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