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Mainichi , by Yasushi Nagao

For his photograph, "Tokyo Stabbing," distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers.

The Jury

Vincent S. Jones

Executive Editor, Gannett Group, Rochester, N.Y.

Julius Klyman

Editor, Sunday Pictures, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Harry Montgomery

Phoenix (Ariz.) Republic-Gazette

Winners in Photography

Andrew Lopez

For his series of four photographs of a corporal, formerly of Dictator Batista's army, who was executed by a Castro firing squad, the principal picture showing the condemned man receiving last rites.

William Seaman

For his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the street.

William C. Beall

For his photograph "Faith and Confidence," showing a policeman patiently reasoning with two-year-old boy trying to cross a street during a parade.

Harry A. Trask

For his dramatic and outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the liner Andrea Doria, the pictures being taken from an airplane flying at a height of 75 feet only nine minutes before the ship plunged to the bottom. (The second picture in the sequence is cited as the key photograph.)

1961 Prize Winners