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Nuts, Crazies and Threats
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Nickols, John
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A one page memo from John Nickols, regarding threatening phone calls.
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Earthquakes
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Approx. 20 items. LAT news stories and other material on: the 1933 Long Beach earthquake--"Scores perish in Southland quake," 3/11/1933 ; the Northridge earthquake, 1971; earthquake prediction; earthquake preparation; etc.
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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Williams, Nick B
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Approx. 20 items. "Letters to the editor" from a wide array of sources, but mostly from angry readers or the mentally unbalanced. Attached to most of them are comments by Nick Williams and/or Bassett. Also included are some clippings from the editorial pages of LAT. William Durant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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Lucas, Johnny
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A letter sent from Otis Chandler to to Johnny Lucas regarding his cartoons.
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Michael Jackson Television Show Interview
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A twenty-six page transcript of a KCET television interview Otis Chandler gave on the Michael Jackson Show March 23, 1978. Other items in this folder include a thank you letter from Mark Waxman, Executive Producer of the Michael Jackson show and Program Director at KCET; a management bulletin providing information about the when the show will be airing; two newspaper clippings; thirty-five letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and varies individuals that wrote in regarding a quote that was taken out of context; six items consisting of four letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler, Mrs. Kurt Steinmeier [Elizabeth Steinmeier], and Anthony Day, regarding the editorial about free speech in Skokie; two items consisting of a a memo and an attached sheet, regarding the CBS Broadcast; a copy of the page from the transcript that includes the quote that was taken out of context; forty-three items of correspondence praising Otis Chandler's appearance on the show.
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Strategic and Marketing Issues
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Seventeen memos and correspondence comprising 108 pages, pertaining to materials related to strategic concerns of the Times, largely related to the apparently threatening growth of the Woodland Hills-based Daily News. Also included are the results to an employee survey, thoughts about discontinuing the L.A. Times Magazine and about the expansion of boundaries of the Valley Edition.
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