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
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
Robert D. Mulllins
For his resourceful coverage of a murder and kidnapping at Dead Horse Point, Utah.
Sanche De Gramont (Ted Morgan)
For his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage.
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.