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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: January 24th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 4 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # January 24, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 4January 24, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 4  Issue name January 24th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 4 | U.S. Issue date January 24, 1972 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-01-24/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: The Lady Ump](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905643,00.html)[The Nation: Whistling Dixie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905644,00.html)[The Nation: What Price G?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905645,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Opening of the Showdown Session](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905646,00.html)[ECCENTRICS / Rashomon, Starring Howard Hughes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905647,00.html)[POLITICS: Glamour on the Hustings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905648,00.html)[The Nation: Of Muskie and Daley](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905649,00.html)[REFUGEES: No Asylum for Merab](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905650,00.html)[RACES: Battle in Baton Rouge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905651,00.html)[CITIES: Hunger in Seattle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905652,00.html)[INDOCHINA: There's Still a War On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905653,00.html)[BANGLADESH: A Hero Returns Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905654,00.html)[GHANA: Paying for Unpopularity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905655,00.html)[ZAIRE REPUBLIC: The Zairization of Almost Everything](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905656,00.html)[DENMARK: The King Is Dead](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905657,00.html)[EASTERN EUROPE: Freedom to Travel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905658,00.html)[The World: End of the Queen Elizabeth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905659,00.html)[MALTA: Poker with Dom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905660,00.html)[ITALY: Goodbye, Colombo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905661,00.html)[ECUADOR: The Tuna War Continues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905662,00.html)[CHILE: Allende's Troubles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905663,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: The Nymph of Nullarbor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905664,00.html)[Environment: The Worst Is Yet to Be?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905666,00.html)[Science: Brains in a Test Tube](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905698,00.html)[Science: Of Mars and the Moon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905699,00.html)[Medicine: Nonsmokers, Beware!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905677,00.html)[Medicine: Capsules, Jan. 24, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905678,00.html)[Medicine: Exit Smallpox](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905679,00.html)[Behavior: TV Violence: Not So Bad](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905672,00.html)[Behavior: The End of Bedlam?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905673,00.html)[The Press: Busted in Booneville](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905674,00.html)[The Press: Son of Saturday Review](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905675,00.html)[The Press: The Peking Pool](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905676,00.html)[Religion: Whose Children?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905681,00.html)[Religion: Tidings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905682,00.html)[Sport: Trainer of the Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905670,00.html)[Sport: Third Man Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905671,00.html)[WORLD TRADE: Driving to a Nixon Round](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905685,00.html)[TAXES: Does Your Paycheck Seem Smaller Lately?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905686,00.html)[PHASE II: Reasons for Rises](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905687,00.html)[OIL: Facing a Powerful Cartel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905688,00.html)[STOCK MARKET: Treff the Terrible](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905689,00.html)[PUERTO RICO: Sharing the Wealth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905690,00.html)[ENTREPRENEURS: Last of the Big Spenders](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905691,00.html)[Education: Excessive Entanglement](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905667,00.html)[Education: No Place to Hide](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905668,00.html)[Education: A Judge Under Siege](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905669,00.html)[Art: Looking Backward](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905680,00.html)[The Theater: Spengler Redux](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905683,00.html)[Television: The Redeemers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905692,00.html)[Books: An Old Daydream](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905693,00.html)[Books: Escape to Reality](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905694,00.html)[Books: Notes from the Pen Club](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905695,00.html)[Books: No Raincoats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905696,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905697,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 24, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905700,00.html)[People, Jan. 24, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905665,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 24, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905641,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 24, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905642,00.html)[Time Essay: The Death Penalty: Cruel and 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