Pulitzers Awarded For Kent State Coverage and Arts
The Akron Beacon Journal general reporting prize honors its Kent State shootings coverage under deadline pressure. Photographer John Paul Filo won for his image of a distressed girl beside a slain student. Paul Zindel’s The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds won drama. No fiction prize awarded. Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers won national reporting for Diana Oughton. Paul Conrad earned cartooning honors for My Lai critique. Others received awards in photography, commentary, criticism, and nonfiction.
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BW York
Ohio National Guardsmen
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
John Paul Filo
Paul Zindel
Mr. Sammier
Saul Bellow
Eudora Welty
Wheel of Love
Joyce Carol Oates
Lucinda Franks
Thomas Powers
United Press International
Diana Oughton
South Tern
Ben Bradlee
The
Post
William Jones
Paul Conrad
Los Angeles Times
Denver Post
Conrad
My Lai
Times
Nick Williams
Jack Dykinga
Chicago Sun-Times
Lincoln and Dixon State School
Illinois
William A. Caldwell
Record
Hackensack
N.J
William S. Merwin
John Toland
Far East
Japan
Mario Davidovsky
Columbia University
Lenox
Mass
Vietnamization Making Progress Says Army Secretary After Trip
After an eight day visit to South Vietnam Secretary Resor told a news conference that the advisory effort is becoming increasingly capable as withdrawal continues. He praised the capable people serving in advisory teams and noted progress across the country.
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Army
Resor
South Vietnam
Resor lauds Vietnamization progress as South Vietnamese assume most combat roles
Secretary Resor reports strong gains from Vietnamization with South Vietnamese forces taking over most combat duties. Nine brigade bases and 125 smaller outposts released to Saigon, plus over a million tons of gear sent home. Shelling targets from four miles south of the DMZ. helicopter shot down and civilians wounded near Saigon. Dai Loc clash reported near Da Nang as North Vietnamese attack continues.
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Resor
U.S
United States
Ee Ee Eee Rmn
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Market Place
Saigon
Dai Loc
da Nang
Highway 1
Win At Bridge One Card Major Openings Pre-Emptive Value
The article argues for discriminating opening of four card major suits and spades as a pre emptive value. It notes that opening one spade allows opponents only a two level overcall and references a specific hand idea with AQ short in clubs and a likely South hand.
Congress Set To Renew Wage Price Authority
Congress ready to extend Nixon’s wage price and rent control authority for a year to April 30, 1972. The Senate approved 67 to 4 after House action March 10, with Sparkman steering a one year compromise. The bill also makes voluntary credit controls permanent and extends rate ceiling powers.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
Dwis
Sparkman
Strawberry Festival Parade Opens Stilwell Event
In Stilwell Oklahoma the 24th annual Strawberry Festival begins with free strawberries and ice cream on the Adair County Courthouse lawn. Miss Donna Padgett of Stilwell will be crowned festival queen and a parade proceeds through Stilwell.
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Stilwell
Oklahoma
Adair County
Donna Padgett
Denmark Is Smallest Of The Scandinavian Nations
A fragment notes Denmark as the smallest of the three Scandinavian countries. The text references regional size comparisons among Denmark Norway and Sweden. Specific dates, events, or figures are not provided in the readable portion.
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Denmark
Checotah Opens Lucas Library
Checotah residents dedicate a new public library to Jim G. Lucas a Checotah native and Pulitzer Prize war correspondent who worked in Muskogee and Tulsa and joined the U S. army.
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Checotah
Oklahoma
Jim G. Lucas
Muskogee
Tulsa
U. S. Ts
Diaper Corps Leads Union College Staffing Notes
Union College calls its young staff the Diaper Corps. Director Jay Shupe is 24 with assistants aged 25 22 and 21 totaling 92. Shupe says youth helps in evaluating applicants. In New Mexico there are 25 mountains over 10,000 feet and 13 of 32 counties contain such peaks.
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Union College
Jay Shupe
Shupe
Albuquerque
New Meixpc
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Kcco-Fm
Bettye’s
South 52Nd
Eisenhower
Koscot Kosmetics
Sai Beauty
Lucas
Visine
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Finley's Realty
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Mecha Moon
Madd Department Store
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