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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1967.

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • The Milwaukee Journal, for its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
  • Louisville Courier-Journal, for its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Robert V. Cox of the Chambersburg Public Opinion (Pennsylvania), for his vivid deadline reporting of a mountain manhunt that ended with the killing of a deranged sniper who had terrorized the community.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Gene Miller of The Miami Herald, whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
• National Reporting:
  • Stanley Penn and Monroe Karmin of The Wall Street Journal, for their investigative reporting of the connection between American crime and gambling in the Bahamas.
• International Reporting:
  • R. John Hughes of The Christian Science Monitor, for his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Eugene Patterson of the Atlanta Constitution, for his editorials during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Patrick Oliphant of The Denver Post, for "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table... Will They?", published February 1, 1966.

• Photography:
  • Jack R. Thornell of the Associated Press, New Orleans bureau, for his picture of the shooting of James Meredith in Mississippi by a roadside rifleman.

Letters, Drama and Music awards

• Fiction:
  • The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (Farrar).
• Drama:
  • A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (Atheneum).
• History:
  • Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West by William H. Goetzmann (Knopf).
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain by Justin Kaplan (Simon & Schuster).
• Poetry:
  • Live or Die by Anne Sexton (Houghton).
• General Nonfiction:
  • The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture by David Brion Davis (Cornell University Press).
• Music:
  • Quartet No. 3 by Leon Kirchner (Associated Music Publishers), first performed by the Beaux Arts Quartet in The Town Hall, January 27, 1967

References

1. John Petterman (May 2, 1967). "The long battle: a look back". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Robert V. Cox earns Pulitzer Prize in journalism". Public Opinion. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. May 2, 1967 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
3. Robert Hardin (May 2, 1967). "Herald's Gene Miller wins Pulitzer". The Miami Herald – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Snub Salisbury for Pulitzer Prize". The Des Moines Register. AP. May 2, 1967 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Oliphant's Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoon for 1966". Wisconsin State Journal. May 8, 1967 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Glenna Syse (May 7, 1967). "Albee, '67 winner, calls Pulitzer Prize 'an honor in decline'". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Chicago Daily News Service – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website

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