Penthouse June 1977

COVER Cheryl Ain, Photo by Bob Guccione 6 HOUSECALL Introduction 8 FORUM Correspondence 20 FEEDBACK Opinion 27 THE PIN-STRIPED MAFIA Comment by Thomas Plate 31 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 39 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Nicholas von Hoffman 40 SCENES Marilyn Stasio 42 FILMS Roger Greenspun 43 WORDS Patrick Owens 45 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 48 THE PENTAGON'S DEADLY PETS Article by Steve Chapple 55 CHEATING THE HOUSE Article by Lawrence Linderman 57 PET OF THE YEAR PLAY-OFF Pictorial 68 KIDNAPPED! Article by Bill Barry 72 THE HIBAKUSHA GALLERY Fiction by Edward Bryant 79 OUR LADY IN HAITI Pet of the Month, Dominique Maure Photographed by Stan Malinowski 92 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service 94 NORMAN LEAR HATES ARCHIE BUNKER Essay by Joe Flaherty 96 BOUND FOR GLORY Pictorial by John Thornton 104 NYMPHO TAPES Article by Sylvia 112 JAMES PHELAN ON HOWARD HUGHES Interview by David Haldane 116 BLITHE SPIRITS Service by Kingsley Amis 120 THE PRINCE AND THE PET Pictorial by Bob Guccione 135 COUPLES: MARRIAGE COMMUNAL STYLE Survey 144 THE AMOROUS ASTROLOGER Service by Martine 156 OH, WICKED WANDA! Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton