ISSUE DATE: JANUARY 23, 1970; VOL. 68, NO. 2

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COVER: JOHNNY CARSON: The Lonesome hero of Middle America.

COVER STORY: HERE'S JOHNNY! IN MIDDLE AMERICA: JOHNNY CARSON goes to Lubbock, Texas. The welcome is warm but his mood is bleak, by Joan Barthel. [NICE, In-depth article, with multiple photos!]

THE LAST DAYS OF BIAFRA: A tragic conflict comes to an end in a welter of starvation and confusion.

JEWELS FROM THE MOON: Under the microscope, Apollo's rock samples glow like precious gems -- and provide some answers for science.

THE YABLONSKI MURDERS: A challenge to union leadership among mine workers degenerates into slaughter. By Joe McGinniss.

SOVIET MEDICINE: The world's most socialized health system offers every citizen free care from birth to death. Photographed by Bill Ray.

THE GRAPHICS BOOM: With collectors running up print prices, artists are conducting a renaissance in the medium.

DEPARTMENTS:
THE PRESIDENCY The Very Late, Late Show in Washington. By Hugh Sidey.
Editorials: Our Middle East stance; A new word game.
GALLERY: Fletcher Manley's snowscape.
REVIEWS:
Travels with My Aunt, Graham Greene's latest, reviewed by Melvin Maddocks.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, reviewed by Richard Schickel.
The Masaryk Case, a dissection of the Czech mystery by Claire Sterling, reviewed by Eric Ambler.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS.
COLUMN: First floor rear at the jungle's edge. By Barry Farrell.
PARTING SHOTS.

THE KING OF COVERS: Shortly before Christmas, Philippe Halsman gathered t4 99 covers which he has photographed for LIFE since 1942 and spread them out on the floor of his New York studio. Stationing himself and his wife Yvonne in the center, he asked the housekeeper to click the shutter for the above picture, thus producing the family's 1969 Christmas card. His 100th cover: We report that this week's portrait of Johnny Carson.
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