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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1984
Page
3
William Kennedy and Dr. Seuss win Pulitzer citations with Kennedy noting Ironweed after 13 rejections. David Mamet also wins drama for Glengarry Glen Ross while other papers honor reporting, photography, and editorial work across major outlets.
Democratic hopefuls Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson campaign in Missouri ahead of caucuses. Jackson calls for a farm foreclosure moratorium and criticizes U S farm policy and the Soviet grain embargo while Hart attacks the tax system as unworkable. Mondale’s campaign stance shifts as Hart targets tax reform and party influence.
The 1984 Pulitzer Prizes list journalism winners across Public Service, Local Reporting, National and International Reporting, Editorial Writing and more. In Letters and Drama fiction goes to Ironweed by William Kennedy and Glengarry Glen Ross earns drama. biography honors Booker T. Washington by Louis R. Harlan.
The 80 year old creator Theodor Geisel known as Dr Seuss discusses the Pulitzer citation for his children's books. He recalls living quietly in La Jolla and his early journalism work at PM and Judge while noting enduring works and themes.
Washington AP reports that social insurance and retirement programs will exceed half of the domestic budget through the 1980s despite slower growth. The OMB study shows restrained spending since 1980, yet these programs are projected to cost 305.8 billion in 1985. The overall domestic budget excludes defense and other areas and totals 525 billion, with defense at 258.5 billion.
In May 1961 vice president Johnson told a Senate committee that U S combat troops were not desirable in Vietnam at that time. The edited transcript was released by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noting his earlier trip to Southeast Asia and his later role in escalating U S involvement.
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