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Street, Suzanne
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Chandler, Norman
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Three items. Three memos from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler and a memo from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler, Mrs. Norman Chandler [Dorothy Chandler], Philip Chandler, L.D. Hotchkiss, Omar F. Johnson, Hugh A. Lewis, R. F. Mark, Edward J. Reap, Marvin Reimer, Fred Selzer, and Nick Williams. One of the memos has to do with Sam Yorty and includes a copy of a letter that Yorty sent to Norman Chandler.
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Lewis, Jerry
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1 item: letter, 2/16/1959, from Jerry Lewis to Norman Chandler thanking him for Los Angeles Times cooperation on the muscular dystrophy issue. Letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler papers.
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Times Mirror Company Executive Conference
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"A copy of a speech entitled "The Los Angeles Times and the Newspaper Industry" given by Otis Chandler at the Times Mirror Company Executive Conference on Wednesday, May 11, 1966. Other items in this folder include are a memo from Otis Chandler to Nick Williams regarding the conference; two list of attendees to the Annual Meeting and the Executive Conference, one is two pages, includes titles and has handwritten notes on the backside; an itinerary for the Executive Conference for May 11, 1966; a four page memo from Paul Bertness to Mrs. Norman Chandler regarding his comments on the Annual Meeting and the Executive Conference; an itinerary for both days of the conference; a newspaper clipping from the Wall Street Journal about the meeting; half a sheet of paper regarding the details about transportation to the meeting; and two page yellow pad pages with hand written notes, also attached to these pages is a piece of paper also with handwritten notes on it. "
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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 13 - 14
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1 item. 60-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 12/6/1979. Subjects include: avoiding the draft in 1945 ; starting at Los Angeles Times after World War II ; working in the composing room ; Olympic trials for shot put and discus ; U.S. Air Force ; Los Angeles Times apprenticeships - pressroom, composing room, carpenter shop, etc. ; Otis' family budget was limited by his low wages 1953 - 1958 ; working as a reporter for Los Angeles Times and The Mirror ; closing down of The Mirror (1962) ; working with Nick Williams ; (on working with his uncle, Philip Chandler) "a nice person...(but) he wasn't very bright" ; Norman Chandler's decision to tap Otis as publisher over Philip Chandler.
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Bowron, Fletcher
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3 items: a 1951 letter from Mayor Fletcher Bowron to Norman Chandler ; clipping from Los Angeles Times dated one week before previous letter ; 1957 letter from attorney James C. Sheppard to Norman Chandler.
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Blethen, C.B
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3 items: exchange of letters between Norman Chandler and C.B. Blethen (Publisher, Seattle Times) ; news clip from Los Angeles Times.
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