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Radio/TV Coverage - Transcripts
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Approx. 15 items, with some duplicates. Transcripts from various broadcast media outlets in L.A. Subjects include: KNBC-tv sports commentator Stu Nahan criticizes LAT sports coverage; KFWB-radio's Gary Franklin interviews Police Chief Ed Davis, who is critical of a report LAT ran on the LAPD; KHJ-tv interviewer with Robert Gottlieb and Irene Wolt, authors of Thinking Big, a book critical of LAT; KHJ-tv interview with Walter Ownbey, Commander of the L.A. Cnty. Sheriff's Department Homicide Division; a "60 Minutes" segment, narrated by Dan Rather, on prostitution and vice in Rock Springs, WY. Bill Stout and Connie Chung report on a busing plan for Los Angeles area schools.
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Tortilla Flat
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