58 ADMIRAL RICKOVER REGRETS:
The father of America's nuclear navy rakes over the defense establishment, laments
its corruption and near- uselessness, and describes his own role in a national
tragedy. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.
34 ALWAYS ALLIE
She blew back to the Windy City after a hot and sweet Sicilian sojourn, and found
there's no place like home—or the men in it.
24 HEALTH RIOT!
Health spas, gyms and racquet ball courts are the best place to score, according
to these young Californians. It's Nautilus but nice. Photography and text by Ed
Rasen.
50 THE SEVENTH GAME
Johnny Longboat's arm is gone, his career is going. It's his last World Series,
but he has one more game to make his mark on history. Roger Kahn, author of The
Boys of Summer, burns another one in. Illustrations by Peter Catalanotto.
72 PAT COOPER
The Vegas Avenger stalks celebrities with a single acid tongue and when Cooper
lets fly all the "stars" go on the run. Interview by Steve Rossi. Illustration
by Anthony Schiano.
30 CHARLIE DANIELS: THE AMERICAN DREAM
The Carolina country music star has a deep and abiding faith in America, but not
quite all of its citizens. Interview by Dolly Carlisle.
40 THE CASTING COUCH: ITALIAN STYLE
The movie extras of Rome are a sideshow unto themselves—beautiful, unscrupled,
sordid, sometimes sad and often insane. For the casting director, each day was
a descent into a comical Hell.
FEATURES
9 ANTHONY SCADUTO: Why the Mafia is falling apart
10 ALEXANDER COCKBURN: A murderously definitive list of missiles: theirs and ours
12 JAMES DALE DavidSON: Government: Closed for the day
75 ROCK & ROLL CONFESSIONS: Looking for a piece with Carmine Appice. By Mikael
Kirke.
109 THE PIG PAPERS: Miseries of American malehood — outlived & unloved.
By Todd McMullen.
DEPARTMENTS AND OUI GIRLS
4 LETTERS Shameless love — from our readers
17 OUI VIEWS The best of May: In film, records, television and books
88 CLOTHES In search of a shirt without an alligator. By Jack Hyde.
92 HI-FI Speak softly and carry a small tape.
53 ENCORE EKKORE OUI know what you need from this little French-Swede
62 FOREIGN FILM GIRL Rowan Moore: Always wanting more
81 JOYSTICK: OUI sees the electronic future, and it's already here. By Ed Rosenfeld
43 COVERGIRL NANCY TRAYLOR: HEE-HAW'S FARMER'S DAUGHTER
The latest addition to an all-jug repertory company, this hillbilly sex bomb's
cutesy curves caught the eye of a movie producer when she was a tender 15 year-old.
Since then it has been uphill. Nancy reveals all to Bob Crane. Photos by Dick
Zimmerman.
