HOW THE STAR-NEWS BECAME THE STAR AGAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300400029-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: February 28, 1975
• Content Type: NSPR

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I~oav The Star-News Became The Star Again
On July 113, 1973, a front-page an-
~nouncement informed readers of the.
combined Washington Star and Wash-
ington Daily News that the paper was
goilrg to have a new masthead, or
nameplate, which in effect changed its
name to The Washington Star-News.
The new masthead, the announce-
ment said, uses a "modern adaptation
of the. Old English type that has been
used in The Star masthead for 120
years."
On Friday, Feb. 21, 1975, the mast-
head was changed again, this time
without the fanfare, to an even more
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modern and simple type face.. In large
type across the top it says "The Wash-
ington Star" and in very small type,
under the "ton" of Washington, it says
"and Daily News."
When asked to explain the more re-
cent change, Star editor James Bel-
lows said: "We decided we should
stick to the mast of the one paper
that's been going for more than a
hundred years." He also said he
thought the name would be "easier to
handle."
"It's kind of like what The Post did
with The Times-Herald," he said "The
name got smaller and smaller and
then "
The Post, which acquired The Wash-
ington Times-Herald in 1954, dropped
the Times-Herald from the masthead
in 1973.
Bellows said he and Star publisher
Joe L. Allbritton discussed the change
and that it was their joint decision to
make it. There was no announcement,
he said, "because we are making a
great many changes at The Star and
we don't plan to accompany each one
with a dramatic announcement."
-S.K.
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