Vicksburg (MS) Sunday Post-Herald , by Staff
For its outstanding coverage of the tornado of December 5, 1953, under extraordinary difficulties.
Prize Winners
Herbert L. Block (Herblock)
For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, "You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph."
Don Murray
For a series of editorials on the "New Look" in National Defense which won wide attention for their analysis of changes in American military policy.