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Of Vellucci one non-resident businessman says, "He's so popular down here that I think he's going to be canonized when he finally dies--by all seven churches he now regularly attends." There is constant praise for his good works, for his favors to both young and old...

Author: By George Hall, | Title: Al Vellucci: The Politics of Disguise | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, normally the mildest of men, was beside himself. "Outrageous!" he stormed. "We are, by our accomplishments, making the Senate look ridiculous, picayune and incompetent to handle the business of the people." The problem, really, was a lack of accomplishments. Repeatedly lacking a quorum, the upper chamber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Senate: The Fortas Filibuster | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

If only because of the lackluster quality of the competition, ABC, the perennial lightweight among TV's big three, looked surprisingly strong in last week's round of fall premieres. With the British-made suspense anthology Journey to the Unknown (Thursday, 9:30-10:30 p.m., E.D.T.), ABC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programs: The New Season (Contd.) | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

The most left-over of the left-overs is Mel Brooks' The Producers, a professionally written, professionally staged, but miserably filmed comedy starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In spirit, the picture is happily reminiscent of the Marx Bros., and it has ten minutes of genius-within-genius under the...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Summer Leftovers | 9/30/1968 | See Source »

Dreadful Thing. The U.S. is thoroughly divided over the war, and there are demonstrations and civil disorders in the streets. The struggle is intensified when the President, recently nominated to run for another term, dies in the mysterious crash of Air Force One.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Point of Disorder | 9/20/1968 | See Source »

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