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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 7th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 6 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 7, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 6February 7, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 6  Issue name February 7th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 6 | U.S. Issue date February 7, 1972 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-02-07/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: What Ails the Young](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905703,00.html)[The Nation: Combat 101](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905704,00.html)[The Nation: Digging Fond du Lac](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905705,00.html)[The Nation: The Digest at 50](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905706,00.html)[DIPLOMACY,ECCENTRICS: The Pursuit of Peace and Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905707,00.html)[The Nation: The War Returns as an Issue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905708,00.html)[The Nation: Henry Kissinger Off Duty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905709,00.html)[The Nation: The Clifford Irvings of Ibiza](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905710,00.html)[SKYJACKING: A Tale of Two Losers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905711,00.html)[CRIME: Bombs for Balalaikas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905712,00.html)[The Nation: Milking Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905713,00.html)[POLITICAL BRIEFS: Ms. President](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905714,00.html)[Will the Democrats Nominate Muskie?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905715,00.html)[ECCENTRICS: Clifford & Edith & Howard & Helga](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905761,00.html)[YUGOSLAVIA: The Specter of Separatism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905720,00.html)[SOVIET UNION,THE WAR: Asylums or Prisons?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905721,00.html)[WEST GERMANY: Bonnie und Clyde](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905722,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Vacuum in the Gulf](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905723,00.html)[JAPAN: Andrei Goes Courting](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905724,00.html)[The World: The Last Soldier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905725,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL NOTES: Of Tea and Rice Bowls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905726,00.html)[The World: Speech Lessons](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905727,00.html)[The World: Rumors from Rivals?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905728,00.html)[The World: Hands Across the Sea](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905729,00.html)[The World: Shattering Images](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905730,00.html)[THE WAR: Vietnamaization: Is It Working?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905762,00.html)[Environment: The Bird Plague](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905742,00.html)[Environment: Toward a Quieter State](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905743,00.html)[Medicine: A Liver's Best Friend](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905732,00.html)[Medicine: Halfway Wards](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905733,00.html)[Religion: Oral's Progress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905738,00.html)[Religion: Tidings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905739,00.html)[Sport: Winter Wonderland](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905744,00.html)[Sport: Shamateurism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905745,00.html)[CONTROLS: How Is Phase II Working?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905716,00.html)[JOBS: Battling an Epidemic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905717,00.html)[BUYING: Corporate Caution](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905718,00.html)[WORLD TRADE: Conflict over Cars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905719,00.html)[ADVERTISING: Madison Avenue's Travail](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905746,00.html)[LABOR: Sabotage at Lordstown?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905747,00.html)[APPOINTMENTS: Supersalesman Arrives](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905748,00.html)[ECONOMISTS: Distaff Talent Search](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905749,00.html)[ITALY: Victim of Affluence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905750,00.html)[INDUSTRY: The Railroad That Can](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905751,00.html)[Business: Generation Gulp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905752,00.html)[Education: Who Pays the Bill?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905735,00.html)[The Law: Judging the Grand Jury](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905737,00.html)[Show Business: The English Dream](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905736,00.html)[Art: All Bosch?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905740,00.html)[Art: Out of Russia's Apron](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905741,00.html)[Books: The Swingles Trap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905754,00.html)[Books: Between Holocaust And Hollywood](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905755,00.html)[Books: Little England](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905756,00.html)[Books: Rakish Progress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905757,00.html)[Books: Butter on the Bow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905758,00.html)[Music: From Rags to Rags](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905759,00.html)[Music: Moving On Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905760,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 7, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905753,00.html)[People, Feb. 7, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905731,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 7, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905701,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 7, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905702,00.html)[Time Essay: Holden Today: Still in the Rye](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905734,00.html) February 7th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 6 | 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":"February 7th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 6 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566644/february-7th-1972-vol-99-no-6-u-s/"}]}]} ```