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