ON THE COVER 108
As Claus von Bülow's trial ends, Sunny von Bülow's children, Alexander and Ala, describe the family's bitter estrangement
UP FRONT 42
A special PEOPLE report describes the tragic human drama behind the frightening spread of AIDS
Bruce Springsteen proves a great American rocker can get the Irish up
KIN 55
The government charges that private-eye cum-spy John A. Walker led his family into selling Navy secrets to the Soviets
MEDICS 61
An expert on premature births describes the struggle of the Frustaci infants
TEACHER 65
Education triumphs over anarchy as Principal George McKenna saves a troubled L.A. school
INVENTORS 72
Peter Hancock's bright idea was a thinking cap
TROUBLE 85
Curiosity, which killed the cat, cans a sheep
CONTROVERSY 87
The rules of the takeover game may be turning against corporate raiders Carl Icahn and T. Boone Pickens
LOSERS 92
Rear Admiral Thomas Cassidy's Navy career goes up in smoke over a $659 ashtray
MOVE 95
Vietnam veteran Tom Bird has a controversial hit in Tracers and a controversial girlfriend: alleged Mayflower Madam Sydney Biddle Barrows
STAGE 105
With three hit shows, Neil Simon captures Broadway—and a Tony
COUPLES 119
Florida dentist Steve Pastorius and his singing wife, Suzanne, cater to cowards
CRIME 129
Private eye Kim Paris lures suspected killer David West into a confession that could cost him his life
ON THE JOB 137
Vexillologist Whitney Smith wraps his life in the flags of all nations
SCENE 147
Temperatures rise all around when Don Johnson and Cybill Shepherd go south to film a remake of The Long Hot Summer
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 13
TAKE ONE 41
STAR TRACKS 69
CHATTER 150
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