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Washington StarThe Washington Star was a daily newspaper in Washington DC from 1852 until 1981.
The Star went through several name changes until its ultimate demise in 1981: it was first published as the Evening Star,
which later purchased the Washington Daily News in 1972, and was renamed shortly thereafter to the Washington Star-News. The paper changed its name to the final form in 1975. It ended its run in 1981, when it was a
The Washington Star was a daily newspaper in Washington DC from 1852 until 1981.
Actually the Star is traced to an earlier paper, the Evening Star, which later purchased the Washington Daily News in 1972, and was renamed shortly thereafter to the Washington Star-News. The paper changed its name to the final form in 1975. It ended its run in 1981, when it was a
Readers reading the Washington Star-News with the announcement of Nixon's resignation on the front page: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/photography/70thanniversary/70s/watergate/watergate7.htm
Pulitzer Prize winners:
James R. Polk of Washington Star-News For his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.