Playboy February 1977

COVER STORY Everyone knows That the quickest way to a woman's heart is through the local jewelry store. To paraphrase a famous saying: Carats are a Rabbit's best friend. There are 1.16 of them in the diamond-studded platinum pendant designed by Oscar Heyman of New York. Pete Turner photographed the cover with model Lena Kansbod (designed by Mr. and Mrs. Kansbod of Sweden). 3 PLAYBILL 11 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 24 MOVIES The Last Tycoon, Welcome to L.A., Voyage of the Damned reviewed. 28 BOOKS Gloria Emerson on Vietnam; John Dean on John Dean. 30 MUSIC Thoughts on the Stevie Wonder package; a look at the Porgy and Bess craze. 33 TELEVISION Roots due for marathon; Upstairs, Downstairs bows out gracefully. 34 ADVENTURES You, too, can learn about cross-country skiing—and dog-sled driving. 36 THE DOOMSDAY ARMY MICHAEL LEDEEN Our author stitches together all the evidence available and comes to the scary conclusion that there is, indeed, a well-financed army of terrorists. 37 WHAT, ME CRY? BRIAN VACHON The trials and tribulations of a grown man learning how to cry. 39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 47 PLAYBOY SEX POLL . . . HOWARD SMITH and BRIAN VAN DER HORST A new monthly feature in which our roving pollsters survey changing sexual attitudes and practices. 51 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: KEITH STROUP—candid conversation The founder and national director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) talks about drugs, drug-related legal hassles and his adventures, both political and personal, in trying to change America's criminal codes. 72 THE POSTCELLULOID TRISTESSE OF RAQUEL WELCH—personality O'CONNELL DRISCOLL An offcamera look at the great sex symbol—a profile of a very human Raquel. 76 THE TROLLS OF GOD—fiction JAMES POWELL Welch Rarebit P. 72 What happens when a monastery fields a football team. 79 THE LOVE FEAST—pictorial A man and a maid indulge their appetites. 84 CRAZY JOE MUST DIE!—article PAUL S. MESKIL An all-too-real version of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, about how the hit on Joey Gallo was planned, bungled and finally executed. 87 HAIR TODAY—grooming CHARLES HIX Everything you always wanted to know about the care and maintenance of hair. 92 STAR-STRUCK—playboy's playmate of the month Miss Stowe's first name is Star and it couldn't be more appropriate. 104 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 106 A VERY QUIET HORROR—article TAD SZULC Before he was assassinated, ex—Chilean foreign minister Orlando Letelier talked about the torture camps that now exist in his country. Here's an exclusive account of the Gulags of the Western Hemisphere. 109 ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE—attire DAVID PLATT A look at the latest and choicest in leather and suede. 115 GARP'S NIGHT OUT—fiction JOHN IRVING The wry adventures of the son of Jenny and the Ball-Turret Gunner, in which a randy neighbor lady gives our hero a hard time in more ways than one. 116 BLACK IS THE COLOR—modern living Everything from cigarette lighters to stereo speakers—in basic you know what. 118 THE MOTEL TAPES—part two of a new book MIKE MC GRADY More carryings-on behind closed doors. 121 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE PREVIEW—pictorial A look at some of the candidates for centerfold status. 129 THE BOOK OF COASTS—humor MARSHALL BRICKMAN A Biblical recasting of the New York City—Los Angeles rivalry. 131 ENGLISH MUSIC-HALL BALLADS—ribald classic 132 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial Inaugurating a new feature in which the editors compile an illustrated report on the progress and pitfalls of the sexual revolution. 143 KAPLAN'S PHALLUSIES—humor ERVIN L. KAPLAN 168 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 193 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Up-to-the-minute ,flashes on what's happening, where, how and with whom.