Fargo (ND) Forum , by Staff
For its swift, vivid and detailed news and picture coverage of a tornado which struck Fargo on June 20. Proceeding under considerable difficulty and overcoming many handicaps, a small but skilled staff put out a complete tornado edition within five hours after the disaster.
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Winners in Local Reporting - Edition time
Staff
For its prompt and efficient coverage of the crash of two air liners over the Grand Canyon, in which 128 persons were killed. This was a team job that surmounted great difficulties in distance, time and terrain.
Lee Hills
For his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the United Automobile Workers' negotiations with Ford and General Motors for a guaranteed annual wage.
Mrs. Caro Brown
For a series of news stories dealing with the successful attack on one-man political rule in neighboring Duval County, written under unusual pressure both of edition time and difficult, even dangerous, circumstances. Mrs. Brown dug into the facts behind the dramatic daily events, as well, and obtained her stories in spite of the bitterest political opposition, showing professional skill and courage.
Staff
For its outstanding coverage of the tornado of December 5, 1953, under extraordinary difficulties.
1958 Prize Winners
Douglas Southall Freeman with John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth
Volume VII was finished by Carroll and Ashworth following Freeman's death in 1953. However, the $500 Prize was given to Freeman's estate.
Bruce M. Shanks
For "The Thinker," published on August 10, 1957, depicting the dilemma of union membership when confronted by racketeering leaders in some labor unions.
Harry S. Ashmore
For the forcefulness, dispassionate analysis and clarity of his editorials on the school integration conflict in Little Rock.