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IT WASN’T E.T.: Western Digital Corp. Chairman...

By Jerry Hicks, Helene Elliott and Gebe Martinez
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IT WASN’T E.T.: Western Digital Corp. Chairman Roger W. Johnson and developer Kathryn Thompson each got calls last weekend from President-elect Bill Clinton during his Southern California vacation. He thanked the two Republicans for their work in his behalf. . . . Says Thompson: “He let us know he’s going to work very hard to fulfill the commitments that he made during the campaign.” Neither gave details on what advice they had for Clinton but said they expect frank discussions when they attend his upcoming “economic summit” in Little Rock.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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