Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Times Inquirer Coburn
The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer win 1978 Pulitzers. Don ald Coburn earns the drama prize for The Gin Game while the Inquirer receives Meritorious Public Service for police brutality reporting. Other winners include Walter Kerr Henry Kamm and William Safire.
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New York
Philadelphia Inquirer
Donald Coburn
Dallas
Coburn
the Inquirer
Jonathan Neumann
William Marimow
Brotherly Love
the Times
Walter Kerr
Henry Kamm
William Safire
Bert Lance
E.B. White
Richard Whitt
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Births Report from Mercy Area and Across Communities
Birth announcements from Mercy on April 17 18 list families in Marion Blairstown and Urbana and Iowa City Dubliners with a mix of sons and daughters. Additional births noted in Indianapolis and Richland Washington with parents and relatives named. Police and emergency activity entries follow including electrical panel fault alarms and ambulance assists at local addresses.
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First Ave
Courthouse
Third Avenue
J St
Midway Drive
Wilson Foods
Third Street
16Th Avenue
Assist Area Ambulance
Greenwood Drive
Rhodesian hopes hinge on new talks amid guerrilla split
U S officials seek to avert a Rhodesia clash as guerrilla leaders agree to a new negotiating conference and moderate black leaders vow talks with them. Joshua Nkomo may accept terms with Salisbury leaders while Robert Mugabe remains committed to a military takeover. Arafat pledges a cease fire observation and access for UN observers in southern Lebanon during talks with Waldheim. OPEC oil ministers plan May 6 Taif meeting amid dollar weakness.
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London
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Africa
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Patriotic Front
Salisbury
Robert Mugabe
Beirut
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Israel
An Nahar
Arafat
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Palestine Liberation Organization
Vienna
Austria
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Taif
OPEC
Gandhi pleads not guilty to contempt charges
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appeared in a packed New Delhi court and pleaded not guilty to contempt charges tied to her refusal to testify before a commission examining the last 19 months of her tenure. Chief Magistrate P K Jain adjourned the case to May 9.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Tax panel eases Carter tax plan in tentative votes
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively voted to repeal the deduction for state and local gasoline taxes, a move that would cost taxpayers about 1.15 billion dollars in 1980. It also rejected two Carter proposals, allowing continued deductions for state and local sales taxes and personal property taxes.
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Washington
Congressional
Carter
House
Ways and Means
Carter Promises Changes After White House Retreat
President Carter and top advisers held a weekend Camp David retreat to review the administration’s first 15 months. He said changes will come, though specifics were not disclosed, amid reported concerns about coordination between the White House and Cabinet on legislative matters.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Camp David
Jody Powell
Powell
Classified Ad Secrets Draw Big Responses
A simple classified advertisement can generate surprisingly strong reaction. The small space promotes a product or service and attracts inquiries from a broad audience, proving the power of concise persuasive copy.
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Daleview Drive
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