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...overwhelmed by protests from other publishers. Reason: Dial, which is sent to supporters of sponsoring stations (now including WTVS Detroit) who contribute at least $25 a year, would compete for advertising with commercial magazines while enjoying Public Broadcasting's nonprofit advantages. Among those breaks: generous tax exemptions, lower postal rates, tax-deductible subscription fees and free promotion on PBS stations.* Publisher Philip Merrill, whose Washingtonian (circ. 103,300) was directly threatened by Dial, spearheaded a campaign to end this federal largesse...
Broadhead's troops tried unsuccessfully to close down the Mt. Auburn St. post office on Saturday, as more than 30 postal inspectors and federal guards teamed up to keep the doors open...
This time, however, police and postal authorities had little patience with the dissident evergreens. Post office employees grabbed two of the trees and passed them back into the building for questioning, while Cambridge police decided on a quick execution for the rest...
...most enthusiastic participants in Saturday's rally was David MacMillan, a student at the Divinity School. MacMillan was one of the four people who parked themselves inside the post office entrance, only to be forcibly removed by postal inspectors. Police later arrested him during one of the confrontations outside...
Across the street, inside the main branch of the Boston post office, federal officers were arresting 22 people for sitting on the floor in an otherwise empty registration room. But the feds, joined by unidentified postal employees, were also breaking cameras, throwing people against walls, and dragging them down stairs. One woman was escorted from the building so enthusiastically that a heavy glass door was shattered in the process, and a youth was clubbed several times on the head after he was arrested...