New Orleans States—Item gar 18 October 1967

Lt WINS SPECIAL AP AWARD S-I Is Cited for DA Probe Reporting The New Orleans States-Item was the recipient today of a special Associated Press citation for its exclusive story report- ing District Attorney Jim Gar rison's investigation of the executive editor of the States- Columbus, Ohio; Detroit Free Kennedy assassination and for subsequent investigative re- Item and The Times-Pica- Press, Detroit, Mich.; Inde- porting in the case. yune. pendent and Press Telegram, The States-Item also shared with The Times-Picayune a Other recipients of the Long Beach, Calif.; Port Hu- award include: second citation for photo cov- ron Times Herald, Port Hu- erage of the Delta Airlines Continued prom Page 1 NEWS COVERAGE jet crash near New Orleans ron, Mich.; Williamsport Sun Akron Beacon Journal, Ak- Gazette, Williamsport, Pa. International Airport that took Feb. 17 and gained interna- ron, Ohio; Belvidere Daily 19 lives and the highway tional attention. Republican, Belvidere, Ill.; NEWS AND NEWSPHOTO crash which killed actress lkmost every member of the The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cin- earlier this COVERAGE In the weeks that followed, cinnati, Ohio; Star - Gazette, year. c Elmira, N. Y.: Station KFAR, Asheville Citizen Times, States-Item staff participated The two citations Fairbanks, Alaska; Station Asheville, N. C.; Anchorage among 37 honors announced in the coverage of ,the Gar- KFRB, Fairbanks, Alaska; Daily News, Anchorage, Alas- at the Associated Press Man- rison. investigation. Grand Forks Herald, Grand ka; Anchorage Daily TimeS, aging Editors convention in The newsphoto citation to Forks, N. D.; The Greensboro Anchorage, Alaska; The Brai- Chicago. both newspapers reads: Record, Greensboro, N. C.; nerd Daily Dispatch, Brai- nerd, Minn.; Fairbanks Daily "For consistently excellent News Jour n a 1, Mansfield, ONLY OTHER Louisiana Ohio; Kalamazoo Gazette, News Miner, Fairbanks, Alas- photo protection, highlighted AP member to receive a ci- Kalamazoo, Mich.; Marshall ka; Journal Herald, Dayton,- tation was the Lake Charles by extraordinary work on the News Messenger, Marshall, - Ohio; , American Press for its photo crash of a Delta jetliner that Tex.; The News, Mi- Dayton, Ohio; The Detroit coverage of the explosion-fire took la lives and the highway r rri, 71a; Station WHWII News, Detroit, Mich.; Globe- smashup that killed actress Princeton, N. J.: Texarkana Gazette, Mason City, Iowa; that ripped through the Cities Jayne Mansfield. Both stories Gazette, Texarkana, Ark- Mesa Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.; Service Company oil refinery broke during pre-dawn hours, The Milwaukee Journal, Mil- in Lake Charles in August. Tex.; Washington C. H. Rec- and in both instances the ord-Herald, Washington Court waukee, Wis.; The Arizona Thirty-four citations went to newspapers' ph o t o crews Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.; The newspapers and three to House, Ohio. moved swiftly to capture the Orange Leader, Orange, Tex.; broadcasters. All were honor- NEWSPHOTO COVERAGE Rockford Morning Star, Rock- , ed for exceptional coverage of tragedy on film. Both news- Columbus Evening Dispatch, ford, Ill. - the news in behalf of all papers were involved in 'both members of the cooperative stories. The pictures on the news service. Delta crash won front page In the category of news play around the country and stories, the States-Item was were featured in an APME one of 16 newspapers in the Photo Letter. The Mansfield country cited by the AP. tragedy occurred about 4:30 The award read as follows: . a. m. By 10:30 a. m. seven '"For aggressive enterprise pictures had moved to illus- work that broke the story of trate the story, all but one District Attorney Jim Gard- I from the New Orleans mem- bers. AP's coverage was a son's Kennedy assassination nation-wide sweep." probe, and for subsequent in- Each of the citations was vestigative reporting in the signed by I. William Hill, case that provided several ex- APME president and manag- clusive developments. All this ing editor of the Washington material was made available Star, and Burton H. Blazar quickly to .The .Associated of the APME Member Cita- Press, so other PMs (after- tions Committee, managing noon newspapers) could pub- editor of the Star-Gazette, El- ish the material in the same cycle. Copyrighted stories mira, N.Y. The citations were sent to George W. Healy Jr., were reserved for AP use on- ly. For several hectic weeks, the Garrison story was big news around the world, and AP's coverage was greatly enhanced by the all-out cov- erage of the New Orleans States-Item." The States-Item's story re- vealing Garrison's investiga- tion was first uncovered by its veteran notice rennrtpr