On the Cover 88
His ex-wife, Sarah, has left Glen Campbell, but Mac Davis is too busy to take her back; with Vegas, TV and movies like North Dallas Forty, he finds it Hard to Be Humble
Up Front 28
The Cuban Freedom Flotilla brings thousands of refugees—and problems—to Southern Florida
Father and son Maxie and Kris Anderson cross America by balloon
Pogo for President? America's premier possum offers a fourth alternative
Behind the massive Picasso retrospective in New York is Pablo's son Claude
Over the Tube 43
Tony Curtis, NBC's Moviola mogul, fights his private Hollywood battles—and demons
In Trouble 48
Violinist Itzhak Perlman discovers that No Strings is not just a song
Bio 51
Home from the range, Gene Autry puts his millions into baseball and hopes for a winner
Host 61
Eat like the Beatles or the Bee Gees with Mary Frampton's rock recipes
Crime 73
Goaded to desperation, an elderly Maryland man, Roman Welzant, shoots two teenagers
In Her Own Words 77
Psychologist Marilyn Machlowitz defends work junkies, but admits the people close to them may be miserable
Body 82
Lisa Lyon, Stacey Bentley and Claudia Wilbourn put muscle into women's body building
Happy 94
By keeping her grip for 39 days, Cassandra Sapp wins a new car
On the Move 101
After A Small Circle of Friends and Cruising, actress Karen Allen is a face to remember
Medics 109
Dr. Charles Edwards performs two remarkable operations, but encounters tragic frustration as well as triumph
On the Stage 115
Richard Dwyer hangs up his blades after 30 years as the Ice Follies' good skate
Lookout 118
Broadway producer Patty Grubman
Table tennis champ Sean O'Neill
Couples 121
Despite Donna Summer's $25 million suit, Neil and Joyce Bogart, late of Casablanca, vow to take another cut at the record business
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
The Waltons celebrate 200 hours on CBS, and Valerie Harper stars in a convincing TV movie about sexual harassment
Graham Greene proves that he writes deftly about people without cloaks or daggers too
Father Guido Sarducci, Saturday Night Live's resident chaplain, is as irreverent (and often funny) on record as on TV
Even with Roger Moore, a new thriller is just ffolkes, and despite Newman and Bisset, When Time Ran Out is a thumb-twiddler
For the out-of-shape, one way to get back in is to heft the piles of books on the topic
People Puzzle 71
Star Tracks 96
Burt Reynolds cops an award at UCLA
Teddy Kennedy Jr. campaigns in Oregon
Tony Randall's hat is off to Zsa Zsa
Priscilla Presley launches her career
Ed Asner reflects on his Jewish roots
Chatter 124
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