ISSUE DATE: March 31, 1969; Vol LXXIII, No 12

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TOP OF THE WEEK:
VIETNAM: MR. NIXON'S BIG TEST: Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. For the first two months of his Administration, Richard Nixon had found the sailing smooth enough. Then, almost overnight, two political thunderheads boiled up. The first was the reaction to his decision to deploy an ABM system; the second, mounting political pressure for action to end the war in Vietnam. From reports by Newsweek chief Congressional correspondent Samuel Shaffer and Pentagon correspondent Lloyd Norman, General Editor Kenneth Auchir closs wrote the account of Mr. Nixon's first public foray into the Vietnam thicket, and Associate Editor Arthur Zich detailed the story of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's confrontation with Congress over the ABM decision. (Newsweek cover photos by Wally McNamee [Laird] arid Pictorial Parade.)

ANGUILLA: BRITISH TROOPS HAVE LANDED: In the early hours, a platoon of Royal Marines launched Operation Sheepskin--the British invasion of Anguilla. On the bridge of a nearby British man-o'-war, the officer in charge of the landing party peered through binoculars. Suddenly he saw two flashes. "I fear the worst," he muttered. His fears, however, were unwarranted; what he saw was not the gunfire of natives but the flashbulbs of newsmen. One of the reporters waiting on the invasion beach was Newsweek's Andrew Jaffe. From his dispatches, Associate Editor Russell Watson wrote this latest episode of "The Mouse That Roared."

THE HOUSING SHORTAGE: Of all the investments made by an average family, none is more important--or more expensive--than a home. And these days, just finding one to buy can be a nightmare. The U.S. is suffering from its worst housing shortage in twenty years; in New York City, for example, the vacancy rate is a mere 1 per cent. With reports from Newsweek correspondents in Washington, Detroit, Los Angeles and other major cities, Associate Editor John DeMott examines the housing squeeze--and a few encouraging attempts to relieve it--in this week's Spotlight on Business.

INSIDE THE HOLY OFFICE: Unlike the infamous Spanish Inquisition, the Holy Office has never put heretics to the stake. But for nearly half a millennium, this secret and sacrosanct Vatican agency has tried to keep Roman Cath- olic theology in a doctrinal strait jacket. Drawing on copious research from Rome correspondent Ellen Sullivan, Religion editor Kenneth L. Woodward writes about the inner workings of the Holy Office--and some of the subtle changes taking place.

NEWSWEEK LISTINGS:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
vietnam: Mr. Nixon's big test (the cover).
Laos--where the bombing goes on.
Laird confronts congress on the ABM.
Teddy Kennedy on china.
After Chicago: seventeen indictments.
James Earl Ray tries to reopen his case.
Political sniping on the hunger front.
Strike's end at San Francisco State.
Apollo: beyond the first lunar landing.
New York: Mayor Lindsay declares.
What possessed Sirhan Sirhan?.
INTERNATIONAL:
Russia's dilemma: coping with two fronts.
China: is Mao in command?.
Disarmament: smiles in Geneva.
Rent control on U.S. bases in Spain.
Germany: a macabre debate.
The British occupy Anguilla.
Canada: the Mounties' last dog patrol.
Australia: Gorton under attack.
Equatorial Guinea: the road to anarchy?.
THE CITIES: Keeping the peace in Cook County; Go power from family-income supplements.
PRESS: Advertising and the black market.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE:
The soaring cost of money.
Nevada: Howard Hughes's silver touch.
The nightmare of hunting a dream house in a seller's market (Spotlight on Business).
Black and Brown trading stamps.
Advertising: Stan Freberg's Thyme Inc.
Wall Street: why some stocks go up.
SCIENCE AND SPACE: Bracing for the spring floods; New worlds a-making?.
EDUCATION: Columbia today; Black IQ: heredity or environment?.
SPORTS: Sailing the Pacific solo; UCLA takes the NCAA; Barbara Jo Rubin, girl jockey.
RELIGION: The vatican's Holy Office.
TV-RADIO: The FCC gets tough again; The problem of censoring TV violence.
LIFE AND LEISURE: The private rail car: opulence on wheels.
MEDICINE: The modern midwife.
THE COLUMNISTS:
Kenneth Crawford--The M-l Complex.
Paul A. Samuelson--Investment Tax Credit.
Stewart Alsop--Does De Gaulle Matter?

THE ARTS:
ART: David Smith: a sculptor's retrospective.
MOVIES:
Lindsay Anderson's "If": pure sham.
"Windy Day": midget masterpiece.
BOOKS:
Exploiting the news with instant books.
J.M.G. Le Clezio's "Terra Amata".
Gore Vidal's "Sinking Ship".
THEATER:
"1776": not quite heart-stirring.
John Mason Brown, 1900-1969.
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