For a distinguished example of a newspaper's use of its journalistic resources, which may include editorials, cartoons and photographs as well as reporting, in accomplishing a disinterested and meritorious public service, a gold medal.
Louisville Courier-Journal , by Staff
For its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
The Jury
The Jury
Wallace Carroll
Editor and Publisher, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal and Sentinel
John S. Gillen
Managing Editor, Philadelphia inquirer
Robert Lasch*
Editor of the Editorial Page, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Scott Newhall
Executive Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Lauren K. Soth*
Editor of the Editorial Pages, Des Moines Register and Tribune
Winners in Public Service
The Boston Globe
For its campaign to prevent confirmation of Francis X Morrissey as a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts.
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.
St. Petersburg (FL) Times
For its aggressive investigation of the Florida Turnpike Authority which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program.
Chicago Daily News
For calling public attention to the issue of providing birth control services in the public health programs in its area.
1967 Prize Winners
Patrick B. Oliphant
For "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table...Will They?" Published February 1, 1966.
Eugene Patterson
For his editorials during the year.