For the record - July 9, 2011

Ed Sullivan: An article about”The Ed Sullivan Show” in the July 4 Calendar section said that “Bonanza” helped drive the variety show off the air. In fact, the two programs never competed head-to-head. Also, the article included comedian George Carlin among a list of performers who were said to have gotten some of their first broad exposure to the American public on the Sullivan show. Carlin had been appearing on TV talk and variety shows for more than four years before his first Sullivan performance.

Egypt archiving: An article in the July 7 Section A about archiving Egypt’s revolution misspelled the last name of American University in Cairo anthropologist Hania Sholkamy as Sholkawy.

IndyMac: An article in the July 8 Business section about a federal lawsuit filed against formerIndyMac Bancorp Chief Executive Michael W. Perry misspelled the last name of his lawyer, Jean Veta, as La Veta in one reference.

Dick Williams: The obituary of Hall of Fame baseball manager Dick Williams in the July 8 LATExtra section said that when he led the Boston Red Sox to the 1967 World Series, it had been 31 years since the team’s last World Series appearance. The Red Sox had last played in the World Series in 1946, making it 21 years.