Milestones

DIED. Max Ways, 79, veteran Time Inc. journalist, first at TIME (1945-59) as editor of the foreign and national news sections, then at FORTUNE (1959-72) as a member of the board of editors and associate managing editor, who - brought his versatility, sense of history and steady vision of the national interest to bear on some of the most complex political and economic issues; of a heart attack; in New York City.