ISSUE DATE: March 16, 1970; Vol. LXXV, No. 11

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TOP OF THE WEEK:
COVER: MIDI VS. MINI: Not since Christian Dior introduced the New Look in 1947 has the fashion world--and the billion-dollar garment industry that depends on its whims--been in such an uproar. At issue is a deceptively minuscule few inches of fabric that will determine whether women's skirts will drop to a demure mid-calf length or stay casually provocative above the knee. The Presidents of the U.S. and France have proclaimed their approval of the midi, but most men sense a conspiracy in action. The Beautiful People like the longer look, but many women who are merely lovely are outraged at the thought of buying entirely new wardrobes. To explore the midi-mini controversy, Assistant Editors Ann Ray Martin and Lynn Young and Editorial Assistant Nancy Dooley interviewed sociologists and fashion historians as well as designers, manufacturers, retailers and shoppers. From their reports and from files from Newsweek bureaus, General Editor Harry F. Waters wrote the cover story. For its cover picture, Newsweek turned to sources it does not usually tap. The photo is by Hiro, a top fashion photographer. Paul Mitchell of Henri Bendel's The Crimpers salon styled the models' hair. The dresses are by designer Geoffrey Beene.

A CASE OF 'BENIGN NEGLECT': "The time may have come," White House liberal Daniel P. Moynihan wrote in a confidential memo to President Nixon, "when the is- sue of race could benefit from a period of 'benign neglect'." Moynihan insisted last week that he only meant a lowering of extremist voices, but his phrase seemed--to black leaders and others--to sum up the Administration's policy on Negroes. With files from Washington and elsewhere, Senior Editor Peter Goldman reports on the flap and the underlying challenge to the Nixon record on race.

LAOS: ANOTHER VIETNAM? Once it was fashionable to laugh at the tiny kingdom of Laos-- Land of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol. But few people in Washington are laughing these days--for the stakes in Laos are high and Mr. Nixon's options are limited. From files by correspondents in Vientiane and Washington, General Editor Raymond Carroll writes the story. In a companion by-liner, Saigon bureau chief May. nard Parker examines the extent of the U.S. involvement in Laos and urges an immediate de-escalation.

NEPAL: 'COME, LET US MARRY': Nepal celebrated a royal wedding in a blaze of exotic pomp, captured for Newsweek in four pages of color photographs by Marilyn Silverstone. From files on the land and its people by Newsweek's Hong Kong correspondent Kevin Buckley, who traveled to Katmandu for the ceremony, Associate Editor Richard Levine wrote the story of the wedding--and of a medieval kingdom encrusted in centuries of rural poverty, ignorance and isolation.

NEWSWEEK LISTING:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
The Administration and the Negro.
A mob runs loose in South Carolina.
The Carswell file.
The Pompidous go home.
A grand tour by the First Lady.
Democrats: Larry O'Brien accepts.
Crime: sing along with Charles Manson.
THE WAR IN VIETNAM: The Laotian dilemma; The jailing of Iran Ngoc Chau.
INTERNATIONAL:
Willy Brandt's drive to the East.
Nepal's royal wedding.
The Israeli-Arab guerrilla stalemate.
France's literary scandal.
The French, the Jews and the Arabs.
A new U.S. ambassador to Paris.
Italy: Pozzuoli's slow earthquake.
Rhodesia declares itself a republic.
Guatemala's law-and-order President.
SCIENCE AND SPACE: Skiing: how to speed up downhill racers; Finding uses for magnetic fluids.
THE MEDIA: NBC's news-show troika; Inside the media; Snuffing out cigarette commercials.
LIFE AND LEISURE: Fashions: midi vs. mini (the cover).
THE CITIES: Squad.car lawyers; Berkeley: the silent majority stirs.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE:
The economy--it's truly a slump.
Railroads: postponing the strike.
The U.S. vs. the UMW.
The great razor-blade battle.
Troubles for the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Lockheed calls for help from Defense.
Wall Street: the auto stocks.
MEDICINE: The FDA judges the Pill; A clue to cancer?.
SPORTS: "The Jocks": behind sport's glories; Martin McGrady, king of the 600.
RELIGION: Church and state in Poland.
EDUCATION: Mr. Nixon's education message; The glut of PhD's.
THE COLUMNISTS:
Kenneth Crawford--The Purloined Letter.
Milton Friedman--The End of the Draft?.
Stewart Alsop--The Coffeehouse.

THE ARTS:
MUSIC:
The Met's new "Norma".
The Joffrey Ballet's Gilbert and Sullivan.
THEATER: Megan Terry's "Approaching Simone".
MOVIES:
Independent film director Aram Avakian.
A fogged-in "Airport".
BOOKS:
The National Book Awards.
Charles Webb's "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker".
John Seelye's "Huckleberry Finn".
Paula Fox's "Desperate Characters".
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