California State University, Northridge
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE PASADENA STAR -NEWS : THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Mass Communications by Kenneth Warren Chew May 1987 ----"';:---.--=-==---=~---lfl.~,p£ California State University, Northridge ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thousands of hours of my life were spent in acquiring the raw data that form the basis for this study. Countless more were spent in sorting, sifting, and weighing the information, then composing the words that appear on the following pages. But as self-sufficient as I would like to believe myself, I recognize the immense contributions made by many others before the completion of this work could be ensured. The important people include: My ever-supportive wife, Elaine, who suffered through countless nights and weekends without me while I gathered information and later wrote the chapters that she patiently critiqued. My three children, Lynn, Debbie, and Paul, who became "thesis orphans" during the project and learned to keep low profiles during the rare times that I was at home. My mother and father, Anne and Paul, who read the manuscript and offered personal observations about the Los Angeles area in earlier days and some of the important characters like Charles Paddock, who shared a French class at USC with my mother. Megs Meriwether, who provided tremendous insight into early-day Pasadena and invaluable advice on important community events; Charles Cherniss, Howard Collins, and other present and former Star-News employees, who helped immeasurably by sharing with me their knowledge of the newspaper; and Carolyn Garner, who guirled my way through thousands of feet of microfilm on past ne\vspaper issues at the Pasadena library--all· were instrumental in their respective areas.
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