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EPR spectra of anion and cation radicals produced from a nearly pure $C60$ sample and samples containing $C60$ and $C70$ were recorded at 9.1 GHz. The measured g-value which is assigned to $(C60)+$ is 2.003. Three different g-values near 2.000 for three different anion radicals of $C60$ were observed. Linewidths were less than 0.5 gauss, with no apparent hyperfine structure for any of the ion radicals.