For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
The Wall Street Journal , by Louis M. Kohlmeier
For his enterprise in reporting the growth of the fortune of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.
The Jury
The Jury
Joseph G. Harrison
Managing Editor and Chief Editorial Writer, Christian Science Monitor
W.P. Hobby, Jr.
Executive Editor and Executive Vice President, Houston Post
Gene Robb
Publisher, Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union and Knickerbocker News
Robert M. White, II
Co-Editor and Publisher, Mexico (Mo.) Ledger
Winners in National Reporting
Merriman Smith
For his outstanding coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Anthony Lewis
For his distinguished reporting of the proceedings of the United States Supreme Court during the year, with particular emphasis on the coverage of the decision in the reapportionment case and its consequences in many of the States of the Union.
Nathan G. Caldwell and Gene S. Graham
For their exclusive disclosure and six years of detailed reporting, under great difficulties, of the undercover cooperation between management interests in the coal industry and the United Mine Workers.
Edward R. Cony
For his analysis of a timber transaction which drew the attention of the public to the problems of business ethics.
1965 Prize Winners
John R. Harrison
For his successful editorial campaign for better housing in his city.