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

The Wall Street Journal , by Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin

For their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas.

The Jury

Frank Angelo

Managing Editor, Detroit Free Press

Charles O. Kilpatrick

Vice President and Executive Editor, Express Publishing Company, San Antonio, Texas

John E. Leard

Managing Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Paul Sann

Executive Editor, New York Post

Thomas Winship

Editor, Boston Globe

Winners in National Reporting

Haynes Johnson

For his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Ala., and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.

Louis M. Kohlmeier

For his enterprise in reporting the growth of the fortune of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.

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.

1967 Prize Winners