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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...JURY FINDS THE STAR GUILTY. In the biggest antitrust criminal suit ever brought by the Government against a U.S. newspaper (TIME, Feb. 14 et seq.), the jury in Kansas City's U.S. District Court found the afternoon Star and its morning edition, the Times, guilty of using combination ad and circulation rates to create a monopoly in the "dissemination of news and advertising in the Kansas City area." Maximum penalty for the Star Co.: a $10,000 fine. The jury also found Star Advertising Director Emil A. Sees, the only individual named in the indictment, guilty of attempting...
...Kansas City's U.S. District Court', President Roberts, 67, got a chance to fire back. He was the chief defense witness against Government charges that the Star and its morning edition, the Times, used their monopoly position to kill competition and keep their own circulation and ad rates high (TIME, Feb. 14). On the witness stand Roberts testified that the papers' success was the result of "efficient management," not monopoly position...
Roberts, who was backed up by testimony from Star executives and outside admen, testified that the combination ad rate, by which advertisers are forced to take space in both the Star and Times, and cannot buy an ad in one alone, was already in force when he came to the Star in 1909. Actually, said he, both the papers are published as two editions of the same daily. The Star and Times operate out of the same plant and use the same mechanical staffs. It is perfectly reasonable, he suggested, that ad contracts with the papers should cover their round...
Spare Part. In San Antonio, after his overcoat was stolen, Attorney V. F. Taylor placed an ad in the Express: "The liner to the coat is in my closet. . . and if the party will give me their address, I will send them the liner, as I no longer need it, and it is in perfect condition...
...show," Smith said. Steve Charnas '57 and Andre W. Gregory '56 then wrote the book and Charlie H. Gross '55 and Fred C. Tausend '54 did the music and lyrics. Gross and Tausend also collaborated on the score for the 1953 Hasty Pudding Theatricals' production of "Ad...