Penthouse September 1978

COVER Kate Simmons, Photo by Bob Guccione 6 HOUSECALL Introduction 8 FORUM Correspondence 26 FEEDBACK Opinion 35 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 43 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Marilyn Stasio 45 SCENES Nick Tosches 46 FILMS Roger Greenspun 48 WORDS Robert Stephen Spitz 49 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 52 BITTER HARVEST—PART ONE. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FARMER Article by David Harris 59 GARDEN OF EARTHY DELIGHTS Pictorial by Malinowski 70 THE OLYMPIC NIGHTMARE Article by Robert Stephen Spitz 76 AMTRAK BLUES Article by John Maybury 84 GROWING UP BLACK Article by Josh Alan Friedman 91 KATE Pet of the Month, Photos by Bob Guccione 106 DEFENDING CARTER Essay by James E. Lee 108 THE UN-AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Humor by Bill Lee 118 SEPTEMBER SONG Fiction by James P. Girard 124 STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DARRELL MCGRAW Interview by Richard Ballad 131 THE HAPPY UNHOOKER Humor by Carole Bovoso 136 PET OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP Pictorial by Earl Miller 150 NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY Fashion by Ed Emmerling 155 PHARAOHS CHICKEN Fiction by Michael Dreyfuss 159 DO YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WOMEN? Quiz by Frank Donegan 181 GROOM AT THE TOP Service 188 OH, WICKED WANDA Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton