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

Washington Star-News , by James R. Polk

For his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.

The Jury

Richard H. Leonard(Chair)

Editor & Vice President, Milwaukee Journal

Eric W. Allen, Jr.

Editor, Medford (Ore.) Mail Tribune

Judith W. Brown

Editor, New Britain (Conn.) Herald

Arthur M. Carter

Editor, Afro-American Newspapers

Robert E. Hartley

Editor, Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, Decatur, Ill.

Winners in National Reporting

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.

William J. Eaton

For disclosures about the background of Judge Clement F. Haynesworth Jr., in connection with his nomination for the United States Supreme Court.

1974 Prize Winners