--- --- Back to the vault # February 4, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 5February 4, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 5  Issue name February 4th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 5 | U.S. Issue date February 4, 1974 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Crime](/vault/subject/crime/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1974-02-04/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Head Count](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908409,00.html)[The Nation: A $1 Million Forgery?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908410,00.html)[The Nation: Closing the Gap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908411,00.html)[The Nation: Shortchanging the Vietvets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908412,00.html)[THE CRISIS: Nixon Digs In to Fight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908413,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Judging Nixon: The Impeachment Session](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908414,00.html)[The Nation: An Apple That Fell Near the Tree](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908415,00.html)[REPUBLICANS: An Upstream Swim for the G.O.P](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908416,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: An International Natural Resource](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908417,00.html)[OKLAHOMA: The Credit-Card Governor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908418,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Pulling Back for Peace](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908424,00.html)[The World: Here We Are, Leaving Egypt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908425,00.html)[SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Hollow First Anniversary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908426,00.html)[The World: Storm in the China Sea](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908427,00.html)[The World: The Missing Journalists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908428,00.html)[BRITAIN: Headed Toward a Showdown](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908429,00.html)[DIPLOMACY: Spying in Peking](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908430,00.html)[INDONESIA: Retaliation and Reform](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908431,00.html)[ARGENTINA: The Perils of Peron](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908432,00.html)[The World: Allende's Last Day](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908433,00.html)[Medicine: Abortion: A Year Later](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908439,00.html)[Medicine: Livers and Liquor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908440,00.html)[The Press: Who Decides Fairness?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908437,00.html)[The Press: The CIA Scare](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908438,00.html)[Religion: Birth Control Blues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908435,00.html)[Religion: Discord at Concordia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908436,00.html)[POLICY: Oil Profits Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908420,00.html)[Energy: Excess Profits Tax: A Howling Mess](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908421,00.html)[SUPPLY: Coping and Hoping](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908422,00.html)[ECOLOGY: Losses--and Gains--for The Environment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908423,00.html)[PRICES: New Surge in Groceries](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908446,00.html)[WALL STREET: Perot's Orderly Retreat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908447,00.html)[EGYPT: The Canal Reborn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908448,00.html)[Education: The IQ Debate (Contd.)](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908444,00.html)[Education: Downgrading No-Grade](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908445,00.html)[Law: School Rules](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908457,00.html)[Law: Cops' Credibility](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908458,00.html)[Art: Whittling at the Whitney](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908442,00.html)[Television: Viewpoints](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908443,00.html)[Cinema: Deposed Monarch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908449,00.html)[Cinema: Zoo Story](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908450,00.html)[Books: Imparfit Gentil Knight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908451,00.html)[Books: Instant Replay](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908452,00.html)[Books: The Airline and the Snark](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908453,00.html)[Books: Overbite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908454,00.html)[Books: Fiduciary Matters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908455,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908456,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 4, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908441,00.html)[People, Feb. 4, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908434,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 4, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908407,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 4, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908408,00.html)[Time Essay: Facing Up to Resignation or Impeachment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908419,00.html) February 4th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 5 | 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 4th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 5 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566876/february-4th-1974-vol-103-no-5-u-s/"}]}]} ```