Manuscripts
Chronological File - March
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Chronological File - April
Manuscripts
Approx. 75 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford Prof. Journalism Fellowships; bad reactions to Feiffer cartoons; to Robert Work, Publisher, L.A. Daily Journal; deal for new Barry Goldwater column; more "range of (editorial) opinion" responses to reader complaints; to Edward Chase (VP, New American Library); number of editorial employees takes a leap (up) and Williams is concerned (4/7/1969); 2-pp. letter (4/7/1969) to Celia Zager, Exec. Dir. Fair Housing Council of the SFV; letter (4/7/1969) responding to criticisms of LAT by Hyman Haves, Exec. Dir. Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.; more defense of LAT coverage of Nixon administration and Gov. Reagan; Williams assures yet another reader that LAT "firmly believes in our democratic institutions" but that "the way to preserve them is to perfect them" (4/14/1967); Advertising Department and West magazine; etc.
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Chronological File - July
Manuscripts
Approx. 95 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Richard Dougherty praising his profile on the Apollo astronauts; letters to LAT staffers thanking them for their contribution to stories on Apollo 11; response to Mrs. Ormond defending columnist Jim Murray against her charge that he might someday write material praising the Vietcong; memo stating that "I think we should keep a very close watch on the [editorial] overtime situation" (7/16/1969); letter on the subject of radicals moving toward political center as they age (7/15/1969); letter to Roger Freeman of Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (7/15/1969) on the political spectrum; responses to readers on the right criticizing LAT opposition to Nixon policies, Reagan policies, and so on; interesting letter to Gov. Ronald Reagan requesting him to speak to the Twilight Club, a group, limited to 100 members, met seven times a year for dinner and a speaker (7/14/1969); letter to Robert Finch, HEW Secretary (7/14); example of the "Paul Conrad serves a useful purpose" letter to those irked at LAT cartoonist (7/3/1969); response to reader who objects to "leftist" LAT columnists; letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford University ; letter to John Freeman, Ambassador of Great Britain (7/2/1969); letter in praise of Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, and Charles Kuralt; etc.
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Chronological File - March
Manuscripts
Approx. 95 items. Subjects include: further responses to "liberal columnists" charge by readers; partial editorial guest list for dinner in honor of Otis C.'s Tenth Anniversary as Publisher, including Jack Smith, Bill Thomas, Tony Day, NBW and others; invitation to Gen. William Peers to lunch with LAT Editorial Board for "off-the-record" talk; response to alarm of fans of "Li'l Abner" comic strip after cancellation--ditto "Dick Tracy", including reader who believed LAT was canceling certain comics because of conservative viewpoints ; the My Lai incident (Vietnam War); 3-pp. on "interpretive reporting" (3/20/1970); letter to John Chafee, Sec. of Navy; assuring readers that LAT included a spectrum of political thought; letter to George Mair of KNX on unpaid ads; letter (3/19/1970) to Chester Gould, cartoonist of "Dick Tracy"; the "Paul Conrad serves a useful purpose" (form) letter to Col. C.W. Hoffman of Santa Barbara who had canceled LAT subscription; "dope traffic" in USA and So. Cal. (3/10/1970); 3-pp. response on LAT-Morrie Ryskind-Black Panthers issue; letter (3/5/1970) to Richard Baker of Columbia Journalism Review, challenging elements of a CJR article on the Tate Case (Manson murders) and My Lai (Vietnam) mentioning LAT; letter to cartoonist Al Capp explaining that LAT "had no ulterior reasons...for dropping 'Lil Abner' beyond (improving readership)"; letter (3/2/1970) to Dorothy Bowen, Public Relations, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, on info for Calendar listings; etc.
