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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Earl Charles Behrens
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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
Earl Charles Behrens
EARL CHARLES BEHRENS
Awarded by
President Richard M. Nixon
April 22, 1970
Through almost fifty years as a reporter, he has shown that a great newspaperman is one who combines inexhaustible energy with insatiable curiosity and impeccable judgment. He has become a legend among political reporters not only for his great skill but also for fairness, unfailing good humor and consistent good sense. It has been written of him that his "mind and heart have been close to politics and political people." His sources and his readers have long recognized that his mind and his heart have also been devoted to truth, to integrity, and professionalism of the highest order.
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