Pulitzer Prizes Awarded in Arts and Journalism
The 1976 Pulitzer Prizes honored Alex Haley for Roots with a special prize and acknowledged winners across journalism and the arts. Walter Mears and Neal Ulevich shared spot news photography, while the Lufkin News won Public Service for Marine death investigations. No fiction or international reporting awards were given this year.
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World Today Briefs Highlight Global Tensions and Tone
Government impounds passports of Indira Gandhi ally and former defense minister as probes begin. Ganges water share talks reach understanding. Bhutto protests persist with new fatalities raising death toll. Polish dissidents face increased police harassment amid opposition crackdowns. Cuba trade mission explores lifting embargo implications as Humphrey urges end to blockade. Rhodesia moves toward black majority rule amid clashes. Concorde noise study casts doubt on significant reductions. Zaire launches offensive against Katangan rebels with outside warnings. Airfare curbs eyed by CAB as fares may fall in competitive markets. US housing starts hit March peak. aging talks planned at White House. Peltier convicted in 1975 FBI killings. border clashes flare. Dock strike ends as workers return to port.
Crash toll rises from Canary Islands jet collision
Two more victims died at Brooke Army Medical Center burn unit, raising the runway collision toll to at least 579 among a KLM jetliner and a Pan Am jumbo jet. In St Louis, a husband and wife received suspended 90 day sentences after admitting to attempting to sell their five month old daughter Tonya for eighty dollars.
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Film director Pasquale Squitieri charged after shots fired at actress villa
Police say Pasquale Squitieri and Claudia Cardi nale were arrested in Rome on illegal firearm possession after gunfire near the actress home. Two freelance photographers approached the villa with telephoto lenses when eight bullets whistled past, triggering the incident.
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Lovelace Loses Effort to Avoid Lawyer Fee
A U S appeals court in New Orleans ruled for Philip J. Mandina of Miami who was hired in 1971 to represent Linda Lovelace after an auto accident, ordering payment of a 19500 dollar legal fee.
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Crosby son of Bing Crosby arrested for indecent exposure
Lindsay H Crosby 39 son of Bing Crosby was arrested in Durango Colorado for indecent exposure after swimming nude in a motel pool and running nude around the pool area. He was booked on a misdemeanor and released on $300 bond. Crosby recently bought a ranch near Durango.
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Haley Defends Roots During Gambia Visit
Alex Haley closed a three day journey to Gambia with a firm defense of his genealogical research in Roots and a sharp rebuke of Mark Ottaway of the Sunday Times of London, accusing him of deliberate misrepresentation. Haley had visited Juffure the village he says anchors his tracing of ancestral lines to an African captured in the slave trade.
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Plains church in Georgia calls itself full of hate
Hugh Carter, a state senator and clerk of the Plains Baptist Church, says the church is “full of hate” after a power struggle over admitting blacks. Members voted not to rehire former pastor Rev Bruce Edwards who quit last February amid the integration dispute sparked by black minister Rev Clennon King’s bid to join.
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Albany, Ga
Doings Belted Jacket and Pull-On Pants Set
Polyester knit suit by Doing of California features a belted jacket with polished goldtone buttons and pull-on pants in beige peach or blue. Available sizes 8 through 16. More in the catalog.
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