The first commercial telecast by The Star's television station, WDAF-TV, Channel 4. Floods inundate the West Bottoms. He is not about to change the world. The Star is indicted by a federal grand jury for monopolistic advertising practices. The trial begins in early 1955, lasts a little more than a month, and The Star is found guilty.
All appeals fail.
In 1957, The Star signs a consent decree, abandoning combination advertising and subscription rates and agreeing to sell WDAF radio and television. The Philadelphia Athletics baseball franchise moves to Kansas City. A tornado levels part of the Ruskin Heights suburb, killing 39 persons. In 1970, the team wins the Super Bowl. Roberts' successor orders the newsroom to begin hiring minorities and to begin printing more positive stories about black people.