Malamud Wins 1967 Pulitzer for The Fixer
The Louisville Courier Journal and Milwaukee Journal share the 1967 Pulitzer for meritorious public service. Edward Albee won for drama and Bernard Malamud for fiction for The Fixer a novel about Yakov Bok amid anti Semitism in czarist Russia.
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New York
UPI
Louisville Courier-Journal
Milwaukee Journal
Edward Albee
Bernard Malamud
Malamud
Bennington College
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Russia
Yakov Bok
Mende Beilis
Malamaud
Boston
Columbia University
New York Times
Harrison Salisbury
North Vietnam
R. John Hughes
Christian Science Monitor
Indonesia
Joseph Pulitzer Jr
Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pulitzer Prizes Spotlight Editors and Campaigns Across States
The piece details winners and reactions to the 1967 Pulitzer Prizes with emphasis on Salisbury and John Hohenberg, noting mixed views on award importance. It lists recipients in national and local reporting, editorial writing, cartoons, photography, and history, including the Milwaukee Journal and the Times.
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Salisbury
Columbia
John Hohenberg
Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Milwaukee Journal
Wisconsin
Albee
Stanley Penn
Monroe Karmin
Wall Street Journal
Bahamas
Robert V. Cox
Chambersburg
Gene Miller
Miami Herald
Eugene Patterson
The
Atlanta Constitution
Patrick B. Oliphant
Denver Post
Jack R. Thornell
Associated Press
New Orleans
James Meredith
Mississippi
Britain Again Seeks To Join Common Market
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a second bid for British membership in the European Common Market. He said Britain would also pursue entry to the six-nation coal and steel pool and Euratom, despite cabinet opposition and De Gaulle’s rescue veto history. Paris sources warned negotiations could be protracted.
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London
UPC
Harold Wilson
Wilson
House of Commons
Commons
Britain
European Coal and Steel Pool
Euratom
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
No. 10 Downing Street
Fred Mulley
Elwyn Jones
Paris
Lyndon Johnson Defends Dissent and Rebuttal Right
President Johnson states that dissent against administration policy in Vietnam or other matters includes the right of those criticized to respond. He emphasized the principle during a brief Washington remarks on Monday.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
White House
Shriver Praises Vermont Legal Aid Funding Effort
R Sargent Shriver, head of the OEO, praised Vermont for becoming the first state to fund the free legal services for the poor program with a 50,000 local share matched by 500,000 federal, benefiting about 22,000 indigent residents. He lauded Governor Hoff and the Vermont Bar Association as leaders in pursuing equal justice during the 15 week session.
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Washington
UPI
R. Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Vermont
Shriver
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont Bar Association
Alexander Denies Retirement Report in Montpelier
Public Safety Commissioner Erwin A. Alexander denies retirement rumors. Reappointed to a six year term by Gov. Hoff earlier this year, he turns 63 May 14. His term ends February 1971 after 37 years with the department, amid concerns over morale and stalled promotions.
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Department
Alexander
Inside North Shire regional school may shift grades
A regional board discusses reconfiguring Inside North Shire school to serve grades seven through twelve, replacing junior high status. Vermont introduces a new ARTS and sciences fair highlighting student projects. An editorial views the year as pivotal for ski areas, noting industry developments and regional impacts.
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North Shire
Vermont
President Seeks Plan To Avert Rail Strike
President Johnson moves to craft a legislative formula to prevent a rail strike after Congress extended the deadline by 47 days. Lawmakers had already granted 20 and 47 day postponements, with Johnson vowing a plan within days. Supporters and critics debate arbitration or seizure as possible remedies amid 137,000 shopmen's dispute.
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Washington
UPS
Congress
Johnson
Senate
House
U.S. Plans Major Troop Cut in West Germany
Washington announced 35 000 U S troops to leave West Germany next year with 28 000 combat personnel and 7 000 airmen and four squadrons of planes to depart starting January. The redeployment aims to finish by mid 1968 and cuts about 115 percent of the current 225 000 presence.
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Washington
UPI
United States
West Germany
State Department
Germany
Britain
London
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
U. S
Bonn
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
Marines Capture Disputed Hill 881 Amid Heavy Fighting
U S Marines seized Hill 881 near the DMZ after three days of brutal combat that left casualties on both sides above 1,000. Air and naval air power claimed major blows against North Vietnamese forces, with 11 to 13 MIGs destroyed and 726 enemy killed in a week of fighting. A U S aircraft downed two more MIGs, and losses included three American jets and four airmen. A Seaknight helicopter tragedy occurred near Da Nang. MARINES Page 10.
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Saigon
Khe San
U.S
South Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
da Nang
Gold Robbery Rocks London Banks Two Tons Stolen
In London’s financial district a band of ten silent thieves stole nearly two tons of gold bars worth about 2.1 million dollars from a Rothschilds bank truck. Police raided a Dutch freighter and Interpol was alerted as a nationwide search unfolded. A 140000 dollar reward was offered while investigators pursued leads and monitored departures.
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London
UPI
James Bond
Auric Goldfinger
Scotland Yard
Rothschilds Bank
Thea
Britain
Interpol
FBI
Cape Town
Hong Kong
Threadneedle Street
Financial District
N. M. Rothschilds and Son International
John Chandler
Chandler
Frederick Clements
Richard Brew
Brew
Clements
U.S. Experts Expect More Infiltration In Vietnam War
UPI reports U.S. defense experts foresee continuing infiltration by North Vietnamese forces into South Vietnam rather than a full scale DMZ invasion. About nine divisions are alleged in I Corps and north of the DMZ, with heavy fighting near Quang Tri while Marines press a ridge objective.
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Washington
South Vietnam
I Corps
Quang Tri
Dmz
U.S
Pentagon
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