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Issue name

July 4th, 1969 | Vol. 94, No. 1 | U.S.

Issue date

July 4, 1969

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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## Table of Contents

Others

[Nation: THE CURIOUS CASE OF DR. KNOWLES](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840162,00.html)[Foreign Relations: From Manila to Bucharest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840163,00.html)[Nation: The Commitments Resolution](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840164,00.html)[Civil Rights: Keeping a Promise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840165,00.html)[Labor: Settlement in Charleston](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840166,00.html)[Nation: THE LITTLE STRIKE THAT GREW TO LA CAUSA](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840167,00.html)[Nation: An Anglo-Chicano Lexicon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840168,00.html)[The Presidency: Sporting Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840169,00.html)[The City: Jewish Vigilantes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840170,00.html)[World: EUROPE'S DREAMS OF UNITY REVIVE](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840171,00.html)[Czechoslovakia: Tightening Rule](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840172,00.html)[World: France's New Cabinet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840173,00.html)[Europe: The Rancid Rhine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840174,00.html)[World: LATIN AMERICA: PROTEST AND PROGRESS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840175,00.html)[Middle East: Commando Riposte](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840176,00.html)[Nigeria: Grim Anniversary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840177,00.html)[World: An Interview with General Gowon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840178,00.html)[Archaeology: Homer's Achilles Heel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840197,00.html)[Opera: The Devil and Penderecki](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840198,00.html)[Astronomy: Measuring Earth's Motion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840199,00.html)[Alcoholism: Seven Roads to Wrecks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840182,00.html)[Communities: Life in the Space Age](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840183,00.html)[Censorship: Ominous Signs in Saigon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840200,00.html)[Columnists: Master of the Epithet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840201,00.html)[Rites: I Take Thee, Baby](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840192,00.html)[Theology: In Search of a Black Christianity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840193,00.html)[Boxing: Winner, and Still (Partial) Champ](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840180,00.html)[Track And Field: Crossing the Bar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840181,00.html)[Inflation: Signs of a Turn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840202,00.html)[Retailing: Z-Day](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840203,00.html)[Business: SHOWDOWN IN TRADE WITH JAPAN](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840204,00.html)[Italy: Agnelli Gets a Horse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840205,00.html)[Antitrust: Attacking the Giants](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840206,00.html)[Housing: The Mobile Millionaire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840207,00.html)[Australia: Better Than Gold](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840208,00.html)[Chile: To Have and to Own](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840209,00.html)[Alumni: Money and Protest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840187,00.html)[Colleges: Somber Warning](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840188,00.html)[Students: Peaceful Revolutionary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840189,00.html)[The Law: The Legacy of the Warren Court](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840195,00.html)[Television: Jul. 4, 1969](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840159,00.html)[Cinema: The Film Maker as Ascendant Star](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840184,00.html)[New Movies: Law and Ardor Candidate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840185,00.html)[Cinema: Yawn-In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840186,00.html)[Painting: House to Dream In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840190,00.html)[Architecture: Model for the Frontier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840191,00.html)[Singers: End of the Rainbow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840196,00.html)[Books: Sons of the Revolution](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840210,00.html)[Books: Scoundrels and Statistics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840211,00.html)[Books: The Dickens in Camp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840212,00.html)[Books: Behind the By-Lines](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840213,00.html)[Milestones: Jul. 4, 1969](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840194,00.html)[People: Jul. 4, 1969](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840179,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Jul. 4, 1969](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840161,00.html)[Letters: Jul. 4, 1969](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840160,00.html)


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