The Evening Star , by Miriam Ottenberg
For a series of seven articles exposing a used-car racket in Washington, D.C., that victimized many unwary buyers. The series led to new regulations to protect the public and served to alert other communities to such sharp practices.
The Jury
The Jury
R.L. McGrath
Managing Editor, Seattle Times
Felix R. McKnight
Executive Editor, Dallas Times-Herald
Frank F. Orr
Editor, Watsonville (Calif.) Register-Pajaronian
Mason C. Taylor
Executive Editor, Utica Observer-Dispatch
Basil L. Walters
Editor, Chicago Daily News
Winners in Local Reporting - No edition time
John Harold Brislin
For displaying courage, initiative and resourcefulness in his effective four-year campaign to halt labor violence in his home city, as a result of which ten corrupt union officials were sent to jail and a local union was embolden to clean out racketeering elements.
George Beveridge
For his excellent and thought-provoking series, "Metro, City of Tomorrow," describing in depth the urban problems of Washington, D.C., which stimulated widespread public consideration of these problems and encouraged further studies by both public and private agencies.
Wallace Turner and William Lambert
For their expose of vice and corruption in Portland involving some municipal officials and officers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. They fulfilled their assignments despite great handicaps and the risk of reprisal from lawless elements.
Arthur Daley
For his outstanding coverage and commentary on the world of sports in his daily column, "Sports of the Times."
1960 Prize Winners
Garrett Mattingly
It is a first class history and a literary work of high order.
Lenoir Chambers
For his series of editorials on the school integration problem in Virginia, as exemplified by "The Year the Schools Closed," published January 1, 1959, and "The Year the Schools Opened," published December 31, 1959.