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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1981

Page

10

Liberian executions Pulitzer winner Price excited

Texas photographer Larry C. Price says he is as excited as he can be after winning the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography for a 10 image series from Liberia last year. The shots showed executions on a deserted beach following a coup and were published by the Star-Telegram and distributed by AP. Price, who was initially in Liberia to photograph Baptist missionaries, noted he is getting married in May and sees the award as a happy note.

Fort Worth, Texas Larry C. Price Putlitzer Liberia Texas Star-Telegram Price Pulitzer Bluff and Enterprise Associated Press Justice Department Times Dave Anderson Clark Hallas Robert B. Lowe Arizona Daily Star University of Arizona Mike Peters Dayton Ohio Daily News Fort Worth Robert K. Massie Peter the Great Russia James Schuyler Vienna Carl E. Schorske Beth Henley Manhattan Theater Club Mississippi

Pulitzer Prizes Award To Authors And Local Paper Winners

The 1981 Pulitzer recognitions honor Thelma Toole for A Confederacy of Dunces despite her son's death, and Longview Daily News for epic Mount St Helens eruption coverage. Charlotte Observer wins public service for Brown Lung journalism. Miami Herald, New York Times, and others receive various categories across reporting, editing, photography, and critique.

NEW York Thelma Toole John Kennedy Toole Longview Wash Daily News Mount St. Helens Bob Gaston Rich Oppel Charlotte N.C Observer Columbia University Joseph Pulitzer Old New York World Toole Walker Percy Louisiana State University Press Longview Daily News Gaston Shirley Christian Miami Herald el Salvador New York Times Houston John M. Crewdson

Stink Gun idea aims to deter crime in Modesto

Modesto body shop owner Matthew Vacante unveils the Stink Gun, a canister releasing a foul odor to drive criminals away. He says the scent lasts 24 to 72 hours and helps identify offenders, while claiming the formula is derived from asphalt and tar and is not harmful. In Martinsburg, scientists plan to send fruit flies to space to study reproduction in zero gravity aboard the shuttle’s fourth or fifth mission.

Modesto L. Walter Fix Jesse Thompson

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