''The Washington Star'', previously known as the ''Washington Star-News'' and the ''Washington'' ''Evening Star'', was a daily afternoon newspaper published in

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, between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the ''Sunday Star''. The paper was renamed several times before becoming ''Washington Star'' by the late 1970s. For most of the time it was publishing, ''The Washington Star'' was the city's

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. It provided a longtime home to columnist

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(1918-2004) and to cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman (1869-1949). On August 7, 1981, after 128 years, ''The Washington Star'' ceased publication and filed for

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. In the bankruptcy sale, ''

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'' purchased the land and buildings owned by ''The Washington Star'', including its printing-presses.

History

19th century

''The Washington Star'' was founded on December 16, 1852, by Captain Joseph Borrows Tate. It was originally headquartered on "Newspaper Row" on

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Tate initially named the paper ''The Daily Evening Star''. In 1853,

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surveyor and newspaper entrepreneur William Douglas Wallach purchased the paper, and in 1854 shortened the name to ''The Evening Star'' and introduced ''The Sunday Star'' edition. As the sole owner of the paper for 14 years, Wallach built up the paper by capitalizing on reporting of the

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, among other things. In 1867, a three-man consortium of

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, Samuel H. Kauffmann and George W. Adams acquired the paper, with each of the investors putting up $33,333.33. The Noyes-Kauffmann-Adams interests would own the paper for the next four generations.

20th century

In 1907, subsequent

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winning cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman joined the ''Star''. Berryman was most famous for his 1902 cartoon of President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," which spurred the creation of the

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. During his career, Berryman drew thousands of cartoons commenting on American Presidents and politics. Presidential figures included former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. The cartoons satirized both Democrats and Republicans and covered topics such as drought, farm relief, and

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; representation of the District of Columbia in Congress; labor strikes and legislation; campaigning and elections; political patronage; European coronations; the

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; and the atomic bomb. Berryman's career continued at the ''Star'' until he collapsed on the lobby floor one morning in 1949 and died shortly after of a heart ailment. The next major change to the newspaper came in 1938, when the three owning families diversified their interests. On May 1, the ''Star'' purchased the M. A. Leese Radio Corporation and acquired Washington's oldest

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, WMAL, in the process. Renamed the Evening Star Broadcasting Company, the 1938 acquisition would figure later in the 1981 demise of the newspaper. The ''Star''s influence and circulation peaked in the 1950s; it constructed a new printing plant in Southeast Washington capable of printing millions of copies, but found itself unable to cope with changing times. Nearly all top editorial and business staff jobs were held by members of the owning families, including a Kauffmann general manager who had gained a reputation for

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, driving away advertisers. Suburbanization and competition with television news were other factors for declining circulation and staffing;

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reflected in his 2021 memoir that the ''Star'' "couldn't get the paper out to the newer postwar suburbs until late in the afternoon" because "delivery trucks got tied up in rush hour traffic." Meanwhile, ''

'' acquired and merged with its morning rival, the ''

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'', in 1954 and steadily drew readers and advertisers away from the falling ''Star''. By the 1960s, the ''Post'' was Washington's leading newspaper. The Star expanded to broadcasting by purchasing two more stations, WLVA-AM -TV in Lynchburg in 1965; and

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in Charleston in 1966. In 1972, the ''Star'' purchased and absorbed one of Washington's few remaining competing newspapers, ''

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.'' For a short period of time after the merger, both ''"The Evening Star"'' and ''"The Washington Daily News"'' mastheads appeared on the front page. The paper soon was retitled ''"Washington Star News"'' and finally, ''"The Washington Star"'' by the late 1970s. In 1973, the ''Star'' was targeted for clandestine purchase by interests close to the

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government in its

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war, in what became known as the

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. The ''Star'', whose editorial policy had always been conservative, was seen as favorable to South Africa at the time. In 1974, pro-apartheid Michigan newspaper publisher

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attempted to purchase ''The Washington Star'' for $25 million, but he and his family received death threats, and the sale did not go through. In early 1975, the Noyes-Kauffmann-Adams group sold its interests in the paper to

Joe Allbritton Joe Lewis Allbritton (December 29, 1924 – December 12, 2012) was an American banker, publisher and philanthropist. Early life Joe Allbritton was born on December 29, 1924, in D'Lo, Mississippi, the sixth of seven children. His family soon relo ...

