On the Cover 74
As The Empire Strikes Back again, star Mark Hamill, approaching 30 at lightspeed, strikes off in search of success on Broadway
Up Front 18
On the fourth anniversary of Elvis' death, shocking new revelations question Colonel Parker's management—or was it mismanagement?
New York-bred Vladimir Pozner emerges as a TV star—in Moscow
Iran raider Charlie Beckwith leaves the Army—to wage a civilian war on terror
Viet vet Robert Schwab searches the jungles of Laos for missing Americans
In His Own Words 33
Psychologist David Jenkins says air controllers are not the only people affected by job stress
Host 38
Michael O'Keeffe's River Café serves up gastronomic and visual delights
Couples 45
Debby Boone and Gabriel Ferrer have a marriage made in Hollywood
In Style 54
A real-life Jeeves named Stanley Ager offers helpful household hints
Coping 56
English actress Susan (The Forsyte Saga) Hampshire describes her lifelong duel with dyslexia
Bio 62
James Baker III once led the battle against Ronald Reagan; now he's doing the President's fighting for him
Lookout 73
Ballerina Amanda McKerrow dances off with Moscow gold
Adventure 80
Forget Capistrano; Max Bloesch brought the storks back to Switzerland
For a Song 82
The durable Moody Blues, still on their own wavelength, top the charts again
Body 84
Jackie O looks best in Winter shades, and Robert Redford has that Autumn glow—so says Color Me Beautiful author Carole Jackson
Over the Tube 93
In a TV documentary, writer Larry King moves from Texas' Best Little Whorehouse to its Austin statehouse
Mail 4
People Picks & Pans 9
Well, la-di-da: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton repeat in Annie Hall, and Richard Thomas mourns James Dean in 24 Hours of the Rebel
Joyce Maynard's first novel, Baby Love, movingly explores the relationship between women and their offspring
Miles Davis returns with the engaging The Man With the Horn; John Denver's Some Days Are Diamonds will neither win new friends nor influence old critics
Bo Derek, no plain Jane, shows Miles O'Keeffe who wears the loincloth in the family in Tarzan the Ape Man; Sylvester Stallone plays a soccer goalie, but it's he who is saved by an invigorating plot in Victory
Star Tracks 48
Eileen Fulton consoles de-palimonied Michelle Triola Marvin
Paul McCartney and son James Luis go to the market
Harriet (as in Ozzie and) approves son David Nelson's horse opera
Tom Bosley is honored by performers he helped
The Oak Ridge Boys are on Scout's honor
Melissa Gilbert's little house rocks
People Puzzle 88
Chatter 96
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