ISSUE DATE: August 13, 1979; Vol. XCIV, No. 7

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COVER: CAN CHRYSLER BE SAVED? Cover Illustration by Robert Grossman.

CHRYSLER'S CRISIS: With its losses mounting and more red ink to come, Chrysler Corp. announced last week that it was seeking 1 billion in Federal aid--and the clear implication was that the nation's tenth largest company would not survive if Uncle Sam failed to come through. Chrysler's lobbying for a bailout invited comparison with the Lockheed and Penn Central cases, rekindled the debate over the government's role in private enterprise and put Jimmy Carter under intense political pressure.

GILDA LIVE: If John Belushi can make it in Hollywood, why not GILDA RADNER on Broadway? Thus did the rubber-faced ingenue of "Saturday Night Live" arrive on the Great White Way last week in "Gilda Radner--Live from New York." With her came her stable of TV characters, from the crudely candid Roseanne Rosannadana to the nerdy Lisa Loopner--all of whom did just fine.

JEWISH APATHY: Jews have not traditionally stressed evangelism. But in the face of a growing trend toward intermarriage, cultural assimilation and religious apathy, some Rabbis, especially among Reform groups, are proposing controversial programs to rekindle Jewish faith and even convert gentiles.

THE SALT DEBATE: The great debate over the second strategic arms limitation treaty with Moscow took a potentially decisive turn last week when former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gave SALT II his blessing at a substantial price: a sharp rise in American military spending. Kissinger's star turn briefly cheered Jimmy Carter's victory-hungry White House, until it began totting up the costs in budget-busting defense expenditures--and in vital liberal support for the treaty.

WHO GETS SICK: Are you moody, intense and demanding? If so, you are a gamma personality and may be likely to develop serious illness sooner than more easygoing people. This finding by Johns Hopkins Medical School researchers is part of an intriguing study which suggests that temperament plays a significant role in the onset of early disease and death.

RESCUE AT SEA: In the South China Sea, warships from the West were making good on promises to rescue Vietnam's "boat people." The Italians picked up more than 900 refugees, and a task group from the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet continued the search. But weather, including a devastating typhoon, and a new crackdown by Vietnamese authorities sharply cut the tragic exodus.

NEWSWEEK LISTINGS:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
SALT Il--the debate shifts.
A Pentagon arms wish list.
Carter on the revival circuit.
Talk of a tax cut.
The energy plan: painful progress.
Texas: fighting the oil spill.
Joan Baez versus Hanoi.
The Green Beret murder case.
INTERNATIONAL:
The boat people: ordeal by typhoon and Thai pirates.
A U.S-Israeli crisis.
Iran's Bakhtiar in Paris: harsh words for the mullahs.
Jesse Jackson takes on Pretoria.
Maggie Thatcher's change of heart on Rhodesia.
The Cook Islands caper.
Gas pains in Romania.
MEDICINE: Temperament and disease; How useful are stress tests?.
RELIGION: Evangelism for Jews.
PHOTOGRAPHY: A feast of Polish photography.
IDEAS: A no-strings fund for geniuses.
BUSINESS:
CAN CHRYSLER BE SAVED? (THE COVER).
TO RESCUE OR NOT TO RESCUE?.
IBM's latest computer blitz.
The record-industry blues.
THEATER:
Gilds Radner live on Broadway.
"Every Good Boy Deserves Favour": damp political satire.
BOOKS:
"Blood Will Tell," by Gary Cartwright.
William Goldman's "Tinsel".
"When Memory Comes," by Saul Friedlander.
MOVIES:
"The Concorde--Airport '79": supersonic silliness.
"The Amityville Horror": Gothic claptrap.
"La Cage aux Folles": hilarious hit of the season.
JUSTICE: Boston: when judges govern; A Set of rules for the FBI.
TELEVISION: CBS's Sunday-morning show.
EDUCATION: Switching to private schools.
THE COLUMNISTS:
My Turn: Pam Conrad.
Pete Axthelm.
Paul A. Samuelson.
Jane Bryant Quinn.
Meg Greenfleld.
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