The articles lead to a Pulitzer prize for McCoy. Roberts is so embarrassed that the report of McCoy's prize is only four paragraphs long. A pressman's strike beginning in mid-January shuts down The Star for the first time. The union wins a pay raise and a guarantee of no reprisals from the company, and publication resumes Feb. 3. 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.