Nelson, Jack, 1929-2009
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- His The censors and the schools, 1963.
- His Terror in the night, c1993:CIP t.p. (Jack Nelson) galley p. 398 (Washington bureau chief for L.A. Times)
- Terror in the night, 1996:CIP t.p. (Jack Nelson) pub. info (Atlanta bureau chief for the LA times)
- New York times WWW site, Oct. 22, 2009(in obituary published Oct. 21: Jack Nelson; b. John Howard Nelson, Oct. 11, 1929, Talladega, Ala.; d. early Wednesday [Oct. 21, 2009], Bethesda, Md., aged 80; former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Washington bureau chief for The Los Angeles times who brought finely honed investigative skills to his coverage of the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal)
Wikipedia description:
John Howard Nelson (October 11, 1929 – October 21, 2009) was an American journalist. He was praised for his coverage of the Watergate scandal, in particular, and he was described by New York Times editor Gene Roberts as "one of the most effective reporters in the civil rights era." He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960.
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