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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: January 17th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 3 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # January 17, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 3January 17, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 3  Issue name January 17th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 3 | U.S. Issue date January 17, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [Sports](/vault/subject/sports/) [Football](/vault/subject/football/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-01-17/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Equal Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877612,00.html)[The Nation: Closing Q](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877613,00.html)[The Nation: White Slavery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877614,00.html)[The Nation: New Homestead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877615,00.html)[DIPLOMACY: Trying to Make Up with Japan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877616,00.html)[THE FIRST LADY: African Queen for a Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877617,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Kissinger Tilt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877618,00.html)[POLITICS: No. 1 and No. 2 for the Democrats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877619,00.html)[The Nation: Muskie: Maintaining Momentum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877620,00.html)[The Nation: The Wallace Factor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877621,00.html)[RADICALS: Bombing the Banks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877622,00.html)[BANGLADESH: Mujib's Road from Prison to Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877626,00.html)[The World: Great Man or Rabble-Rouser?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877627,00.html)[PAKISTAN: Toward a Revolution](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877628,00.html)[The World: NAVAL RIVALRY](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877629,00.html)[THE WAR: Talking Tough in Paris](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877630,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Phantoms and Bargains](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877631,00.html)[MALTA: Gaddafi to the Rescue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877632,00.html)[FINLAND: Ice-Bucket Tempest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877633,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: Hoffman's Decade of Aid](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877634,00.html)[Medicine: The FDA as Activist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877667,00.html)[Medicine: Ignorance About Health](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877668,00.html)[Modern Living: Skiing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877669,00.html)[The Press: Short Takes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877636,00.html)[The Press: Anderson's Brass Ring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877637,00.html)[The Press: Tracking the Scythians](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877638,00.html)[The Press: A Boost for NASA](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877639,00.html)[Religion: Tidings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877651,00.html)[Religion: Pacifist Portfolios?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877652,00.html)[Bullet Bob v. Roger the Dodger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877644,00.html)[Sport: The Time of the Television Football Freak](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877645,00.html)[CONTROLS: Breaks in the Wage-Price Spiral](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877623,00.html)[PHASE II: Red Ink at the A&P](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877624,00.html)[STOCK MARKET: A Tempered Enthusiasm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877625,00.html)[JOB MARKET: A Tough Year to Launch a Career](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877658,00.html)[FACTORIES: Disassembling the Line](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877659,00.html)[Business: AUTO DEATHS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877660,00.html)[ENTREPRENEURS: Penury Without Tears](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877661,00.html)[INSURANCE: Karl the Magic Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877662,00.html)[Education: Others Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877642,00.html)[Education: Inciting to Violence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877643,00.html)[Art: Quirky Angler](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877640,00.html)[Art: New Man Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877641,00.html)[Show Business: The Skin Touch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877646,00.html)[The Theater: Cuckolds in Cuckoo Land](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877647,00.html)[The Theater: Howitzers and Hymns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877648,00.html)[The Theater: Scorn Along with Archie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877649,00.html)[Cinema: Requiem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877654,00.html)[Cinema: Highland Fling](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877655,00.html)[Cinema: The Dumb Way](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877656,00.html)[Cinema: Psychology of Slaughter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877657,00.html)[Books: Hustler and Fabulist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877663,00.html)[Books: Daily Sanity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877664,00.html)[Books: Minding the Light](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877665,00.html)[Books: History of a Disease](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877666,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 17, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877653,00.html)[People, Jan. 17, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877635,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 17, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877610,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 17, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877611,00.html)[Time Essay: The Need for New Myths](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877650,00.html) January 17th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 3 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"January 17th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 3 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566636/january-17th-1972-vol-99-no-3-u-s/"}]}]} ```