On the Cover 82
For Carol Burnett, a mother's anguish fades as her daughter, Carrie, finds the strength to end her entanglement with drugs
Up Front 26
Utah grandmother Irma Thomas, 72, struggles to prove that nuclear tests have caused a plague of cancer in her hometown
Government expert Richard Fogel finds a "subterranean economy" of tax evaders that is costing the U.S. $26 billion a year
Jimmy Carter's near-collapse during a race in Maryland sparks a White House alert
Charo, John Ritter, LeVar Burton and Penny Marshall pass the pigskin and ham it up in a charity football match
On Stage 39
Sylvia Fine (a/k/a Mrs. Danny Kaye) hits a high note with a TV special on musical comedy
In His Own Words 49
The current epidemic of genital herpes has no cure, but Dr. Paul Wiesner has an answer: prevention
In the Money 57
Angelo Donghia, the Halston of interior design, takes on celebrity tastes and an ocean liner
Bio 64
Mellowed but hardly declawed, Alabama football Coach Bear Bryant aims for his 34th winning season in 35 years
Split 73
KISS drummer Peter Criss divorces his wife for a Playboy centerfold—and the spouse gets $1 million in consolation
Out of the Pages 77
Bantam Books has no scruples about paying a record $3.2 million for Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy
Losers 86
As baseball's Chicago Cubs extend their streak—34 years without a championship—their patient fans prepare for 1980
Couples 90
Actress Deborah Raffin's career is happily going Haywire with the help of manager-husband Michael Viner
Lookout 95
Playwright Ted Tally
Solar seller Marian Ring
In Style 98
Lee Radziwill, Cloris Leachman and Ingrid Bergman are just a few elegant women who wear Bonnie Cashin's timeless classics
Over the Tube 104
John's kid brother Jim Belushi is ready for prime time in CBS's new sitcom Working Stiffs
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
A new Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard), another cop (James Earl Jones) and a happy surprise about a house detective, Big Shamus, Little Shamus, are the week's new TV series
Romance? Monogamy? Marriage? In her new book, British journalist Jill Tweedie says, "Stop!" In the Name of Love
Debby Boone is still sweet, Barry White still sexy and Randy Newman still wicked in new LPs
Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn get tangled up in wartime liaisons in Yanks
Star Tracks 43
Ann Meyers is elbowed out of the NBA
Henry Winkler plays Scrooge
Barbara Parkins ages in rerun
Hervé Villechaize on his ranch
Elton John tops off his new image
People Puzzle 100
Chatter 106
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