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...margin, the Senate last week passed a bill that may bring some relief to hard-pressed publishing companies that use second-class mail to deliver newspapers and magazines. Authored by Wyoming's Gale McGee, chairman of the Senate Post Office Committee, and co-sponsored by 22 other Senators including Massachusetts' Edward M. Kennedy and Arizona's Barry Goldwater, the measure would give newspapers and magazines an extra three years to absorb soaring second-class rates (TIME, Feb. 25). Under the present Postal Service schedule of phased increases, periodicals collectively will have to pay at least 218% more...
Strong opposition to the proposal came from Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii, who called the legislation "a raid on the U.S. Treasury." But Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen, who has sternly opposed past attempts to moderate postal increases, quietly supported the McGee bill, sending associates to Capitol Hill to lobby for its passage. Observers think that Klassen's change of heart stemmed from his recognition of the growing burden on publications that use the mails...
...plot, which is totally predictable whenever it manages to make sense, shuttles Thomasine (Vonetta McGee) and Bushrod (Max Julien) from caper to caper with small regard for continuity. Yet, there are some nice, funny, affectionate moments between the two lead actors. She is always at him about something, like holding up their getaway from a bank robbery so she can snap a photograph. He is very wry, very careful about her, and although one can see the last ambush coming a long distance away, it is still a wrenching moment. McGee and Julien (he also wrote the script and coproduced...
Died. Frank McGee, 52, host of NBC'S Today program since 1971 and one of television's most prominent newsmen; of pneumonia following treatment for cancer of the bone marrow; in Manhattan. McGee was best known for his crisp, calm reporting at times of stress, epitomized by his twelve-hour marathon as NBC'S co-anchor man the day President Kennedy was assassinated. A seemingly ubiquitous narrator of documentaries, McGee became a lay expert on rocketry while covering the U.S. space program. Although suffering severely from back pains for the past few months, he bravely continued...
...grand jury accused the Guardsmen of violating the civil rights of the demonstrators by assaulting and intimidating them. Five defendants-Lawrence A. Shafer, 28, and James D. McGee, 27, both of Ravenna, Ohio; William E. Perkins, 28, of Canton, Ohio; James E. Pierce, 29, of Amelia Island, Fla.; and Ralph W. Zoller, 27, of Mantua, Ohio -were charged with felonies for the four deaths. If convicted, all could be sentenced from one year to life in prison. The other three defendants-Barry W. Morris, 29, of Kent; Mathew J. McManus, 28, of West Salem, Ohio; and Leon H. Smith...