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For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Philadelphia Inquirer , by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

For their series "Auditing the Internal Revenue Service," which exposed the unequal application of Federal tax laws.

The Jury

Carol Sutton(Chair)

Managing Editor, The Courier Journal

Robert B. Atwood

Editor and Publisher, Anchorage Daily Times

C. K. McClatchy

Editor, McClatchy Newspapers

Reg Murphy

Editor, Atlanta Constitution

Robert H. Spiegel

Editor, Wisconsin State Journal

Winners in National Reporting

Jack White

For his initiative in exclusively disclosing President Nixon's Federal income tax payments in 1970 and 1971.

Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt

For their disclosure of Senator Thomas Eagleton's history of psychiatric therapy, resulting in his withdrawal as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1972.

Jack Anderson

For his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

1975 Prize Winners