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Pottstown (PA) Mercury , by Thomas J. Kelly III

For a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road."

The Jury

Donald Pugnetti(Chair)

Editor, Tacoma News Tribune

Gerald Crawford

Editor, Albuquerque Journal

Robert W. Duffy

Arts Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tom Eblen

Managing Editor for Administration, The Kansas City Star and Times

Mort Pye

Editor, The Star-Ledger

Winners in Spot News Photography

John H. Blair

For a photograph of an Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint.

Stanley Forman

For his photograph of a youth using the flag as a lance in street disorders.

1979 Prize Winners