People: Apr. 26, 1968

Friday, Apr. 26, 1968

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In a rare visit to the U.S., that pioneering lady of psychoanalysis, Anna Freud, 71, delivered some gloomy words on the state of the science at the New York Psychoanalytic Society's annual Freud lecture, named after her father who started it all 70 years ago. Psychoanalysis, observed Anna, seems to be in sharp decline among those it should be helping most, those in the younger generation most confused about self and life. Today's youth, she continued, "is not interested in man's struggle against himself, but in man's struggle against society. Adaptation to society is the last thing they have in mind."

The world's leading unperson celebrated his 74th unbirthday, as a hand ful of friends and relations gathered at the modest dacha outside Moscow to pay their respects to Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev.

Fans cheered, ushers and grounds keepers waved hello, and rookies nudged one another. There, wearing the familiar No. 5 and a lopsided grin stood a nostalgic figure— the matchless Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio, 53, back on the field in Yankee Stadium after 17 years of retirement. Instead of sporting those familiar Yankee pin stripes, though, Joe trotted onto the diamond in the canary-and-green uniform he wears for his new job as vice president and batting coach of the rival Oakland Athletics. "It's not the same " said DiMag, taking a look around the recently renovated stadium. True enough, as the Jolter spent the rest of the afternoon back in the visiting dugout watching the A's hand a 6-3 drubbing to the team he once led to nine world championships.

With all the magnificent confusion about who's running for what in the political campaigns these days, the pundits have been wrong more often than right. So no one could blame Cosmopolitan magazine for seeking out a fresh face— and a pretty one at that—to cover politics for its lady readers. Armed with a note pad and a camera Actress Candice Bergen, 22, is heading for the hustings on Bobby Kennedy's campaign trail in the first leg of her new assignment to report on the candidates in the Oregon primary. "I didn't even know what a primary was," admits Candy. Still, writing is what she likes to do most (she's published articles in Esquire and Vogue), and be sides, "I think it'll be fun."