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1967 Pulitzer Prizes

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Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service

Milwaukee Journal

For its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.

Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal

For its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
Finalists:
National Reporting

Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal

For their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas.
Finalists:
International Reporting

R. John Hughes of The Christian Science Monitor

For his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.
Finalists:
Editorial Writing

Eugene Patterson of The Atlanta Constitution

For his editorials during the year.
Finalists:
Local General or Spot News Reporting

Robert V. Cox of Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) Public Opinion

For his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.
Finalists:
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

Gene Miller of Miami Herald

Whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
Finalists:
Editorial Cartooning

Patrick B. Oliphant of The Denver Post

For "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table...Will They?" Published February 1, 1966.
Finalists:
Photography

Jack R. Thornell of Associated Press, New Orleans bureau

For his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.
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Books, Drama & Music

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