The Kansas City Star
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The Kansas City Star is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes.
The May 2, 2011, front page of The Kansas City Star, with headline reporting the killing of Osama bin Laden
William Rockhill Nelson
The printing plant which opened in June 2006. The headquarters is the red brick building on the lower right.
Star headquarters in the 1911 Jarvis Hunt–designed building that is on the National Register of Historic Places
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.
The Kansas City Star
…Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. The Star is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as the newspaper where a young Ernest Hemingway honed his writing style. The paper is the major newspaper of the Kansas City metropolitan area and…
Official portrait, 1947
Truman at age 13 in 1897
Truman's home in Independence, Missouri
Truman in September 1917