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For the record - Sept. 14, 2012

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AIDS Walk ad: An article in the Sept. 12 LATExtra section about AIDS Walk Los Angeles protesting the rejection of its ads by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus system said that bus officials and AIDS Walk personnel met in December and had a conversation about the agency’s stance. They did not meet. Big Blue Bus officials emailed AIDS Walk staff to say they would no longer run the ads. The conversation in question took place by phone in April.

Hollywood funnymen lunch: An article in the Sept. 10 Calendar section about longtime Hollywood funnymen who regularly lunch together at Factor’s Famous Deli said that a documentary about their gatherings, “Lunch,” would be screened in November at the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Comedy@SCA festival. There is no Comedy@SCA festival this year. The film will be shown at USC, but a date has not been set.

“Ken Price Sculpture”: A review in the Sept. 12 Calendar section of the LACMA exhibition catalog “Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective” misspelled the last name of photographer Fredrik Nilsen as Nilson.

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Playboy interviews: An article in the Sept. 7 Calendar section about Playboy interviews appearing as e-books said that Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1954. He founded it in 1953.

Norman Goldstone: In the Sept. 13 LATExtra section, the obituary of former aerospace engineer Norman J. “Bud” Goldstone, who conducted a crucial stress test of the Watts Towers in 1959, said that he worked at North American Aircraft. The company was North American Aviation.

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