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Kueser, Ruth Shellhorn
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Corporate Bulletins
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Cover letter to "All Times employees" from Otis Chandler plus booklet on "improved group insurance plan," 2/12/1965 ; letter to "Times employees and their families" from Otis Chandler on $1 million TM contribution to the profit sharing plan, 12/28/1965. Otis Chandler memo, 1/7/1966, on new secretarial assignments within his office ; 4-pp. stapled packet on Company rate increases plus a one-page chart comparing these rate increases with "cost of living" increases, 1960 - 1966, 5/1966 ; 5-pp. Management Conference Bulletin, 9/1966. Two memos stapled, one to Management, one to all Times employees, announcing "22nd consecutive Annual Company Rate Increase," 5/12/1967 ; memo from Robert Bills' Office to Blanche Saulsberry on Desk Bulletins for Suburban Offices ; bomb threats memo from Otis Chandler, 6/26/1967, stapled to 5-pp. Plant Security Manual. Otis Chandler cover memo and attached news story of 2/17/1968 on changes in the top tier of TM involving Norman Chandler, Albert Casey, Franklin Murphy and Otis Chandler ; Otis Chandler memo, 3/7/1968, on promotions and changes at LAT ; Otis Chandler memo, 5/15/1968, on the 23rd consecutive annual rate increase for LAT-TM Press employees (with chart). LAT Management Bulletin from Otis Chandler, 9/15/1969, on "the proposed merger of the Times Herald Printing Company of Dallas and Times Mirror ; Management Bulletin, 12/8/1969, from Robert D. Nelson on the promotion of James B. Grider to the position of General Manager of Times Mirror Press as of 1/1/1970.
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Department mandate by Otis Chandler
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Handwritten statement of purpose; copies of Otis Chandler's Times Mirror management bulletin announcing the appointment of Lois Markwith as Archivist for the Times (and thus the establishment of the Times Archives).
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Departments - Employee Relations - Employee Compensation
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Approx. 45 items. Materials include: copy of Among Ourselves article, 11/1928, "Looking Backward," by Claude Luce, in which he reports that as a 16-year-old, he "drew down" $4 per week: various Employee and Management Bulletins on subjects such as company (pay) rate increases, tax issues, sick days, 4 copies of "Job Evaluation Plan - Technical and Office Occupations," (T-M Co.) 1953; ditto, 1945; 15-pp. booklet (green), "Your rate of pay," (T-M Co.); LAT National Survey of Management and Supervisory Compensation, Newspaper Industry, 9/1989; 10-pp. report, "Guide and Procedures for the Administration of Executive Base Salaries - The Times-Mirror Company, August 1958; chart, ca. 1989, "Los Angeles Times Company Rate Increase vs. Consumer Price Index.
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Times Mirror Company Group Insurance
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Approx. 12 items: lists of employee names, forms, two sample copies of "Los Angeles Times Travel and Pedestrian Accident Policy," one sample copy of " Los Angeles Times - All Coverage - Occupation and Travel Accident Policy" from National Casualty Company ; a sample policy from Prudential Insurance Company of America ; financial report (on yellow paper) "The Times Mirror Company statement showing cost of group insurance for month of July 1945..." ; brochure "for employees of The News" (L.A.) - "Announcing a new group hospitalization and surgical plan" ; (bound in brown cover - Prudential Insurance Co. of America "Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for employees of Times Mutual Benefit Association."
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Corporate Bulletins
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Otis Chandler memo on annual rate increase, 5/20/1970 ; Chandler memo on Robert J. Donovan promotion, 7/27/1970 ; Robert Flannes memo on new security methods, 10/7/1970 ; 2-pp. memo from Flannes on "tighter plant security measures" ; Flannes memo on dress policy (strongly discouraging jeans at work).Red Cross Bloodmobile ; various credit union memos ; free tickets for Times Grand Prix ; promotions in Production ; Otis Chandler memo of 2/9/1971 (after major earthquake) reporting that the buildings in TM Square were inspected and found safe ; wage and salary issues ; Bulletin on appointment of William Thomas to be Executive Editor of LAT. 2-pp. Otis Chandler memo on Company (pay) Rate Increase, 5/16/1972 ; Robert Flannes memo about an LAT news story on a complaint filed against The Times with the Fair Employment Commission. Memos on recurring subjects such as Company Rate Increase, profit sharing info, newsprint costs, conserving electricity, the energy crisis, etc. ; stapled packet, approx. 20-pp., on affirmative action and equal employment opportunities. Many memos on recurring subjects - Company Rate Increase, reports on LAT's national ranking, parking issues, invitation to holiday reception or luncheon ; commuter computer service ; a new layout for the paper unveiled 12/1974. Memos on recurring subjects such as street sales, home delivery sales & service, LAT educational programs, service awards, holiday cards & invitations to holiday events, retirement dinner announcements, staff retirement parties, credit union announcements.
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Employees - Brownell, John
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3 items: plain white sheet of heavy paper, with John Brownell's signature and the dates "June 16, 1956 - June 9, 1990" printed on it; copy of LAT obit, 6/10/1990, "John Brownell, Times news executive, dies"; Management Bulletin, 6/13/1990, announcing a Memorial Mass for Brownell at St. Vibiana's Cathedral, set for June 18 at 10:00 a.m.
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