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UPDATED 11/05/1979 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 11/05/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

On the Cover 68
Jill Clayburgh woos Burt Reynolds in Starting Over, flirts with incest in Luna and comes up a winner after 27 (out of 35) years in and out of therapy

Up Front 28

Two murders signal a new Gold Rush in Alaska as the price of the precious metal makes the dangerous search worthwhile

Having lost his church and wife, shunned Mennonite Robert Bear faces more troubles

The JFK Library opens and Arthur Schlesinger reflects on the Camelot years

Happy 44
Gary Wilensky is an ace when it comes to playing tennis on skates

Couples 47
Jim Alan and Selena Fox are husband and wife, Wisconsin farmers and two of the most determined witches this side of Oz

In the Money 64
The classy car that bears his name may cost $67,500, but Alain Clenet is getting a bumper crop of orders

Medics 81
All patients are the same to Israel's famed Dr. Oded Abramsky, including the kin of PLO terrorists

In Their Own Words 87
Living together? Then you better have a contract, warn lawyer-lovers Toni Ihara and Ralph Warner

Out of the Pages 96
Stephen Sheppard makes a million with his first novel, The Four Hundred

For a Song 98
Sister Sledge's We Are Family was the war chant Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell pirated to win the championship

Bio 107
Series may tumble, and network chiefs may fall, but Captain Kangaroo goes on forever—so far, anyway, into its 25th year

In Style 116
Nureyev, Liza and Barbra are just a few of the legends that Madison Avenue's Peter Rogers wraps in Blackglama mink

On the Move 121
Who's dubious about Carter, Kennedy, Reagan and Connally? It's Bob Tyrrell, the '80s' answer to conservative Bill Buckley

Lookout 128

Conservationist Andy Lipkis, 24

International consultant Lorna Duncan, 23

Arts 131
A renowned violinist at 11 and a troubled has-been at 13, Ruggiero Ricci reigns half a century and three marriages later

Mail 8

People Picks & Pans 10

Three cantankerous protagonists—Gregory Peck in MacArthur, Henry Winkler in Heroes and Bruce the shark in Jaws—enliven a big week for movies on TV

Erma Bombeck sets trendiness on its ear in Aunt Erma's Cope Book

Unsinkable Aretha Franklin and Isaac Hayes bounce back with welcome new LPs

Dudley Moore is funny, Bo Derek gorgeous and Julie Andrews superfluous in 10

Star Tracks 77

Natalia Makarova finds a new partner

The Stavros Niarchos-Princess Ferial buzz

Alvin Ailey gets a home

Pierre Trudeau cuts a rug

Carrie Fisher and John Belushi change hats

Prince Charles' wedding—he's best man

People Puzzle 93

Chatter 134

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