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Colorado weekly wins Lovejoy prize for journalism courage
Myles Arber editor of the Crested Butte Chronicle will receive the 1976 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Memorial Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale for exposing attempts by former Army Secretary Howard Callaway to influence U S Forest Service decisions in favor of Callaway's Colorado resort interests. He will deliver the Lovejoy lecture at 7 p m in Morris Library Auditorium. The Chronicle faced advertiser boycotts and printer changes after publishing the story alleging Callaway sought favorable treatment for development rights on public lands near Crested Butte.
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