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| | WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | William Randolph was the only child of George_Hearst, a successful miner who became a multi-millionaire, and later U.S. Senator from California, and Phoebe_Apperson_Hearst, a former school teacher from Missouri. |
 | | In 1895, with the financial support of his mother, Hearst bought the failing ''New_York_Morning_Journal'', hiring writers like Stephen_Crane and Julian_Hawthorne and entering into a head-to-head circulation war with his former mentor, Joseph_Pulitzer, owner of the ''New_York_World'', from whom he 'stole' Richard_F._Outcault, the inventor of color comics. |
 | | In 1974 Hearst's granddaughter, Patty_Hearst, made front pages nationwide when she was kidnapped by a group calling itself the Symbionese_Liberation_Army. |
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