"Wonder Why My Parents Didn't Give Me Salk Shots?", the prize-winning editorial cartoonThe "key" picture in Trask's prize-winning photographic sequence of the sinking of theAndrea Doria
TheChicago Daily News, for determined and courageous public service in exposing a $6.15 million fraud operating in the office of theState Auditor of Illinois resulting in the indictment, conviction, and imprisonment of State AuditorOrville Hodge and others. This led to an overhaul of State procedures to prevent any recurrence of the fraud.
James Reston ofThe New York Times, for his distinguished national correspondence, including both news dispatches and interpretive reporting, an outstanding example of which was his five-part analysis of the effect ofPresident Eisenhower's illness on the functioning of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Russell Jones ofUnited Press International, for his excellent and sustained coverage of theHungarian revolt against Communist domination, during which he worked at great personal risk within Russian-held Budapest and gave front-line eyewitness reports of the ruthless Soviet repression of the Hungarian people.[3]
Buford Boone of theTuscaloosa News, for his fearless and reasoned editorials in a community inflamed by a segregation issue, an outstanding example of his work being the editorial entitled, "What A Price For Peace", published on February 7, 1956.
Harry A. Trask of theBoston Traveler, for his dramatic and outstanding photographic sequence of the sinking of the linerSS 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.)
