attitudes about Persian Gulf war (one month in).

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