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Chronological File - December
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Chronological File - October - December
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Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. (a higher percentage of NBWs' correspondence takes the form of friendly, chatty letters, sharing news of his own activities, etc.) Subjects and correspondents include: (10/18) 4-pp. letter to David Laventhol (Newsday) on developments at that paper (blue ppr clip); (10/13) 2-pp. memo to Otis Chandler with thoughts on The Pilot (OC), Laventhol & Newsday and Dallas Times Herald; (10/11) 3-pp. (red ppr clip) letter to Robert Atwell of Pitzer College with NBW's thoughts on the goals of that college; (11/30) ditto last entry; (11/8) 2-pp. letter to Robert Donovan (LAT, DC bureau) on health problems of his wife, Elizabeth; (12/7) letter to Judge John Shidler, Torrance Superior Court; In 12/6 letter to Zena Guenin, NBW muses on the central problem of journalism, "wrestl(ing) with the issues in a way that its readers can understand and enjoy....Zest is what matters"; (12/6) letter to Ms. Price Hicks, Producer of "Citywatchers" (KCET-tv), discussing it and the role LAT staffers Champlin and Seidenbaum played; (12/6) letter to John Vasconcellos in which NBW's says of his politics, "(I'm) a moderate conservative, (but) try hardest to be an idealistic pragmatist"; (12/31) brief letter to Mayor Sam Yorty; etc.
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Chronological File - March
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Approx. 90 items. Letters, memos. Subjects and correspondents include: reply to reader who accused NBW and columnists he disliked of being "owned by the Chandlers"; letter to Charles Bennett, Editor of The Oklahoman, informing him that NBW and James Bassett would be resigning from their posts with ASNE as of Spring 1971, and suggesting the names of Robert Donovan and Anthony Day as replacements (3/30/1971; a letter in which NBW admits that he is "the man who fiddles with the comic page," because "an editor must have something to do to pass the time"; (3/29) letter on LAT editorial on SST (Super sonic transport); plans for meeting between "key members of the editorial staff" and "not more than five members of the trial lawyers association" (3/30/'71); letter to David Laventhol (Newsday) - "I hope it's no secret that I am an admirer of Newsday"; (3/23) 3-pp.letter to Otis Chandler on several topics, incl. a plan to specify "senior editors" to be "super-reporters of subjects"; letter to Ashraf Ghorbal, Minister Plenipotentiary, United Arab Republic Interests Section, NYC; 2-pp. letter to Kathleen Carr on NBW' college education and his interest in archeology; (3/22/'71) letter to Janet Foulkes on the virtues (or not) of several comic strips; several letters to Robert Chandler, Editor/Publisher., The Bulletin (Bend, OR); (3/11/'71) 3-pp. reply to Dan Jamison, CMC student, on his criticisms of LAT coverage of the Manson trial and the Nixon administration); (3/9) letter to J. Edward Murray, Arizona Republic, explaining some of the changes among top LAT staffers; the John Anson Ford memoirs.
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Chronological File - July - September
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos (increasingly friendly, informal letters are seen, sharing news of NBW Boxer and Afghan dogs, along with those related to consulting for Otis Chandler) Subjects and correspondents include: (9/18) memo to Otis Chandler giving W.'s opinion that "a well-done, well-written history of The Times, not just an 'approved' version, but (truthful), would be worth while for The Times and probably as a publishing venture"; letter to Victor White giving insights into NBWs' political attitudes and those of newspaper people in general; (8/29) 5-pp. report to Otis Chandler on Newsday, Dallas T-H and The Pilot; (8/9) response to a request by Pres. Robert Atwell of Pitzer College to become a member of its Committee for Goals; (7/26) letter to David Laventhol of Newsday praising that paper's Sports section; (7/6/) 3-pp. letter to Felix McKnight of DallasT-H on that paper's 1973 budget and continuing "remodel" of that paper; etc.
