Pulitzer Prizes Awarded Amid Controversy and Posthumous Honors
The 1963 Pulitzer journalism and arts winners include two posthumous prizes and a furor over an unawarded drama prize. The Chicago Daily News earned a gold medal and citation for a series urging birth-control services in public health programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Chicago Daily News
The
Daily News
Ira H. Harkey
Pescagoula
Chronicle
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
U.S. Supreme Court
Lewis
Washington Daily News
Oscar O'Neil Griffin Jr
Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Hal Hendrix
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Caribbean
Frank
Valve Check On Thresher Proved Okay
Naval officer Capt. John D. Guerry testified all 5,000 Thresher valves were properly installed before the sank vessel. He said no valve was backwards and that overhauls, though lengthy, found all valves in order. The court also heard notes on delays and other postinspections as officials considered salvor plans and further inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
UPI
John D. Guerry
South Naval Shipyard
Guerry
Naval Court of
Naval Investigating Board
Navy
Washington
William Carlos Williams
Rutherford
N.J
Breughel
John Mason Brown
John Gassner
Pulitzer Advisory Board
Edward Albee
Virginia Woolf
Columbia University
Albee
Leaning Tower of Pisa Safe as Is, Say Engineers
The Pisa Primacy reports no intervention is needed as the Leaning Tower remains stable. After 789 years the tilt continues at about 0.039 inches per year, with past fixes causing more harm than good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Italy
UPI
Castro Begins Extended Tour From Volgograd to Siberia
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro started a provincial journey from Volgograd to Kiev Tashkent and several Siberian cities after weekend talks with Nikita Khrushchev near Moscow. The entourage includes top Soviet officials as Castro plans to return to Moscow May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volgograd
U.S.S.R
UPI
Fidel Castro
Stalingrad
Ukraine
Siberia
Castro
Leningrad
Kiev
Tashkent
Siberian
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Andrei Gromykov
Rodio Malinovsky
Mikhail Suslov
Presidium
Politburo
Quirks In The News From Augusta And London
In Augusta the local Young Republicans signed its cloth member former President Dwight D. Eisenhower aged 72, with a statement that membership is open to anyone up to 88 in the area. In London Sammy Davis Jr ordered eight suits, aiming to buy British tailoring in a big way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
UPI
Young Republicans Club
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
UPD
Sammy Davis Jr
Davis
Cranes Right Titan Fuel Truck Near Tucson
An overturned tanker carrying 18 tons of nitrogen trioxide was lifted upright by three cranes three miles north of Tucson's business district. Residents were evacuated and schools closed but later allowed to return as the missile fuel was secured and the truck delivered to a Titan site without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
UPID
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
Civil Defense
Richmond
Calif
Cities May Discuss Court Ruling At Arizona Convention
At the Arizona Cities and Towns annual convention in Nogales the group may discuss the state supreme court ruling on governmental immunity. Tucson Mayor Lew Davis urges action to counteract limits on city functions and new measures like county building codes and higher education funding. Prescott Mayor Tutt opposes a state firemen pension plan. Speakers include Gordon Clinton from Seattle, Governor Fannin, and Houston Mayor Lewis Cutter.
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Nogales
UPI
League of Arizona Cities and Towns
Arizona Supreme Court
Tucson
Lew Davis
High Court
Gordon Clinton
Seattle
Wash
Paul Fannin
Lewis Cutter
Houston
Tex
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William Faulkner
Yoknapatawpha
Mississippi
New York World Telegram & Sun
Sylvan Fox
Anthony Shannon
William Longgood
American Airlines
John M. Glenn
Hector Rondon
la Republica
Caracas
Venezuela
Associated Press
Rondon
Public Service
World Telegram
Leon Edel
Henry James
Edel
James
Barbara W. Tuchman
Samuel Barber
Barber
Vanessa
Capital
Constance MacLaughlin Green
Pulitzer Prizes
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Caencaar
Essinger
Noduaey
Scottsddale
Scottsdale
Meaber, the
Ordea OF the
Prescott
Frank Tutt
League
Arizona
Little Lulu
MR. Big
Lulu
S. Scottsdale Rd
LE Lulu
32Nd Street
Shea
7Th Street
Camelback
Phoenix
Old Scottsdale Rd
Thomas
Helene Curtis
HOPE
Pitzen’s
Pitzen's House of Beauty
Bruce Brown
Pitzen
House OF Beauty
North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale Road
Mr. Piten
Piken'’s
House of Wigs
East Thomas Road
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