26 The Police Vs. The Public?
Is "cop" a dirty word? Article by Bob Abel
30 Karen !
Fantastically well-proportioned ... cover girl, too
32 If JFK Had Lived
With words, art, and photographs
38 Jazz Rocks !
Author Leonard Feather will convince you
43 Direction : Primitive or Futuristic ?
Neckwear in a CAVALIER fashion
By John Leitzes
46 Randi Lind
Remember the name ... turn to page 46 to find out why
50 White Water Weekend
Idea for a summer lark
52 First Cause
Part II of Eric Norden's short story
57 Films On Campus : University of Iowa
Tom Fensch describes a haven for the avant-garde
63 Seasoned Silhouette
Into fall in a CAVALIER fashion
By John Leitzes
68 A Twist Of Lemon, And Thou ...
Or, how to mix 'em
70 James Wyeth : CAVALIER of the Month
Should you worry about how good you are?
73 Legacy Of Love Switzerland ...
and a surprise
A story by John Christopher
81 The CAVALIER Survey of Police Chiefs
Conducted by Bob Abel
85 Christine Again
A former center girl makes a new appearance
AUGUST INDEX The Columns:
6 PAUL KRASSNER'S FLICKS AND KICKS : Third National Film Festival : Prize Winners
Plus
12 ZONK ! Lawrence Lipton : The Politics Of Ecstasy Vs. The Politics Of Moneytheism
14 NOTHING IMPORTANT, Bill Helmer : A Low Bid For Immortality
19 SOUND SCENE, Jim Delehant: Electric Blues Guitar
22 KITCHEN BACHELOR, Donald Kramer : Herbs & Spices—II AUTOS:
10 250-P5
BOATING:
13 Making Headway
15 Lift Off BOOKS:
18 Fitness Gauge
20 Ye Gods And Little Fishes ! FILMS:
20 Script Assignment
25 Coming Attractions MUSIC:
9 DeSade Rock News
16 London's New R&R Bug
16 Records : New Releases
21 Minus The Singles PRODUCTS:
17 A Learn-In
19 These Novel Specs
20 Instant Barbecue
20 Personal Two-Way Radios
21 The Equalizer
23 Execu-Chair
24 Tired Of Orange Water? SCENE:
9 Further Out, Down Under
9 Tattletale Breath
18 No Comment Dept.
21 Executive Drinking Habits: A New Study TRAVEL:
17 Fui
20 Answers For Travelers WEARABLES, GROOMING:
9 Russian Claims Cure For Baldness
18 Swimwear, 1968: Mini, Midi, Maxi? DEPARTMENTS:
4 This Issue ... Contributors
5 Speak-Out : The Readers
96 Mary Pop-Op
EDITORIAL NOTE JFK ... and RFK
THESE FEW NOTES are written at the close of yet another dark American day, June
5, 1968. At Cavalier's office it was a day of problems and decisions; now at twilight,
they seem so unimportant. Yesterday, Andy Warhol's life was the subject of afternoon
headlines; today, it is RFK's. At this moment, six o'clock of an otherwise beautiful
June evening, both lives are in doubt.
In yesterday's New York Post Jerry Tallmer concluded his report of the Andy Warhol
shooting with these two paragraphs following a quote from John Wilcock: "Wilcock
is most impressed with Warhol's 'fantastic capacity to transform everything that
happens to him into something beneficial for him.' Or as some anonymous wit once
put it: 'Everybody exploits Andy —to Andy's own advantage.' "If his
luck holds, Andy Warhol may do just that, artistically, out of his present crisis
of deep disadvantage."
One day later, there are those who are suggesting the same "crisis of deep
disadvantage" might be exploited by a severely-wounded Robert F. Kennedy.
In the name of national sanity, one hopes both will live to have the choice to
do so—if they so wish.
These notes are written in haste, and inserted in this space, just twenty-four
hours before this issue begins its press run. These notes are prompted—in
such a last-moment fashion—by what Cavalier's editors hoped would be a major
feature in this issue: "If JFK Had Lived," beginning on page 32. Following
this morning's initial shock, the question was asked—here and elsewhere
around town, probably—"Should we pull the feature or change it in any
way?"
Our printer assured us we could make changes if material could be rushed to the
plant within a matter of hours. After some consideration of the options (a favorite
JFK word that somehow comes to mind this evening), we decided to let the JFK feature
stand—as is. It could have been replaced with two cartoons and a short story.
But Cavalier's basic premise for the feature, as stated on page 33, "moments
in the years that should have been his," could not be more appropriate today,
regardless of what tomorrow, June 6, 1968, and the days thereafter, may bring.
"I heard the news today, oh boy ..." quotes Bob Abel on page 28, in
his study of police and the public. "On the night that Martin Luther King
was killed," Abel begins his article ... and we can read no more—not
tonight.
Perhaps page 32 of this issue sums up, better than anything else, this evening's
hopes for the tomorrows ... especially the tomorrow following this June 5, 1968
.—Douglas Allen, Editor.
