Roy A. Roberts

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Roy Allison Roberts (1887 – February 23, 1967) was a

Roberts was born in Muscotah, Kansas and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas. He was a paperboy for the Star and studied journalism at the University of Kansas. One semester short of graduation, he dropped out to work for the Lawrence Journal-World to support his widowed mother and five siblings.

Career

Roberts joined the Star in 1909 as a sports reporter and switched to covering the

Roberts and Truman did not always see eye to eye during this period. Roberts championed Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 race.

In 1963, Roberts stepped down as managing editor of the Star and became

Roberts was profiled in a Time cover article on April 12, 1948.

Personal life

In 1953, Roberts married Florence G. Ross, the widow of Truman's Press Secretary Charles G. Ross.

References

• Kansas City Public Library biography at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)

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