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Chronological File - July
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Approx. 60 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (7/30) 2-pp. reply to reader who disliked an Oliphant cartoon, describing the people depicted as "hideous characters"; (7/29) witty reply in praise of columnist Jack Smith; (7/28) reply to Charles T. Munger on "unfounded myths"; (7/28) West mag. minimum number of pages and advertising issues; 3-pp. letter to Sen. Sam Ervin (no date--has light blue paper clip); (7/21) reply to reader (Mr. Unger) who considered the comic strip "Doonesbury" an insult, with NBW thoughts on the "vitality" of that strip; NBW provides a thumbnail bio of himself and advice for students of communications / journalism (to Dr. Edwin Haroldsen of BYU); (7/16/) 3-pp. reply to Ed Dooley, Editor, S.F. Examiner, who had requested stats on "minorities" employed at LAT; (7/15) reply to Dr. Frederick Stare, nutritionist, who received criticism for his Spec. Section in LAT on health foods; memo to Dick Smith on dealing with subscription cancellation letters; (7/2) letter to Mr. Cox about LAT coverage of massage parlors; etc.
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Chronological File - January
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Approx. 110 items. Letters & memos, one sheet of "Craig St. Clair" notepaper with subject notes. Subjects and correspondents include: NBW cannot detect a left or right "lean" in the political comment of the comic strip "Berry's World"; thoughts on ballerinas Markova and Danilova; letter to ex-Governor Edmond G. Brown explaining why a speech he gave was severely condensed in LAT reportage (another letter to Brown on different topic, (1/21/1970); friendly note to Elmer Dills (of L.A. Herald-Examiner); response to Charles Ege (Porterville, CA) thanking him for highly complimentary letter to LAT--"we get a few letters like yours, but...the greatest majority of them tell us we're a bunch of bums..."; response to Superior Court Judge John Cole; (form) letters in defense of LAT's UN reporter Louis Fleming who, NBW writes, "does not express personal opinions in the Israeli-Arab conflict"; letters to J. Edward Murray of Arizona Republic; letter to Robert Barton (1/12/1970) of U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico; should LAT sponsor a "juried art show"?; incident involving LAPD officer and a shotgun (1/9/1970); attitude of Spiro Agnew (U.S. V. Pres.) toward LAT (1/9/1970); Oscar Acosta wishes to write a column for LAT as "spokesman for the Chicano" and NBW wishes to read examples (1/9/1970); letter to Police Chief Edward Davis (1/6/1970) on LAT coverage of police work in L.A.; (1/29/1970) minimum space requirements; letter (1/27/1970) to Herbert Klein, White House (Nixon) Communications Director assuring him that LAT reporter Jack Foisie did not "make critical comments casually"; further responses to readers critical of coverage of Agnew's Southeast Asia trip of 1970; Ralph Story's t-v program on Los Angeles; letter to Saul David (1/22/1970) expressing the view that, had JFK's assassin been a member of a left or right-wing organization instead of Oswald ("a nut") "hell would have broken loose"; problems with Metro coverage (1/22/1970); as always, complaints about cartoonists Conrad and Interlandi; as always, opinions pro and con about LAT comics pages; on form letter to be sent to "teachers praising Student Outlook," an LAT publication. (1/21/1970); etc.
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Chronological File - December
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Approx. 110 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: response to Clark Mollenhoff, Special White House Counsel, who apparently wrote complaining of something written about him or Nixon administration in general that he did not like ; 8th Annual Editorial Awards Dinner; coverage of middle east problems; letters to J. Edward Murray, Editor, Arizona Republic; Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver--qualified to teach at UCLA? ; letter to Robert Rowan, Pres., Pasadena Art Museum; NBW defends LAT against reader charge that it has "publicized" Sen. Edward Kennedy and responses to others who seem to object to coverage of Kennedy; furor over ads for "An Evening of Dirty Plays"; letter to William F. Buckley, Jr., etc.
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