ISSUE DATE: December 9, 1968; Vol LXXII, No 24

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TOP OF THE WEEK:
COVER STORY: "The World of Norman Mailer." Flying High With NORMAN MAILER: When Associate Editor Raymond A. Sokolov challenged writer Norman Mailer to tackle the controls of a glider, the mercurial Mailer was soon riding the air currents with his famous aplomb. Since he became the outstanding young literary talent of his genera- tion twenty years ago, Mailer has become as considerable and con- troversial a personality as he is a writer. His involvement in the life of the times has made a storm center out of the man whom even many of. his detractors call "our genius." For Newsweek's cover story Mailer has contributed an open ietter to incoming President Richard Nixon. The cover story itself was written by Sokolov, who observed Mailer in many of his bags, both public and private. As- sistant Editor Ruth Ross and others filled out the portrait by talking with Mailer's friends, foes and family. (Newsweek cover photo by Bernard Gotfryd.)

WAITING FOR NIXON: Richard Nixon has been President-elect for nearly a month, but he is still very much under wraps. He spent the week all but out of sight at his transitional White House in Manhattan, putting together the Cabinet he is scheduled to begin unveiling this week (page 28). Accenting his insulation were the tenuous relations between the new President's inner circle and the press (page 89). With the real Nixon still an enigma, Newsweek reports on his roots -- a profile of the next President's alma mater, California's Whittier College (page 90).

THE BATTLE OF CHICAGO: The street confrontation between the police and antiwar demon- strators during the Democratic National Convention was a searing moment in American political history. Who was to blame? This week, a staff study for the President's commission on violence renders its verdict -- and points an accusing finger at the police.

CULTURAL JET SET: While Senior Editor Jack Kroll was in Houston last week watching the Alley Theatre's maiden production of Brecht's "Galileo" (page 66), Movies editor Joseph Morgenstern was in Puerto Rico for the filming of "Che!" starring Omar Sharif (page 110). At the same time Music editor Hubert Saal was watching George Balanchine's new "Pas de Deux" at the New York City Ballet and listening to the new Beatles album (page 109), and Art editor David Shirey brought his art history Ph.D. to bear on the Seattle Museum's show of Ernst Kirchner's expressionist paintings (page 68; color pages follow).

CONTENTS NEWSWEEK LISTINGS:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
The peace talks: and now there are four.
What is President-elect Nixon up to?.
Verdict on the violence in chicago.
The ever higher cost of living.
Where is Eldridge cleaver?.
Lady Bird's farewell flight.
The Brookings Institution on the top U.S. problems and how to handle them.
SCL tries to bury Martin Luther King.
Upton Sinclair, muckraker.
INTERNATIONAL:
How will West Germany use its new power?.
France: de Gaulle's austerity gamble.
czechoslovakia: still darker days ahead?.
Rumania and Hungary: the facts of life.
Egypt's riotous students and restive army.
Israel: debate over the occupied areas.
The growing Soviet presence in Nigeria.
Brazil: terror from the right.
MEDICINE: The hazards of birth; Premonitions of death.
SCIENCE AND SPACE: Russia's Soyuz -- to the moon soon?; The problem of mine safety.
SPORTS: US. trackmen turning pro; Who's who in the Baltimore colts' defense; Rick Barry, ABA's superstar.
RELIGION: Was Jesus a Zealot?; christmas and the state.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE:
The money crisis: how long a lull?.
Black enterprise for a black christmas.
Wall Street: gold is not all that glitters.
Merrill Lynch bows to the SEC.
Battle of the bank credit cards.
Michele Sindona's golden touch.
PRESS: The Preident-elect and the press.
EDUCATION: Whittier college: consensus Quaker style; Gloomy days on Fraternity Row.
TV-RADIO: New sins in Soapland.

THE ARTS:
THEATER: The Alley Theatre's debut in Houston.
ART: Seattle's Kirchner retrospective.
BOOKS:
The world of Norman Mailer (the cover).
An open letter from Norman Mailer to Richard Nixon.
MUSIC:
George Balanchine's new "Pas de Deux".
The Beatles again: caveat emptor.
MOVIES:
Bringing Che Guevara back to life.
"Curious Yellow": the censors lose a round.
THE COLUMNISTS:
Kenneth Crawford -- Transition Nerves.
Milton Friedman -- After the New Economics.
Stewart Alsop -- Mr. Nixon's Second Promise.
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