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Examines the actions being taken by the New York City Board of Education to improve the quality of education received by slum children. Overview of the standard of education in Harlem as compared with the city-wide average in reading achievement; Reorganization of the education system to include intermediate schools of grades five through eight; Opposition of parents in East Harlem regarding the site, design, zoning and proposed curriculum.

Discusses the political career of New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy as of April 1966. Examination of his political motives; Appearance in the strike involving grape-pickers in central California; Opinion on the U.S. government's role in the Vietnam war; Information on his urban crisis program, contained in three speeches he delivered in late January 1966.

The article discusses matters related to social and political issues of the U.S. It states that the recent decision by New York State officials to allow small-scale, experimental distribution of sterile needles to intravenous drug addicts in New York City as a way of combating AIDS is a victory for common sense and compassion. The article also reports that last week, Edwin Meese, chief law-enforcement officer of the U.S., is charged with the allegation that a 1985 memorandum explored the possibility of bribing Israeli officials in return for their promise not to attack a proposed Iraqi-Jordanian oil pipeline.

Examines the espionage case of convicted felon Morton Sobell in light of a request for a new hearing filed by his lawyers before New York City District Court Judge Edward Weinfeld on 1966. Journalists whose work shed another perspective on the Rosenberg-Sobell case; Allegations of Max Elitcher against Sobell; Conclusion that there is no testimony on the true nature of Sobell's espionage work; Assumptions that had been established by the Rosenberg-Sobell espionage case.