1967 Pulitzer Prize

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 == == External links == Official website