Pg… 4 Editorials: The Courts vs. the Police Pg… 4 Editorials: Requiem for a Racist Bloc Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: Books: The Oxford History of the American People, by Samuel Eliot Morison, Reviewed by D.W. Brogan Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: Movie: Masquerade, Reviewed by Herman Gollob Pg… 10 LIFE Reviews: TV: Hullabaloo, Reviewed by Richard Schickel Pg… 27 Letters to the Editors Pg… 28 The Feminine Eye: The Abuses of Sweet Charity. By Shana Alexander Pg… 32 The Ku Klux Klan Trial in Alabama: Pictorial Summation of a Tragicomic Mistrial Pg… 40 LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World: Fiery Skies Salute V–E Day Pg… 40 LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World: Iron Sights and a Family Reunion Pg… 44B Washington Report Pg… 47 Courr?ges: Lord of Space Ladies: An Adventurous Designer is the New Powerhouse of Paris Fashion Pg… 69 ‘Everybody Sure Glad’: In the Yukon, Indian Reporter Edith Josie Wrestles with Words to Tell the News. By Dora Jane Hamblin Pg… 80A Beating the 70–ft. Shot–Put Barrier Pg… 82 Hear That Big Sound: Everywhere, Rock ‘n’ Roll is the Only Music that Turns Kids On. The Sound flowed Out of Old Musical Streams. By Thomas Thompson Pg… 101 Flip–Top Plane Flies Two Ways: New Craft Tilts Its Wings to Go Vertically or Horizontally Pg… 104 Nicest Young Genius in the U.S.: A Loving Family and a Nationwide Committee of Experts Help an 11–Year–Old College Freshman Grow Up Normal. By Jane Howard Pg… 116 Now It’s Neon Art: New Sculpture Lights Itself Up and Blinks Pg… 121 Horowitz Returns in Triumph: The Great Pianist Gives His First Concert in 12 Years Pg… 124 Miscellany: Steady On, William