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1965 Pulitzer Prizes

Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists

Hutchinson (KS) News

For its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community.
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Louis M. Kohlmeier of The Wall Street Journal

For his enterprise in reporting the growth of the fortune of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.
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J. A. Livingston of Philadelphia Bulletin

For his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West.
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John R. Harrison of Gainesville (FL) Sun

For his successful editorial campaign for better housing in his city.
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Melvin H. Ruder of Hungry Horse News, a weekly in Columbia Falls, MT

For his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting.
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Gene Goltz of Houston Post

For his expose of government corruption Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in widespread reforms.
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Horst Faas of Associated Press

For his combat photography of the war in South Viet Nam during 1964.
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