, a Texas multimillionaire who was known as a corporate turnaround artist. Allbritton, who also owned

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, then the most prestigious bank in the capital, planned to use profits from WMAL-AM-FM-TV to shore up the newspaper's finances. The

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stymied him with rules on media cross-ownership, however. The FCC had recently banned common ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets, while grandfathering existing clusters. Due to the manner in which Allbritton's takeover was structured, the FCC considered it to be an ownership change, and stripped the WMAL stations of their grandfathered protection. Allbritton sold off all of the Star Company's radio stations in 1977, and channel 7 was renamed

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. On October 1, 1975, press operators at the ''Post'' went on

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, severely damaging all printing presses before leaving the building. Allbritton would not assist

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, the owner of the ''Post'', in any way, refusing to print his rival's papers on the ''Stars presses, since that likely would have caused the ''Star'' to be struck by the press operators as well. Allbritton also had major disagreements with editor

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over editorial policy; Bellows left the ''Star'' for the ''

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''. Unable to make the ''Star'' profitable, Allbritton explored other options, including a

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with the ''Post''. On February 2, 1978, Allbritton sold the ''Star'' to

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for $20 million. Their flagship magazine, ''

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'', was the arch-rival to ''

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'', which

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had owned since 1961. Time Inc.'s president, James R. Shepley, convinced ''Time'''s board of directors that owning a daily newspaper in the national capital would bring a unique sense of prestige and political access. The paper's labor unions agreed to work concessions that Shepley demanded. An effort to draw readers with localized special "zonal" metro news sections, however, did little to help circulation. The ''Star'' lacked the resources to produce the sort of ultra-local coverage zonal editions demanded and ended up running many of the same regional stories in all of its local sections. An economic downturn resulted in monthly losses of over $1 million. Overall, the ''Star'' lost some $85 million following the acquisition before Time's board decided to give up. On August 7, 1981, after 128 years, ''The Washington Star'' ceased publication. In the bankruptcy sale, the ''Post'' purchased the land and buildings owned by the ''Star'', including its printing presses. Many of the people who worked for the ''Star'' went to work for the newly formed ''

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'', which began operations in May 1982, almost a year after the ''Star'' went out of business. Writers who worked at the ''Star'' in its last days included

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, Chris Hanson,

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, Chuck Conconi,

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, novelist Randy Sue Coburn, Michael DeMond Davis, Lance Gay, Jules Witcover, Jack Germond, Judy Bachrach,

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, Fred Barnes,

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, Kate Sylvester, and

. The paper's staff also included editorial cartoonist

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from 1976 to 1981.

Washington Star Syndicate

The Washington Star Syndicate operated from 1965 to 1979. The newspaper had sporadically syndicated material over the years — for instance, Gibson "Gib" Crockett, a ''Washington Star'' editorial cartoonist, was syndicated from 1947 to 1967 — but didn't become official until May 1965, when it purchased the remaining

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, and features of the

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(Adams had died in 1962). The Washington Star Syndicate distributed the columns of

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, James J. Kilpatrick, and

, among others. It began by syndicating a few strips — including Edwina Dumm's strips '' Alec the Great'' and ''

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'' — it had inherited from the Adams Service; one successful strip the syndicate launched was

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's ''The Small Society'', which was published in over 300 papers, including 35 foreign publications. Otherwise, from about 1971 onward, the syndicate no longer distributed comic strips. In February 1978, the Washington Star Syndicate was sold (along with its parent company) to

In May 1979, the

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acquired the Star Syndicate from the remaining assets of the Washington Star Company.''"Washington Star'' Syndicate Sold To Kansas City's Universal Press,"
''

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'' (May 20, 1979), p. 37. As a result of this merger, beginning in June 1979, popular existing Universal Press strips like ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' left the pages of ''

'' and began appearing in ''The Washington Star''. (When the ''Star'' folded in August 1981, those strips returned to the ''Post''.)

Washington Star Syndicate strips and panels

* '' Alec the Great'' by

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(May 1965–1969)—inherited from the

* ''Buenos Dias'' by Ed Nofziger (May 1965 – 1967)—inherited from the George Matthew Adams Service * ''

'' by

Edwina entry
''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Dec. 4, 2017. (May 30, 1965 – September 3, 1966)—inherited from the George Matthew Adams Service * ''The Small Society'' by

(1966–1979)—continued by

until 1984 and then

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* ''The Smith Family'' by George and Virginia Smith (1951–1994)—inherited from the

, syndication continued by Universal Press Syndicate. * '' Stoker the Broker'' by

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—acquired from

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* ''Uncle Charlie'' by Peter Laing (1965–1978)—inherited from the George Matthew Adams ServicePeter Laing entry
Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Retrieved Aug. 11, 2020.

Pulitzer Prizes

* 1944: Clifford K. Berryman, for

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, " But Where Is the Boat Going?" * 1950: James T. Berryman,

, for "

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." * 1958: George Beveridge,

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, for "Metro, City of Tomorrow." * 1959: Mary Lou Werner,

, "For her comprehensive year-long coverage of the (school) integration crisis." * 1960: Miriam Ottenberg,

, "For a series of seven articles exposing a used-car racket in Washington, D.C., that victimized many unwary buyers." * 1966:

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, for National Reporting, for his distinguished coverage of the

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conflict centered about

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, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath. * 1974: James R. Polk, National Reporting, for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972. * 1975:

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, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974. * 1979:

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, Editorial Writing. * 1981:

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, for book reviews.

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Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University
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