Times and Anderson win 1972 Pulitzer prizes
The New York Times wins the public service Pulitzer for the Pentagon papers on U S involvement in Vietnam. Jack Anderson earns national reporting for exposing administration policy making during the India Pakistan war. Additional prizes go to Stegner Lash Tuchman Wright and Crockman with no drama award this year.
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China
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James Wright
Hunter College
New York City
Jacob Crockman
New York
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Chicago Symphony
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Washington
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Jonesboro appoints new city marshal
The Jonesboro City Council named Richard W. Lingle of Alto Pass as the new city marshal at a Monday meeting in City Hall. His salary will be set later as the council enforces dog control rules and designates cleanup days with free junk hauling, excluding garbage.
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Health education push in Illinois expands personnel and funds
Illinois Board of Higher Education outlined a four year program to boost health personnel. Since 1968 the plan has increased operating budgets by 7 million for health programs and spurred 100 million in health related construction. Projects include four new medical schools and private grants, with future funding rising to support growing physician education and hospital affiliations.
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Ege
Interstate 24 to run through Southern Illinois near Vienna
Illinois advances a new Interstate 24 segment from Route 57 south of Route 148, southeast to cross Route 45 twice and Route 146, with a Buchanan River bridge shared by Illinois and Kentucky. District nine highway engineer James Newton notes 25 miles let for contract, four interchanges planned on Route 45, 146, and 57.
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Jurymen deny Sears pressured in Hanrahan case
Three Cook County grand jurors filed statements denying improper pressure by special prosecutor Barnabas Sears. They join Hanrahan’s appeal of the Illinois Supreme Court ruling denying an open hearing on whether the grand jury was pressured into indictments related to the 1969 Panther raid. Trial is set for June 12.
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Ford and GM Deny Fleet Price Fixing Charges
Ford Motor Co and General Motors deny federal indictment claims that they conspired to fix prices on fleet automobile sales after an 18 month federal probe. The indictment names Peterson Howell Heather as coconspirators while USIA funding battles unfold in Congress and Apollo 16 moon rock findings emerge from Houston Space Center.
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National Automobile Dealers Association
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Space rocks differ in composition say geologist
A Spacecraft Center geologist described Apollo 14 rocks as dust covered yet similar to many samples, noting they appear much lighter and seem composed of different material despite their similarities.
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Houston
Spacecraft Center
Church to Give Land for Housing in Cairo
In Cairo Illinois five parcels of land formerly hosting St. Columbus and St. Patrick's Churches will be donated to individuals who want to build housing. Rev Kasper Deis says the gift aims to create construction jobs in a predominantly Black neighborhood. Bishop Albert Zuroweste deeded the property to St Patrick's last year with preference for former St Columbus parishioners.
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Shawnee District Announces Pre Enrollment for Kindergartners
Shawnee Community School Unit District 84 begins pre enrollment Friday at Ware Elementary. Also at McClure May 8 Grand Tower May 10 and Wolf Lake May 11. Birth certificates required for all first year entrants and those entering kindergarten. Enrollment runs 1 to 3 pm each day.
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