Pulitzer Prizes Award 1971 Winners Across Arts and Letters
The 55th Pulitzer prizes honored journalists and authors. Lucina Franks and Thomas Powers won national reporting for tracing Diana Oughton’s life and radicalization. Zindel’s Gamma Rays won drama. other winners covered Chicago bribery links, apartheid in South Africa, desegregation efforts, and biographies of Roosevelt and Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucina Franks
Thomas Powers
United Press International
Diana Oughton
Jimmie Lee Hoagland
Washington Post
South Africa
Horance G. Davis Jr
Gainesville
Fla
Sun
Florida
Harold C. Schonberg
New York Times
Columbia
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Old New York World
Pulitzer
Zindel
New York
Associated Press
William Glover
Charles Gordone
James MacGregor Burns
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pacific
Burns
Williams
Lawrence Roger Thompson
Princeton University
Robert Frost
William S. Merwin
John Toland
Far East
Japan
Mario Davidovsky
Lenox
Mass
Hearing details emerge in firemen dispute and council actions
Testimony covers April 8 events as firemen blockaded doors while councilmen Sullivan Connally and Quinn face questions. UFA officials and mayors test their positions on duress and salary offers with unofficial bids and PERB hearing plans outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UFA
Sullivan
Connally
Willian Murray
Doyle
Quinn
Ralph DeSantis
Nathan Wedlin
DeSantis
Diamond
PERB
Werlin
State budget plan cut eyed by Rensselaer County officials
County officials estimate the plan will cut about 17 percent from a $4.6 million program, leaving a reduction of roughly $816,000. The change stems from a state decision made weeks ago affecting funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Albany County
Schenectady County
Saratoga County
Washington County
Warren County
RPI Honors Four with Distinguished Degrees
The article notes RPI to award four honorary degrees as part of commencement. It highlights figures connected to science, technology and education, including MIT leadership transitions and defense industry figures, with state budget implications affecting local counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPI
Degg de
Defense
Dept.alth, Education
Wes- Badford
Kaiser Corp
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Thes Company
Feo Odie
Rty
Bedford
Secretary of Defense
Defense Mobilization
Sanders
Tro y Debates Firing Hearings and DOT Transfer
State workers face layoffs under Governor Rockefeller budget as hearings loom. Julius Sackman notes injunction on layoffs remains while a CSEA spokesman says the order stays in effect despite an appeal. Attorneys clash over whether further layoffs are paused until appellate review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Transportation
Civil Service Association
Attorney General’s Office
Julius Sackman
Sackman
CSEA
East German Leader Ulbricht Resigns Amid Berlin Tensions
The article notes the resignation of East German leader Ulbricht and discusses his role in the Prague invasion and the 1961 Berlin Wall. It mentions Willi Stoph as a potential successor and Erich Honecker as front runner, with Honecker’s wife Margot as education minister. Bonn seeks to ease Cold War frictions and normalize talks with the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Ulbricht
Europe
Berlin
West Germany
Honecker
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Bonn
East Germany
Willi Stoph
National Defense Council
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Zzindel
The
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Daily Dispatch
New Kensington
Kent State
Greenwich Village
William H. Jones
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Frank Magnetto
Spain
Magnetto
Louis Rizzo
Boston University
David Starr
Asimov
Dr. Wiesner
MIT
Electronics Research Laboratory
Science and Technology
John F. Kennedy
Troy
Edward J. Quinn
Rockefeller
Gov. Rockefeller
Walter Ulbricht
Albany
Pine Hills
Albany Savings
Eposit Insurance Corporation
Pearl Street
Western Avenue
Colonie
Colonie Center
Glens Falls
Bay Street
Queensbury
Northgate Center
Johnstown
South Market Street
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