On the Cover 120
Strict old Bing Crosby can stop worrying about his only daughter. Having married the man he didn't want her to live with, Mary has now shot her way to the top on Dallas
Up Front 44
Eight men and women who suffered under the Gang of Four survive to become bright stars of culture in post-Mao China
Ron Reagan's marriage to Doria Palmieri even surprised the First Mom and Dad-elect
Surrogate mother Elizabeth Kane gives her own emotional account of carrying, delivering—and then leaving—another woman's baby
For a Song 60
John Denver's photographic exhibit is more serene than his Aspen home life
Bio 66
Diana Vreeland taught Jackie O about fashion, but no one tells D.V. how to dress
In Trouble 82
Prisoner Jackie James Robinson got stuck in jail—between bars
Discovery 85
Wisconsin professor Andrew Levine says a mouthful either backwards or forwards
Sequel 91
A coal miner's widower, Alan McCusker has had to fight for survivor benefits
Inventors 94
Tim Pace rocks to the beat of a different drummer in his Nuclear Diode Robot Band
Host 101
When it comes to pasta, Flora and Robert Alda (Alan's pop) know 99 ways to dish it up
Coping 107
Author Calvin Trillin tells why a book-selling tour is a matter of sink or float
Happy 110
Alba Ballard's birds have "fine feathers" indeed—sequined costumes
Couples 128
Real estate wizard Harry Helmsley has built a Palace for New York and wife Leona
On the Move 133
Having memorably played Manson, Steve Railsback leaps to stardom in The Stunt Man
Teacher 139
For women whose men lose themselves in TV football, help (of sorts) has arrived: Jo Ann Carlucci's gridiron course
Lookout 146
Jingle composer Paul David Wilson
Weight lifter Vicky Gagne
In His Own Words 151
With creationists challenging Darwin, author Stephen Jay Gould warns that another Scopes Trial may be in the offing
Arts 156
Artist Judy Chicago honors womankind with a Dinner Party for 39 female greats
Mail 6
People Picks & Pans 14
On TV Johnny Cash carols, Jack Lemmon is honored and Robert Urich plays footballer Rocky Bleier
Dynasty author Robert Elegant's shuffling new Manchu is slow reading
Donna Summer sizzles with new sophistication, and Tanya Tucker duets with her old man, Glen Campbell
Deborah Harry moves shakily into films; Rory Calhoun comes back at 58
It's vintage Christmas for children's books
People Puzzle 96
Star Tracks 113
Walter Cronkite dances on Broadway
Liz Taylor spoofs her '50s image
Phyllis Diller jaws with Hugh O'Brian
Pierre Trudeau tries a hookah in the desert
Carroll Baker's daughter Blanche is Lolita
Faye Dunaway is a sparkler as Eva Perón
Maureen Stapleton nibbles and nuzzles
Chatter 158
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