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New York World-Telegram and Sun , by Sylvan Fox, Anthony Shannon and William Longgood

For their reporting of an air crash in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962.

The Jury

Brady F. Black

Executive Editor, Cincinnati Enquirer

Herbert G. Klein

Editor, San Diego Union

Jack B. Krueger

Managing Editor, Dallas Morning News

Mason C. Taylor

Executive Editor, Utica (NY) Observer-Dispatch and Daily Press

Winners in Local Reporting - Edition time

Jack Nelson

For the excellent reporting in his series of articles on mental institutions in Georgia.

Mary Lou Werner

For her comprehensive year-long coverage of the integration crisis in Virginia which demonstrated admirable qualities of accuracy, speed and the ability to interpret the news under deadline pressure in the course of a difficult and taxing assignment. (Werner was identified as "Miss Mary Lou Werner" in the original announcement.)

1963 Prize Winners

Frank Miller

For a cartoon which showed a world destroyed with one ragged figure calling to another: "I said we sure settled that dispute, didn't we!"

Ira B. Harkey

For his courageous editorials devoted to the processes of law and reason during the integration crisis in Mississippi in 1962.