STAR TRACKS 6
A fitting tribute for Bette Midler and Sophia Loren. Jason Priestley mouths off. Leslie Stahl's dicey game, and more
UP FRONT
40 After journeys in strife-torn Guatemala, Sam and Randy Blake complete a seven-year quest to learn the fate of their brother, Nick
46 Hometown heroes Gloria Estefan and husband Emilio mount a star-studded benefit concert to aid Miami's hurricane victims
48 When Shannon Ross phoned Northern Exposure's Barry Corbin, the actor found a vital link to the past: his unknown daughter
TROUBLE 55
Eliot Wigginton, whose Foxfire journals inspired thousands of Appalachian youths, is accused of molesting a 10-year-old student
KIDS 57
Ending a strange and sad legal battle, 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley wins the right to sever all ties to his biological mother
SCREEN 63
Indian activist Russell Means has had four wives, 10 kids—and now one hit movie
RADIO 73
They have handles like Eli from Westchester, Marie from Warwick and Howard the Poet, and they're never far from a radio and a telephone: Meet the superstar callers of talk radio
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 83
Svetlana Stalin, the dictator's daughter, searches for anonymity in a London charity hostel
TRENDS 87
Hats off to the X cap, up from promo for Spike Lee's Malcolm X to political style statement
SEQUEL 89
After two flops and a long bout with loneliness, Chorus Line composer Marvin Hamlisch has a hit marriage to a woman he first wooed by phone
COPING 95
Michigan beauty queen Terri Sue Liford battled cancer all the way to the Miss America pageant
COVER 104
In a stunning series of events, Amy Fisher pleaded guilty to shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco and then tried to kill herself after being betrayed by her latest boyfriend
KIN 113
While mom Naomi and sister Wynonna went country, Ashley Judd of Sisters went Hollywood
DISCOVERY 117
After years of research, German pensioner Hans Stadelmann says the famous Amber Chamber, a Russian art treasure stolen by the Nazis, is hidden in tunnels under the town of Weimar
SPIRIT 123
The shadow of Ramtha, a 35,000-year-old warrior, hangs over a nasty battle between channeler J.Z. Knight and her ex-husband Jeffrey
PAGES 133
Richard Secord, who lost his home and his privacy in the Iran-contra scandal, takes aim at the men he holds responsible—including Ronald Reagan—and praises George Bush
JOCKS 137
Oakland A's pitcher Dennis Eckersley is the major league leader in saves—but his biggest save was himself
HAPPY 141
Although it surpassed even Sesame Street in the ratings, Barney & Friends was bumped by PBS, but with fan support, the dinosaur staved off extinction
PARTY 142
At a Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion fund-raiser in L.A., Lorraine Bracco, Billy Idol, Faye Dunaway and other stars posed as models, while cohost Madonna gave it her breast shot
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
THE INSIDER 39
PASSAGES 103
STYLE WATCH 129
PUZZLER 131
CHATTER 144
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