ISSUE DATE: December 11, 1972; Vol LXXX, No 24

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TOP OF THE WEEK:
COVER STORY: A WRITER'S AMERICA: The next literary superstar in the U.S. may well be a shy, frail-seeming, 34-year-old woman named JOYCE CAROL OATES, whose astonishingly prolific outpouring of novels and stories has already earned her wide acclaim, including a National Book Award, and a fair share of controversy. The gen- Clemons tie Miss Oates writes about an America of extreme conditions -- poverty, violence, murder, rape, despair. But unlike many slickly fashionable writers, Joyce Carol Oates is an optimist who believes in the redeeming power that she is not afraid to call love. For his report on a remarkable writer and her work, Walter Ciemons visited Joyce Carol Oates at her home in Windsor, Ont, across the river from Detroit, scene of the riots described in her novel "them." Clemons, a former book critic for The New York Times, is himself the author of a widely praised book of stories, "The Poison Tree." (Newsweek cover photo by Bernard Gotfryd.)

THE NEW LOOK OF NIXON INC.: Richard Nixon began his second-term staff shuffle last week -- and it turned out to be an exercise in redrawn flow charts and reshuffled responsibilities rather than any major infusion of fresh blood. From files by Henry Hubbard and Rich Thomas, Senior Editor Peter Goldman analyzes the new line-up of Cabinet officers and supercrats. Profiles of the key figures in the Administration shake-up round out the report.

THIEU UNDER PRESSURE: He had balked at the peace settlement from the beginning, but there were signs last week that South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu was reluctantly coming around -- and that with or without Thieu, the U.S. was prepared to go ahead with the long-awaited "final negotiating session." With files from Washington, Saigon and Paris, Associate Editor Richard M. Smith tells the story of progress on the peace front. On the basis of an extensive tour through villages along South Vietnam's Highway 1, Saigon correspondent Ron Moreau (right) files a companion article on the "peace fever" sweeping the countryside.

JAPAN'S CONCILIATORY NEW FACE: Under growing world pressure, the industrial and commercial juggernaut of Japan is finally taking some steps to slow its momentum -- opening its domestic market to foreign exporters, stepping up Japanese investment abroad and, most important, switching priorities from export promotion to building up the domestic economy. But is the new attitude sincere, and will the liberalizing measures work? With files from Rich Thomas in Washington, Bernard Krisher in Tokyo and bureaus around the world. Associate Editor Sandra Salmans Salmans concludes that change is coming -- but not overnight.

CONTENTS/INDEX:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
The President revamps his government.
Elliot Richardson: the compleat manager.
Peter .1. Brennan: the loyal hard hat.
George Shultz: the economy's Kissinger.
Caspar Weinberger: the sharpest ax.
Roy Ash: new boss of the budget.
The governors get into the Westwood fight.
The race riot aboard the Kitty Hawk.
Changing views on marijuana.
Freedom for war foes Samuel Popkin and Philip Berrigan.
THE WAR IN INDOCHINA:
Progress toward real progress in Paris.
Peace fever in South Vietnam's villages.
INTERNATIONAL:
Eire declares war on the IRA.
Iceland: kicking the Yanks around.
The mysterious Red sub off Norway.
Australia: Gough Whitlam takes over.
New Zealand: Labor's election upset.
Chile's Allende seeks help abroad.
The Middle East: now it's Syria's turn?.
Tanaka's election fight in Japan.
Bangladesh: a year of freedom.
SCIENCE: The most dangerous Apollo.
MEDICINE: What kills drug addicts; The flu bug says "cheese"; A prescription for ill doctors.
SPORTS: The new Russian chess star; No joy in Philadelphia.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE:
The 05 saga's new chapter: the $224 million misunderstanding.
Labor: the United Mine Workers vote.
Fiat's Agnelli asks an economic summit.
Japan's dilemma: how to top success?.
Airlines: the great charter war.
U.S. Steel: a new chairman from outside?.
THE CITIES: BART: good news and bad.
THE MEDIA: Joseph Alsop's mission to China; The Martin Bormann story.
LIFE AND LEISURE: Shaping up with silicone injections; Counseling unmarried couples.
EDUCATION: The lonely foreign student; A lawsuit because a boy can't read.
THE COLUMNISTS; My Turn: Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Shana Alexander.
Henry C. Wallich.
CIem Morgello.
Stewart Alsop.

THE ARTS:
THEATER:
David Storey's "The Changing Room".
Bad week on Broadway.
BOOKS: The violent world of Joyce Carol Oates (the cover).
ART: The new look in art books.
MOVIES; The American Film Institute: growing pains -- and pleasures.
Abram Room's "Belated Flowers".
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