Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 172, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1955 Page: 8 of 12
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e BROWNWOOD BULLETIN, Tuesday, May 3, 1955
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New York Times won the 1955
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In 1943 for "Streetcar Named De-
sire." the play that brought him
world-wide fame.
Other winners of 1955 Pulitzer
prizes included Gian-Carlo Menot-
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newspaper went to the Columbus,
Ga., Ledger and Sunday Ledger-
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coverage and fearless editorial at-
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rule in Duval county under the on camp after World War II. He
"Local Reporting (Edition Time)," began writing a farm column for
the paper and last September was
employed fulltime.
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scandal in the administration of
the veterans land program in Tex-
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have been indicted for fraud in the years at New Mexico Military
program, Including Giles, and both Academy at Roswell He has au-
the House and Senate have insti- thored at least 15 books about the
gated probes into the program. Southwest. His first novel, written
Giles is scheduled to be tried in in 1933, won a Harpers prize of
San Antonio later this month, 310.000. It was entitled "the Fault
Towery, who is married and the’ of Angels."
father of one child, gave great White was formerly employed in
credit for his prize to his editor. I Dallas. Houston and Austin as a
Jack Ho warton. whom he said staff member of the Associated
backed Mm when "no one else I Press.
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FISH STICKS Heat and Eat
NEW YORK — UP— William I Anthony Lewis of the Washing-
Faulkner and Tennessee Williams, ton < D C. ) Daily News, a Scripps-
two writers who have captured Howard newspaper, received the
many of the top writing awards , Pulitzer Prize for national report-
of the last decade. Monday re- ing. He was accorded the honor
reived Pulitzer prizes for a series of stories that brought
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Winning prizes is nothing new to
Horgan, noted not only as an ex-
pert on the Southwest but also as
painter, musician and playwright.
____ The Pulitzer prize for his “Great
On Jan. 1. GHes resigned, offer- River" was the third he had re-
tag no explanation. Several days ceived for the book. In March, he
later. Towery ran a story showing was presented the Texas Institute
that Giles. B R. Sheffield and C. of Letters 31,000 prize given for the
O. Hagan, who administered the best book of the year about Texas
land program locally, had been en-lora Texan and only last week won
gaged in businese deals. Giles had the 32,000 Bancroft national prize,
denied under questioning that he for the book
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sity. They were awarded by the (Tex.) Daily Echo won the prize
university s trustees on the rec- for local reporting under the pres-
ommendation of the Advisory sure of deadline time. Her prize-
Board on Pulitzer Prizes. winning series dealt with a one-
Held Nobel Prize I man political rule in Duval Coun-
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files in Austin, conferred with top bailiwick of South Texas political
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cal records, exposes irregularities room and ballot battles to win her
of stories.
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Faulkner won the Nobel prize ty. Tex.
for literature in 1949 after publish- The award for local reporting
tag such novels as "Sanctuary” ! with no deadline pressure went to
and "Intruder in the Dust” Wil- Roland Kenneth Towery of the
lams won his first Pulitzer prize Cuero (Tex.) Record for his series
level. The diminutive woman is a na-
Later, he connected the local tive of Angelina county in East
scandal with that of the entire Texas. She said she got into the
astate, eventually leading to news business quite by accident,
a wholesale probe of the veterans She chanced to see an advertise-
land program. ment for a proofreading job at the
But, for several months. Towery I Echo six years ago and was hired,
pioneered the expose alone. First since then, she was promoted from
stories were patterned after a hy- job to job until her appointment to
pothetical company. set up paraDei her present capacity as courthouse
to the Veterans Land Board in reporter
Cuero. Later, Towery called actual Mrs. Brown said although she at-
Barnes. tacked Parr innumerable times, he
Big Break aa Jan 1 1 attributed her with saving his life
The big break came in Towery's
series on Jan. 1. On Dec. 31. he
bad run a story giving documented
cases where persons had reported
they notified Land Commissioner
Bascom Giles of irregularities oc-
curring in the land program, but
that he had done nothing about
them.
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It was from this the scandal Pulitzer prize for writing a book
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took over. i Texas and is “straight history.”
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Towery, who began work as a Echo. Sapet is now serving the
newspaperman only in September. life term given him in that
won Ma prize under the category. ■ trial.—(Bulletin Photo).
"Local Reporting (No Edition
Time)" for his series of stories would and never questioned his
that exposed scandal in the 3100 motives or integrity.
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WilUam S. White; former De-
Leon, Tex resident, but now of MRS. CARO BROWN, winner of
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Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 172, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 3, 1955, newspaper, May 3, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1482515/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.