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TIME has been reporting the story of Los Angeles' phenomenal growth for a long time. Recently, when Angelenos reelected their mayor, it seemed an appropriate occasion for trying to tell it all in one piece. The result was last week's cover story on Mayor Fletcher Bowron and his city...
...story called for great collaboration. National Affairs Writer Paul O'Neil, who was a reporter for the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer before coming to work for TIME, flew to Los Angeles to make his own preliminary investigation of the city. He discussed his impressions with the members of the Los Angeles bureau, who then set to work digging out the facts. Bureau Chief Fritz Goodwin divided the coverage four ways between himself and reporters Alfred Wright, Edwin Rees and James Murray. It was an especially engrossing assignment for all of them because it gave them a chance...
...Los Angeles is so big that nobody knows all about it-not even Mayor Bowron and his master planners-and many people had to be seen to fit all the parts of the story together. Furthermore, Los Angeles is still changing so rapidly that a month's passage can make facts & figures incorrect. This burgeoning growth was demonstrated by our experiences with the seven photographers who worked for eight weeks taking the color shots for the picture supplement accompanying the story. Having chosen a location for a specific shot or a panoramic view, they were likely to find...
...Wright, who was born in Los Angeles and has spent almost all of his life there (except for a hitch as a U.S. Navy pilot and a TIME correspondent in London) can recall the time when "there was little more than wheatfields beyond Western Avenue." He found that the Los Angeles story was a rediscovery of his hometown. For Ed Rees, a native of Delaware, it was a firsthand discovery. After talking to architects, sociologists, county supervisors, meteorologists, etc. he found that some of his pet theories about Los...
Married. Fuller Warren, 43, Florida's camera-conscious, "cracker boy" Governor; and Barbara Manning, 23, blonde California secretary; he for the third time; in Los Angeles...