Penthouse July 1978

COVER Photo by Stan Malinowski 8 HOUSECALL Introduction 10 FORUM Correspondence 26 FEEDBACK Opinion 35 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 43 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by David Dalton 44 SCENES Nick Tosches 45 FILMS Roger Greenspun 47 WORDS Patrick Owens 49 SOUNDS Mitch Tuchman 52 THE ASSASSINATION OF ORLANDO LETELIER Article by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings 60 LOVE PUPPY Pictorial by Jerry Pasternak 72 THE GREAT AMERICAN HAMBURGER Article by Robert S. Wieder 76 THE PETRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Article by Craig S. Karpel 84 REVEREND CHAD VARAH Interview by Gerard Van der Leun 91 LIGHTER THAN ARIES Pet of the Month Barbara Ann (Covergirl & Centerfold), Photos by Stan Malinowski 104 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service 106 THE SEX-SURVEY FRAUD Essay by Philip Nobile 108 LITTLE LADY OF SPAIN Pictorial by Jim Foxx 118 HIGHWAY FIDELITY Service 120 HAVE MERCY Fiction by James Baldwin 126 DIARY OF A VIRGIN (PART THREE) Article by Cindy Peach 136 DINNER AT EIGHT Pictorial by Jeff Dunas 150 THE WET SET Fashion by Ed Emmerling 155 THE SEXUAL ZOO Article by Hy Freedman 159 AMBITION: IS GETTING THERE HALF THE FUN? Quiz by Frank Donegan 170 AN ISLAND AFFAIR Travel by Sandra Hart 180 FRONT PORSCHE Service by Rich Ceppos 183 GROOM AT THE TOP Service 194 OH, WICKED WANDA! Satire by Fred Mullally/Ron Embleton