Pulitzer Prizes Highlight 1966 Winners and Viet Nam Coverage
The article lists 1966 Pulitzer winners across journalism letters and cartoons. It notes Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. winning biographical history for A Thousand Days and Katherine Anne Porter for The Collected Stories. It details journalism prizes including the Los Angeles Times Watts riots coverage and Kyoichi Sawada for Viet Nam photography. It also cites political primary races in six states with Alabama Negro voting issues and Lurleen Wallace potential nomination.
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Clifford M. Berryman
James T. Berryman
Boston Globe
Francis X. Morrissey
Massachusetts
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Old
New York World
Los Angeles Times
John A. Frasca
Tampa
Fla
Tribune
Frasca
Robert Lasch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Viet Nam
Don Wright
The
Miami News
Kyoichi Sawada
United Press International
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Joan J. Sparkman
Alabama
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Sparkman
Harris
McNamara Opposes Bombing Viet Factories and Port
Defense Secretary McNamara said bombing North Viet Nam industrial centers would not affect Hanoi’s will or capacity to wage war. He also ruled out mining Hal Phong port due to cost. George Ball said pilots would be directed by top government levels against any Red Chinese planes over North Viet Nam.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Halphong
Russia
George Ball
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ball
Viet Nam
Catholics Demonstrate For US Backing In Saigon
About 5,000 Catholic refugees in Hoc Mon demonstrated for U S support while urging removal of Ambassador Henry Lodge because of ties to Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang. In Da Nang violence followed as two men were wounded at a funeral for anti Communist leader Phan Thuyet.
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Saigon
UPS
North Viet Nam
U. S
Henry Lodge
Hoc Mon
Westy
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
da Nang
Phan Thuyet
Thomas Carey
Denver
Colo
George McInnes
Augusta
Thich Tri Quang
Prim
Nguyen Cao Ky
Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
Rome
Paul VI
South
Viet Nam
Supreme Court Denies Ginzburg Obscenity Appeal
Publisher Ralph Ginzburg lost his bid for Supreme Court review of his obscenity conviction and faces a five year prison term plus a $28 000 fine. He plans to ask a Philadelphia federal court to reduce the sentence as the court announced its last actions before May 16.
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Washington
Ralph Ginzburg
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Ginzburg
Edward Mishkin
Yonkers, N.Y
New York
Indonesia Parliament Moves to Assert Power Against President
About 2,000 students urged Parliament to regain constitutional powers equal to the president. The body formed two committees to study political and economic questions and report to the Provisional People's Consultative Congress within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Cosmas Patubara
Provisional
People's Consultative Congress
Students Action Front
Rockefeller Outlines Clean Air Program For Legislature
Gov. Rockefeller unveiled a clean air plan urging a tax exemption for pollution control facilities, property tax relief for communities, state funding for waste disposal surveys, and mandatory anti pollution devices on all 1968 model vehicles. The program aims to bolster efforts against air pollution despite no immediate state appropriation.
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Rockefeller
Albany
Republican Leaders Rally Behind Rockefeller for 1970 Reelection
In Albany GOP leaders urged full support for Gov. Rockefeller’s bid as they adopted a resolution praising him as best qualified to lead New York into the 1970s and pledged vigorous unified backing. The meeting stressed defeating defeatism amid Javits’ possible challenge and private polls suggesting an uphill race. George Hinman touted unity after Javits’ Sunday statement.
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Albany
Republican Party
GOP
Rockefeller
Carl Spad
GOF
Spad
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Aim Sunday
George L. Hinman
Griffin Seen as Front Runner for McNamara Seat
Republican Rep. Robert P. Griffin emerged as the leading candidate to fill the late Sen. Patrick McNamara's seat in a six month appointment. Governors and party leaders have remained mum until after McNamara's funeral, with Griffin facing competition from G. Mennen Williams and Jerome Cavanagh for the Democratic nomination. Incumbency advantages are not allowed on the ballot in Michigan.
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Lansing
Mich
Robert P. Griffin
Patrick McNamara
Senate
Michigan
George Romney
McNamara
Griffin
House
Landrum
Commons Debates War Warning Over Rhodesia Clash
In the House of Commons a bid for an emergency debate on Rhodesia was blocked by Speaker Horace King. Reginald Paget alleged Africans trained in Red China crossed from Zambia and attacked white Rhodesians, resulting in seven deaths amid a Rhodesian police chase aided by helicopters. Authorities report smuggling arms and captures of Soviet grenades and Chinese weapons.
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London
Rhodesia
House of Commons
Horace King
Reginald Paget
China
Zambia
Zambesi
Paget
House of Com
Mons
Sinoia
Salisbury
Goldman Kidnapping Case: Possible Contact Reached Rabbi
Daniel Goldman’s father says a man who may be his son's kidnapper contacted a New York rabbi seeking $25,000 in ransom. Two men are jailed on extortion charges, and the family notes recent pressure and possible manipulation of their grief. The March 28 break-in ended with Daniel taken after tying the family with blinds cords.
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Miami
Fla
Daniel Goldman
New York
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
Surfside
Goldman
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Katherine Anne Porter
AP Viet Scribe
Katherine Anne Porter
Columbia University
Drama Advisory Board
Joseph Pulitzer
Japan
Arnett
U.S. Information Service
Malcolm W. Browne
Horst Faas
Washington Star
AP Viet Nam
George
Lurleen Wallace
George C. Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Peter Arnett
Edwin Way Teale
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Charles Dumas
Commons
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