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...dispute this rough ranking: 1) King Features (Blondie, Beetle Bailey, "Hints from Heloise"); 2) Field Newspaper Syndicate (Dennis the Menace, "Herblock," "Ann Landers"); 3) United Feature (Jack Anderson, Peanuts); 4) NEA (Alley Oop, Bugs Bunny); 5) Chicago Tribune-New York News (Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner, Brenda Starr). After that, the field becomes blurred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Syndicate Wars | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...target for antihomosexual smears in next year's gubernatorial race. Even Felker was moved to protest from the sidelines. Said he: "It was not the kind of story I would have run. It's got nothing to do with Brown's ability as Governor." Says Kevin Starr, a fourth-generation Californian who was formerly Afew West's Northern California bureau chief "The mentality there seems to be 'The Ten Best Places to Get Pate When You're Marching with Cesar Chavez.' It's a strange combination of hyperchic and diffusedly leftist outrage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: California's Magazine War | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...they give a good approximation of what the Beatles looked like. As Ringo Starr, Justin McNeill bobs his nose up and down convincingly. Leslie Fradkin as Harrison and Joe Pecorino as Lennon rely pretty much on their costumes and gestures for verisimilitude. But Mitch Weissman is a dead ringer for McCartney, not just in his stance and round face, but in the way he captures the pleasantly boyish manner in which Paul went about his stage business. Seated alone at the apron, accompanying himself on guitar, he sings Yesterday in a way that is totally unpretentious and touching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: I Wanna Hold Your Hand-Again' | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

...graduate student, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday Ellery Garage refunded $2 to him only after he contacted an investigator for the Department of Public Utilities. The investigator then called Ellery Garage president Roger Starr and instructed the towing company to refund the money. The investigator, Charles Ivers, confirmed the sequence of events yesterday...

Author: By Joseph L. Contreras, | Title: Towing Garage Overcharged Student | 6/1/1977 | See Source »

...court system has not been much better. The last district judge responsible for the county was impeached by the state legislature and forced out of office in 1975 for using county property for personal purposes. "It has been rare to have a criminal case tried with a jury in Starr County," says Judge Joe Evins, who filled in for 16 months after the impeachment. "I could sense the reluctance of witnesses to testify." And with good reason. Five years ago, a local grand jury started to look into the drug traffic; after two girls who had testified were found floating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Taming a Tough County | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

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