On the Cover 87
As Dallas crews film his convalescence, Larry (J.R.) Hagman joins Dan Rather, Liz Smith and 160 million fans in joyous speculation on whodunit
Up Front 22
For 250 ultramarathoners, the Western States Endurance Run—100 miles of grueling High Sierra trails—is "the ultimate high"
Michigan Rep. Guy Vander Jagt takes on a high-risk job: keynoting the GOP convention
Six years after fleeing Russia, dancers Valery and Galina Panov find a home in ballet
Darryl Zanuck's last mistress, Genevieve Gillaizeau, hires Marvin Mitchelson to claim a $15 million legacy
Discovery 37
Biochemist Ananda Chakrabarty's oil-eating bacteria star in a landmark Supreme Court decision
Couples 43
As top money winner and busiest tournament director on the women's golf circuit, Donna Caponi Young and husband Ken are on a professional par
In Style 48
With clients like Liz Taylor and Angie Dickinson, designer Michaele Vollbracht is Seventh Avenue's new razzledazzle darling
In His Own Words 56
Anyone for winged beans? Horticulturist Merle Jensen picks the foods of the future and explains how they'll be grown
Arts 63
Boston's Sidewalk Sam paints the classics on concrete canvases
Bio 71
Iowa philanthropist Bill Fisher doles out millions for grand opera from New York to San Francisco and theaters in between
Crime 81
Nadine Liebling begs the FBI to investigate parental kidnappings in child custody cases—and to find her daughter
Spirit 97
Amidst cash and controversy, the curtain rises on Oberammergau's Passion Play and a dental student as Christ
Host 101
Richard Nixon, Jackie Onassis and Bianca Jagger flock to Augustin Paege's Box Tree restaurant, though some critics find it pretentious
Happy 106
Story lady Carol Baras is the soothing voice on a tot-line for troubled kids
For a Song 112
Brooklyn-born Eddie Rabbitt conquers Nashville and ladies' hearts everywhere
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 10
Newsmen Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Frank Reynolds and Ted Koppel preempt prime time
For the vacation reader, there's a new collection of Louis L'Amour adventure yarns, a journal retracing John James Audubon's travels, and a very trendy etiquette manual by Charlotte Ford
It's a powerful young British rock group that's called Gang of Four, but what succumbs to the cult of personality is the LP McCartney II
Clint Eastwood gallops further, if charmingly out of character, in Bronco Billy
Star Tracks 65
The Rolling Stones form a Rescue party
Justin Henry plays batboy
Catherine Deneuve finds a sexy leading man
Gay Talese takes a Roman holiday
Marisa Berenson believes in reincarnation
Juliet Prowse becomes a U.S. citizen
People Puzzle 108
Chatter 114
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