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Chronological File - January
Manuscripts
Approx. 65 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: notepad sheet with printed name "Craig St. Clair" has penciled notes about content; reassures a reader that "Brenda Starr" (comic strip) is still around; letter to Harry Rowan, Pres. of Rand Corp.; letter to Herbert Brucker, Dir. of Professional Journalism Fellowships at Stanford; brief letter to Wadih Dib, Consul of Lebanon in L.A.; response to a Mr. Hershberg on his claim that LAT coverage of military action along the Israel-Jordan border was biased or "color(ed)"; many notes related to business/social relations with other journalists and business or academic persons; response to a reader who objected to seeing an ad soliciting funds for politico Edward Kennedy; Williams places an order with The New Republic to use that publication's "TRB" column; the Sirhan Sirhan trial; yet again a reader condemns Paul Conrad, and Williams replies that Conrad is "a loveable Iowan, a proud father...and (is) kind to old ladies" and more (1/24/1969); full-page response (1/24/1969) to Rabbi Stephen Weisberg assuring him LAT has no bias in the Israeli-Arab conflict; letter to Cober Gallery NYC purchasing a painting; Otis Chandler and other publishers appear on (David) Susskind's TV program; etc.
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Chronological File - September
Manuscripts
Approx. 90 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: conditional praise for William Buckley, Jr.; arrangements to interview, hire and move Anthony Day from Washington, DC; more responses to Conrad complaints; editorial budget for 1970 (9/17/1969); the price of gasoline; to U.S. Circuit Judge Irving Hoffman; too MANY ads in West magazine? ; readership; Editorial expansion (9/3/1969); response to Edward Taylor, Florida Citrus Commission, upset because an LAT article (humorously) referred to frozen orange juice as "fake orange juice"; adding reader interest to front page of Metro; the "astonishing commercial success (of) Sunday Calendar"; etc.
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Chronological File - June
Manuscripts
Approx. 180 items. Letters, memos. Subjects include: letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, a 2nd follow-up (at least) to correspondence from him on strip's cancellation (6/29/1970); as always, more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; letters to readers on Black activist Angela Davis, reading in part, "It's not her avowed communism that bugs me...it is the racial hatred which she preaches (6/29/1970, et al); letters to readers who sided with Spiro Agnew against The Press; classic letter (6/29/1970) to abusive reader diplomatically putting him in his place; response to reader who felt Conrad and Interlandi were un-patriotic (or whatever) -- "(both) are veterans of World War II and fought overseas"; letter (6/25/1970) to reader who complained that LAT had run a series on lesbians--"Homosexuality has occurred throughout the history of civilization...ignoring it...has not lessened its prevalence"; letter (6/25/'70) to James Thorpe, Director, Huntington Library & Art Gallery; classic letter responding to criticisms of Conrad--"(he) grew up in the Midwest, attended a Midwestern university, served this country overseas during World War II, married and is the father of four children...." (6/25/1970); letter to Editor of Oroville (CA) Mercury-Register criticizing their editorial that held LAT had dropped two comic strips because of the "political philosophy" contained in them (6/25/1970); letter on Nixon's "Guam Doctrine," and on Vietnam policy generally; letter to Katherine Graham, Pres., Washington Post (6/22/1970); operations at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore; storage of bound volumes of LAT "since its inception," includes discussion of microfilm material and costs; the 1970 budget; (6/16/'70) the objectivity of U.S. News & World Report and The Media and the Vietnam War; 3-pp. letter to reader in which NBW states-"I (now) believe the Vietnam war was a tragic mistake..." (6/12/1970); further explanations on low readership being the reason for canceling "Lil Abner" and "Dick Tracy," not politics; "The Times believes that in addition to private enterprise, there is such a thing as the public interest (6/12/1970); more "Paul Conrad is a social critic...serves a useful purpose" letters; LAT supports Nixon on some issues, not on others; many responses to readers who believed LAT was trying to undermine the Nixon administration; to a subscriber who cancelled - "(LAT) could now best be described as middle-of-the-road" (6/3/'70); several responses to readers who believed that LAT condoned student rioting; personal letter to Walter O'Malley, Chairman of Dodgers; response to reader who felt LAT was promoting Sen. Edward Kennedy and burying negative stories about him; (6/2/1970) response to reader who alleges that journalists are "almost 100% far left liberals"; etc.
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