Pulitzer Prizes awarded
NEW YORK (UPI) — The Los Angeles Times yesterday won two of the 1969 Pulitzer Prizes, the nation's most coveted awards in the fields of journalism, letters and music, for public service to its home community and distinguished reporting on the international scene.
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The awards, announced at Columbia University, brought Pulitzer laurels to Norman Mailer, 46, who won first fame 21 years ago with the war novel "The Naked and the Dead." He was honored for a nonfiction work, "The Armies of the Night," an account of antiwar
demonstrations at the Pentagon in 1967.
Howard Sackler won the drama prize of his current hit, "The Great White Hope," about prizefighter Jack Johnson, which already has won the Antoinette Perry Award as Broadway's best play.
An American Indian, N. Scott Momaday, associate professor of English at the University of California in Santa Barbara, won the coveted fiction prize for his first novel, "House of Dawn," about an Indian serviceman who finds he cannot adjust to life on the reservation after World War II. Momaday is a Kiowa Indian born in Lawton, Okla.
The public service prize went to the Los Angeles Times for a team report on Los Angeles commissions that uncovered wrongdoing that may lead to eventual city charter reform. It covered the planning and zoning, harbor, recreation and parks commissions and resulted in convictions of bribery and conflict of interest, cancellation of a $12 million city contract, and several resignations of commissioners.
William Tuohy brought another award to the Los Angeles Times for his reporting from Vietnam where he has been stationed for more than four years. He was the fourthb
correspondent to gain a Pulitzer by reporting the Vietnamese conflict.
Albert L. Delugach and Denny Walsh of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat were honored for a series exposing fraud and abusive power in local 562 of the St. Louis Steamfitters Union. They won the award for special local reporting.
Other Pulitzers announced by acting Columbia University President Andrew W. Cordier on behalf of the trustees of Columbia University were:
Apollo countdown rehearsal finished
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) The last major testing hurdle before the May 18 launch of three Apollo 10 astronauts was passed yesterday when their rocket wound up a long countdown rehearsal with a make-believe blastoff.
The 363-foot Saturn 5 rocket was fully fueled for the exercise. The test included virtually everything but the ignition of the booster's five massive engines.
For safety reasons, astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan did not participate in the countdown. They planned to take part in an abbreviated dry run today.
Apollo 10 is scheduled to swing into orbit around the moon May 21 and circle it for $ 2 \frac{1}{2} $days to pave the way for a lunar landing attempt by the Apollo 11 crew in July.
The week-long countdown test was completed three days behind the original schedule, but project officials still had several days' leeway in the schedule of preparations before the real countdown begins next week.
Most of the testing delay was caused by the accidental draining of thousands of gallons of kerosene fuel from the Saturn's first stage April 27. Inspectors examined the booster for three days to make certain the sudden fuel loss caused no damage.
None was found, but launch director Rocco A. Petrone scheduled a final pressure proof test of the rocket's fuel tank for tomorrow.
The last hours of the countdown yesterday were interrupted twice by minor problems. The simulated blastoff
occurred at 9:18 a.m. CDT.
Apollo 10 will have a four hour and 16 minute launch period May 18.
FULTON, Mo. (UPI) — A prayer book inscribed by the Queen Mother of England will be used tomorrow in ceremonies at the Church of St. Mary of Aldermanbury, restored on the campus of Westminister College.
College receives Churchill memorial
The sixteenth-century church, bombed the Nazis during World War II, has been rebuilt as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill, who delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton in 1946. The ceremonies tomorrow will be a rededication of the church and a dedication of the Churchill memorial and library.
In Washington the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to authorize commemorative medals for the dedication. It passed by voice vote without objection and was sent to the Senate.
The bill authorizes one gold medal to be struck by the U.S. Mint for presentation to the widow of the late British Prime Minister. It also calls for 100,000 silver and bronze duplicates to be struck for the public.
The prayer book, the
National reporting: Robert Cahn of the Christian Science Monitor, Boston, for an article on national parks focusing on ways to preserve them.
Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, was received by Dr. Robert L. D. Davison, president of the college. It was delivered through the British Embassy in Washington and the British consul-general's office in St. Louis.
Sir Winston Churchill
The inscription reads: "Presented to the church of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, moved from London in 1966 and restored on the Westminster campus in Fulton as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill. From Elizabeth R. Queen Mother, May 1969."
Spot news photography:
Edward T. Adams of the Associated Press for his photo of a summary execution in Saigon during last year's Tet offensive
Local reporting of a general nature: John Fetterman of the Louisville Times and Courier-Journal for his article on an American soldier whose body was returned from Vietnam for burial in his home town.
Editorial writing: Paul Greenberg of the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Commercial for the general body of his editorials.
Feature Photography: Moneta Fleet Jr. of Ebony magazine for his photo of Mrs. Martin Luther King and one of her children taken at King's funeral.
Fiction: N. Scott Monaday for "House of Dawn."
Pultizers were given to all categories of letters and music for the second time in the past five years. They were:
Cartoons: John Fischetti of the Chicago Daily News for his general output.
Nonfiction: Norman Mailer for "The Armies of the Night," an account of antiwar demonstrations at the Pentagon in October, 1967, and Rene Jules Dubos for "So Human an Animal."
History: Leonard W. Levy's "Origins of the Fifth Amendment."
Drama: Howard Sackler's "Great White Hope," a current Broadway hit which stars James Earl Jones.
Biography: B. L. Reid's "The Man From New York," the life of John Quinn, patron of artists and writers in the early 20th century.
Poetry: George Oppen for "Of Being Numerous."
Music: Karel Husa, Cornell University professor and director of the Cornell Symphony, for his "String Quartet No. 3."
Many categories set for Emmy nominees
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced its nominations yesterday for Emmy awards for telecasting excellence in more than 30 categories for the 1968-69 season.
One category, best cultural documentary, had 41 nominees.
Nominated for best comedy series were "Bewitched," "Family Affair," "Get Smart," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Judia."
But the highly rated, weekly series were nominated in more manageable numbers.
Best dramatic series: "The FBI," "Ironside," "Judd for the Defense," "The Name of the Game," "NET Playhouse," and "Mission: Impossible."
Best variety or musical series:
"The Carol Burnett Show,"
"The Dean Martin Show."
"Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In."
"The Smothers Brothers
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Several of the nominated series, including the controversial "Smothers Brothers," were cancelled during the year and two were moved to another network.
Series stars nominated for acting Emmys in a drama were: Carl Betz (Judd for the Defense); Raymond Burr (Ironside); Peter Graves and Martin Landau (Mission: Impossible); and Ross Martin (The Wild, Wild West).
Comedy Hour" and "That's Life."
Best comedian in a series: Don Adams (Get Smart); Brian Keith (Family Affair); Edward Mulhore (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) and Lloyd Nolan (Julia)
Best actresses in a dramatic series: Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible); Joan Blondell (Here Come the Brides); Peggy Lipton (The Mod Squad).
Best comedienne in a series:
Diahann Carroll (Julia); Barbara
Feldon (Get Smart); Hope Lang
(The Ghost and Mrs. Muir); and
Elizabeth Montgomery
(Bewitched).
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Students cheer while Hayakawa does dance step
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - S. I. Hayakawa, the gritty acting president of San Francisco State College, was cheered by his students yesterday when he appeared before them at a program in the gymnasium.
Hayakawa performed an impromptu dance with a coed to a pre-rock jazz tune by Duke Ellington's band.
Hayakawa, a dedicated fan of jazz music, had invited Ellington to give the concert and had paid for it from private funds.
A group of campus militants had tried in vain to get the concert called off, but there were no disruptions during the program. When Hayakawa appeared and danced before the crowd of 1,000 students, a few boos were heard, but it was mostly cheering.
A group of religious leaders at the campus ecumenical house had tried to get the concert called off. They appealed to Ellington not to participate because he was being used "as a political pawn" by Hayakawa.