February 13, 1972

So many holes have been poked in Western civilization that now that all the hot air is gone and a cold and alien wind is coming in, the civilized elite seem to be drawing deeply into themselves and their old convictions in search of warmth and comfort. In these declining years of the Magnus Annus the most interesting minds seem to have moved on long ago; now only the “intellectuals” remain, wrapped in their greatcoats of Europe, dreaming of leftist politics or the “new” creation of the avant garde; but tlfese are the warm dreams that come charitably to all those who are about to freeze to death. Better to turn and die running in a new direction than to stand still and become a historical monu

2 Israeli scholars rept that they believe they have unraveled an elusive mystery of early Christianity—an apparently forged description of Jesus attributed to Jewish‐Roman historian Flavius Josephus; think that, on the basis of a 10th‐century Arabic manuscript attributed to Agapius, obscure bishop of the Eastern Ch, they have strengthened the ind historical evidence for the existence and activities of Jesus of Nazareth; Hebrew Univ Prof S Pines repts the discovery of a long‐overlooked version of a passage about Jesus attributed to Josephus; concludes that it is far closer to what the 1st‐century historian may have written than highly suspect text handed down through the centuries; D Flusser, another Hebrew Univ prof, develops thesis that Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, who organized the New Testament as it is now known, was man who contrived false text; Josephus drawing

article holds US must reverse its trade deficit and reduce its deep balance‐of‐payments deficit

USSR wins gold medal in ice hockey competition; USSR wins gold medal in men's team cross‐country skiing event; illus

intense US bombing campaign against enemy base areas along Laotian‐S Vietnamese border enters 5th day as US command repts heaviest US air raids in S Vietnam in 2 yrs; 13 missions of 3 planes each bomb suspected enemy positions in Kontum and Pleiku; US mil source says privately bombing campaign was ordered at beginning of wk to blunt possible enemy offensive, and that it will continue at least until Pres Nixon leaves for visit to China on Feb 17; 172 tactical air strikes are flown in 24‐hr period ended at 6 AM, Feb 12; US B‐52s flew 12 missions in 24 hrs ended at noon Feb 12; map; mil truck at S Vietnamese outpost at Benhet illus