Pulitzer Prizes Highlight 1969 Drama and Fiction Winners
Howard Sackler won the drama prize for The Great White Hope about Jack Johnson while N Scott Momaday won fiction for House Made of Dawn making him the first Kiowa to win. Los Angeles Times earned public service for exposing city corruption. Edward T Adams won AP photo prize for the loan shooting image. Norman Mailer and Rene Dubos shared nonfiction for The Armies of the Night and So Human an Animal.
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New York
Howard Sackler
Jack Johnson
N. Scott Momaday
Momaday
University of California
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
William Tuohy
Times
Vice
Vietnam
Edward T. Adams
Associated Press
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Norman Mailer
Rene Jules Dubos
Rockefeller University
Mailer
Dubos
Hueman
Pulitzer
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
St.Louis Post-Dispatch
New York ‘World
John Fetterman
Louisville
Times and Courier-Journal
Hindman
Albert L DeLugach
Denny Walsh
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Robert Cahn
Washington
Boston
Christian Science Monitor
Paul Greenberg
Pine Bluff
Ark
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Adams
Loan
Bogota
N.J
Sackler
London
Maxwell Anderson
Sergei
Tuohy
Newsweek
Saigon
U.S
Wiliam
Police Asked to Withhold Pollard's Speeding Ticket
Virginia Beach municipal court clerk Gerald Williams admitted asking police to withhold Lt. Gov. Fred Pollard's speeding ticket to avoid embarrassment during his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Williams said he sought special consideration from Capt. George K. Bryan but did not name who asked him to intervene. Pollard, ticketed for 60 in a 45, denied authority to act on his behalf and urged traffic safety through enforcement.
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Virginia Beach
Fred Pollard
Gerald Williams
George K. Bryan
Pollard
G. H. Fockler
Williams
Virginia
WNAR
Norfolk
Henry E. Howell Jr
William C. Battle
Battle
Virginia Tech Student Government Association
Montgomery County Young Democrats
VPI
Howell
Northern Virginia Community College
Shenandoah May Festival Students Present Recital
Shenandoah Conservatory students perform a formal recital at 8 p.m. in Shenandoah Auditorium as part of the May Festival. Pianists Delores Malchek Tommy Anderson and Dianna Ferrone perform works by Scarlatti Liszt Debussy. Vocalists John Burrow Robert Fourley Gwen Stotler Adrianne Eakes Kathleen Fisher sing pieces by Purcell Vivaldi Schubert Chausson Pinkham Menotti. Instrumentalists include Harry Loyd in Hummel concerto Clifton Clark Sarasate. Woodwinds feature Richard Lowman Jeanne Gartner and Sandra Patterson with Milhaud Bonneau and Maurice pieces.
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Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Shenandoah
Henry Black
Delores Malchek
Scarlatti
Tommy Anderson
Liszt
Dianna Ferrone
Debussy
Voice
Lloyd Robb
James Corbett
Judith Carman
John Burrow
Purcell
Robert Fourley
Vivaldi
Gwen Skiles Stotler
Schubert
Chausson
Adrianne Eakes
Pruitt Re-Indicted for Murder in Norfolk Case
Allen Carroll Pruitt, once sentenced to life for murder and robbery in 1952 and 1953, was re Indicted by a Norfolk grand jury in March for the same slaying. The indictments follow Virginia Supreme Court reversals of prior convictions, with counsel seeking to block retries.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Corporation Court
Allen Carroll Pruitt
Pruitt
Harry Ganly
Virginia Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Richmond
Lawrence Bullock
Pruittt
C. C. Lewane
Bullock
Commonwealth
W. Moultrie Guerry
Alfred W. Whitehurst
State
McFaden Class Banquet Set for October 17
The McFaden Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church plans its Annual Banquet for October 17. Dr. Fred Stair Jr of Union Theological Seminary will be principal speaker in his first local visit since becoming Seminary president. The USS Ranger, first U S navy aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News and commissioned at Norfolk in 1933.
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McFaden
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Stair, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Stair
U.S.S
Spong cites Virginia mental health progress and bonds
Sen William B Spong Jr says the 13.7 million mental health bond approved by voters last fall signals improvement. He notes new facilities like the Northern Virginia Institute of Mental Health and a planned Richmond psychiatric institute will advance care with modern equipment while the federal government may cover up to two thirds of local center costs. He urges local backing for subsidized programs.
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Lynchburg Mental Health Association
Lynchburg Jaycees
Virginia
Northern Virginia Institute of Mental Health
Richmond
Spong
Kiwanis Lead Bicycle Safety Check Week in May
Harry Aikens of the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Committee will run the annual Bicycle Safety check the week of May 12 in coordination with the local Police Department. Officer Allen Bailey leads the program for the force with Kiwanis volunteers assisting daily and issuing glow lights for bike visibility after dark. The note also mentions the U S Navy frigate Roanoke built at Norfolk with strong Virginia connections.
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Harry Aikens
Kiwanis Boys and Girls Committee
Cone Junction
National Police Week
Allen Bailey
U.S. Navy
Virginia
Norfolk
Roanoke
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Ebony Magazine
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Leonard W. Levy
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B. L. Reid
Mt. Holyoke College
John Quinn
George Oppen
Karel Husa
Cornell University
Dr. Dubos
France
Harry Loyd
Hummel
Harry Cooper
Clifford Clark
Jacob Blatt
Pablo de Sarasate
Donald Black
Paul B
National Ave
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Foraiss
Shena
Shenandoah National
Vrginia
FDC
Lynchburg
William B. Spong Jr
D - Va
Chrysler Newport
Chrysler Luxury
Newport
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