ISSUE DATE: March 15, 1976; Vol. LXXXVII, No. 11

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TOP OF THE WEEK:
COVER: "LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, Prince of Tenors" -- PAVAROTTI!: Opera tenors have always generated the excitement of acrobats on a high wire. No tenor today is more exciting than Luciano Pavarotti. Called King of the High C's, he has an outsize physique, voice and personality that recall the golden age of Caruso. In his profile of Pavarotti and the world of tenors, Music editor Hubert Saal (photo) concludes that another golden age is here. (Newsweek cover photo by Bill Ray.).

SOUNDING ILLINOIS: In the third of a series of pre-primary couting reports, a team of Newsweek staffers canvassed 101 voters in seven selected areas in the Republican showdown state of Illinois last week--and found President Ford in position to win a major victory over challenger Ronald Reagan on election day next week.

HOUSING'S NEW LOOK: There are signs the homebuilding industry Is finally getting hack on its feet, but the recovery is uneven-- and the American dream of a home for everybody may never be the same. The pinch on prices, interest rates and land means that houses will be simpler, smaller and closer together--and barring a technological breakthrough, a good many consumers may never be able to afford even a no-frills home of their own.

HEROIN HARVEST: In Mexico's Sierra Madre this month, the opium harvest is under way. Almost unnoticed, Mexico has become the U.S.'s biggest supplier of heroin--and has sharply altered the national drug scene. Correspondents Anthony Marro and William Schmidt followed the new heroin pipeline from Mexico to Chicago.

HOSTS WITH THE MOST: Washington is blooming with parties this spring, and bachelor diplomats Alex Orfila and Ardeshir Zahedi lead the competition for host with the most. Amid caviar and champagne, reporter Lucy Howard talked with Zahedi about the social scene. "It's business and pleasure at the same time," explained the dapper Iranian. "At a party you exchange views without actually being committed.".

NEWSWEEK LISTINGS:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
Campaign '76: fighting for the middle.
Who's ahead in Illinois.
End of the road for Governor Walker?.
The prosecution moves in on Patty Hearst.
Heroin: the Mexican connection.
Mike Mansfield bows out.
Rebirth of the Nation of Islam.
Case of the Cornstalk curse.
Trapping thieves with the sting.
INTERNATIONAL:
Southern Africa flares up.
Sadat and Golda: on the comeback trail.
How Kissinger shuttled for peace.
The Moscow microwave affair.
Czechoslovakia's child hostages.
Scotland Yard nabs its men.
Burma on the road to ruin.
JUSTICE: Self-defense with the Paralyzer; The speedy-trial issue; Two findings for the prosecution.
TELEVISION: A special week.
RELIGION: Creative Initiative.
NEWS MEDIA: Libel versus the right of privacy; A scoop and a suicide.
SPORTS: Star Islander goalie Chico Resch.
SCIENCE: The PCB pollution eaters; Exploring people's mental maps.
MEDICINE: New light on multiple sclerosis; Standards for safer baby cribs; The flu epidemic.
BUSINESS:
Now, the Ford recovery.
Slow motion on the payoff scandals.
The new-look housing picture.
Travels with Comptroller James E. Smith..
Air crashes: the longest lawsuit?.
Britain's "Idle Albert".
LIFE/STYLE: Washington's hosts with the most.
THE COLUMNISTS:
My Turn: Mary Alice Kellogg.
Paul A. Samuelson.
Meg Greenfield.

THE ARTS:
MUSIC:
The great Luciano Pavarotti (the cover). [NICE, In-depth article, with multiple photos!]
Two other outstanding tenors. [Profiles, with photo, of Jon Vickers and Placido Domingo]
MOVIES:
'Killing of a Chinese Bookie": the wild side.
"Gable and Lombard": the way they weren't.
BOOKS:
'Kinflicks," by Lisa Alther.
"False Starts," by Malcolm Braly.
Philippa Pullar's life of Frank Harris.
Ann Cornelisen's "Women of the Shadows".
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