Word: starring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reminders of the Past. Roy Roberts left the Star building before midnight, piled himself into the front seat of his 1946 Pontiac. Harvey Anderson, his Negro chauffeur-handyman, was waiting to pick him up. Roberts, who has a nickname for everybody, calls Anderson "the Senator" because he is a precinct-worker for the good deeders...
Many Kansas Citians, always more than a little envious of St. Louis' maturity and greater size (by 366,000), thought all this high-bucking naughtiness good business; it brought visitors and dollars. Besides, the machine was building up the town. The Star, which always fought Pendergast politically, treated him personally with respect. It reported his comings & goings in the society columns, recorded his growing prowess in Democratic national affairs...
Bullets & Ballots. The citizens and the Star got an awakening on election day in 1934. Four people were killed by gunplay and knifings at the polls as the young, earnest Citizens group tried to do something to halt illegal voting. Pendergastlies gave a Starman a pistol-whipping about the head, chased him back to the Star. From there on it was open war, with Roy Roberts, then the Star's managing editor, planning much of the reformers' strategy. It was the beginning of Pendergast's decline & fall...
...means Kansas City's boss. His position is unique in big-town journalism and politics. He never gives an order, has asked only one favor of the city administration in eight years (one of "the Senator's" friends needed a job). His great power is the Star. He can sit back, dictate an editorial or work up a story that will get the things done. Big Roy is the easiest man to see in town. To his desk every day come a steady stream of citizens to tell him their troubles and plans-everything from politics to church...
...Nelson Tradition. To be up-to-date about Kansas City, every citizen has to read what Roy Roberts wants him to. Roberts' Star has no competition. The afternoon Star subscriber must also take its morning edition, the Times, and the Sunday Star. Circulation of each paper is above...