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34th Convention
June, 1974
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Viewpoint News, first; New Pittsburgh Courier, second; and Louisiana Weekly, Milwaukee Courier, third (tie).

Best Feature Story, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation - Michigan Chronicle, first; Houston Forward Times, second; and Louisiana Weekly, third.

Best News Picture, U.S. Steel Corporation - Chicago Daily Defender, first; Sacramento Observer, second; and St. Louis American, third.

Best Editorial Cartoon, Gulf Oil Corporation - Atlanta Inquirer, first; Gary Info, second; and Houston Forward Times, third.

Best Typography and Make-up, Exxon Oil & Refining Company - Washington Afro-American, first; New York Amsterdam News, second; and Milwaukee Courier, third.

Best Special Edition, General Electric Company -  Louisville Defender, first; Atlanta Inquirer, second; and Plainfield Voice, third.

Best Newspaper Promotion, Heinz, USA - Louisville Defender, first; Michigan Chronicle, second; and Sacramento Observer, third.

Best Women's Page, SCM Proctor-Silex and J. C. Penney Company - Sacramento Observer, first; New Pittsburgh Courier, second; and Milwaukee Star-Times, third.

Best Youth Page, Carnation Company and Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company - Miami Times, first; Sacramento Observer, second; and St. Louis American, third.

Best Original Advertising, Sterling Drug - Houston Forward Times, first; San Diego Voice & Viewpoint News, second; and Chicago Daily Defender, third.  x

Best Use of Photographs, Miller Brewing Company and American Tobacco Company - Milwaukee Courier, first; Louisville Defender, second; and Milwaukee Star-Times, third.

Two other special awards presented at the banquet were a journalism scholarship award in the amount of $6,540, presented by R. J. Reynolds Industries, and a Gulf Oil Company award which went to C. C. Dejoie, Jr., Editor and Publisher of [[text cut off]] Louisiana Weekly.

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[[caption]] Mrs. Carter of "Houston Informer" Addressing the Convention [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Discussion Panel on Professional Football [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] General E. Cushman, Jr., Garth Reeves and a Marine Corps Combat Painter [[/caption]]