IS THIS DEVICE THE NEW THALIDOMIDE? Its storyis clearly (cont.p.36) [ADVERTISEMENT] Please enclose checkor money orderto: QUEST: A FEMINISTQUARTERLY P.O. Box 8843 Washington,D.C. 20003 $900/year (4 issues) individuals $2.75 & .35(postage & handling) samplecopy $17.00/two years Name Address __________________ City State Zin MOTHER A MAGAZINE FOR THE REST OF US JONES NOVEMBER 1976• VOLUME I, NO. VIII FRONTLINES FEATURES ______________ ____ Page 5 Page 14 NEWS: D. B. Cooper, you can come in MINE THE MOON, from the cold; how to avoid paying taxes SEED THE STARS on bribe income; theTop Ten albums of all by Don Goldsmith time (no, not the Beatles or the Stones); Hello up there, Timothy Leary. What's the city that's still battling big oil. this new planof yours for getting us all into space colonies? Page 21 THE NEXT SIX VIETNAMS by Roger Rapoport The U.S. has been involved in 17 wars or military interventions since Pearl Harbor. Here's our educated guess at where some of the next 17 will be—and how they'llbe differentfrom any wars we've known so far. Page27 Werner is the kind of THE BOAT par heuser, Herzog GLASS-BOTrOMED personwho gives rise to legends. François by Paul West Truffaut considers him "the film- "It when out in the greatest began TobyFlankers, makeralive and working today." middle of Montego Bay in his glass-bot- tomed boat with two tourists, all of a sudden beganto stampbarefoot on one of THE ARTS COVER STORY the two panels." A shortstory. Page 51 FEMINISTS LOOK AT Page 36 MOTHERHOOD A CASE OF CORPORATE by AnnieGottlieb MALPRACTICE Until recently, women were writers or by Mark Dowie and Tracy Johnston seldom both. But now three ex- If think mothers, you you know thefull story of the ceptional books illuminate "the harsh yet DalkonShield, the IUD that has killed at beautiful terrain of modernmotherhood." least 17women, look again. Hereis our own reconstruction of how lies, shaky statistics Page 54 and sheer hucksterism helped a dubious A MIXED BAG OF FALL READING medical invention gross millions for its Short reviewsof half-a-dozen new books. corporate backers. The main character in thestory, ourinvestigative reporters found, Page 56 should go tojail for perjury. FILMS TO THROW POPCORNAT by Karen Stabiner COLUMNS Page 59 Page 11 ROCK Rx FROM DOCTOR ROLL MIAMIBEACH TRIESTO BE VENICE Page 32 by Ed Ward by Ann Banks MOON ART Can't find music you like anymore? Dr. The first installment of our new "Com- The art of Robert E. Moon: a portfolio of Roll suggestsa few records as remedies. munities" column. drawings. Page 13 Page 40 POETRY _________________ OF DIMPLES, HERZOG by LawsonFusao Inada (page 50); by Juliana DREAMS AND FLAMES by Sheila Bensonand Ma! Karman Mutti (page 53); by Chris Gilbert(page 58). 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'76), which I considering the often diffi- greatly enjoyed because it is cult position of fat people in an aspect of the cabins in this our society. mountain communitythat is Up until very recently I inescapable. People just was fat. The volume of ridi- came up here and made do cule, much of it verbal arid with what was available. Like public, whichI hadto endure Victorian mansions in Old might make you squirm. The West mining towns, these assumption of our society cabins will often have wood- - seems to be that fat -- - - people workand masonry that make — - - - - deservethis. Apparently,Mr. you step back andsay, "Wait Cober shares this assump- aminute; thatwas done with tion. Why? affectionand the artist/craftsman would fuss. No muss. No bother. Harding Many fat people are addictedto food dig its being appreciated." must be turning in his grave. in the sense that food can be used as a Could yod please correct the spelling Laverne Rison drug—as a temporary refuge from a of our town? People have a tendency to Basin, WY painful reality, an anaesthetic to calm pronounce it "Ruidosa," but that ain't the nerves. Compulsiveeating, like alco- it? the way she's wrote. Ruidoso—got [BIG DEAL) holism and drug addiction, is very likely W. C. "Buck"Meyer a disease and ought to be treated as Ruidoso,NM Dear Mother: Parker's on the Bicen- such, not with ridicule and mockerylike piece People's Mr. Cober's. [BOYS ON THE BUS) tennial Commission "paper chase" ex- was Make a I would like to suggest that your Dear Mother: posé great ("Let's Deal," magazine, which, I understand, is in- Congratulationsto Paul Hanson for a MJ Sept./Oct. '76). of we can more of that terested in the betterment social con- fine article on Ken Kesey ("Kesey Agon- Hope expect kind look condition of of in the future. it was ditions, take a at the istes: Did Hollywood Cuckoo Ken?" reporting Really, fat who could be defined to great. I only wish it had gone further. people, possibly MJ Sept./Oct. '76). Congratulations as a persecuted minority unfit for the Ken Kesey for a fine book. Fuck Saul Although I have mixed feelings about am sexual marketplace. Zaentz and Michael Douglas for being PBC, I truly sympathetic to what a Karen Iris Bogen so ungrateful. So they spent four years "movement group" has to go through Berkeley,CA making the movie; where would they to getmainstream media coverage. have been if it wasn't for Kesey's book in Jeff Stein [JIVE ON JAGGER] DC the first place? Washington, Dear Mother: drivin' that Ken.You've Keep bus, got I am offended by inaccurate journal- a lot more passengers than you think. [SHE'S SORRY] ism!!! Perry Gauntt Dear Mother: in reference to the blurb on the new Little Rock, AR Rest "A Magazinefor the of Us," you Rolling Stones album, Black and Blue say. but haveyou defined that audi- [OILY MESS] ("Mick Jagger Is Looking Black and ence yet? I think not. So far it's been Blue," MJ Dear Mother: stale commentaries Sept./Oct. '76), paragraph nothing more than two is in error! ! R. P.'s Frontlines article: "And the and rhetoric. entirely regurgitated It states: "Outrage has been a con- Oil Goes Round" (MJ Sept./Oct. '76) is I believe in new publications. I like and I ideas don't stant fenuinist reaction to Jagger and the provocative, hope my to support them. Contrary to what some Stones since the hit get buried under an avalanche of Rube friends and relatives felt about not be- song 'Midnight but let me add a Rambler,' which glorifies the Boston Goldberg inventions; coming a charter subscriber, I sent in and recreates the note. $8 and to Strangler rape/murder my hoped get my money's of Beverly Samans. 'Oh God, hit her Seems R. P. failedto mention that the worth. It's been a bit dull, a trifle oilmen their on head. rapeher. hang her....'" finally got sticky fingers preachy and, with the exception of one LIES!!! old Teapot Dome itself. Seems they or twoarticles, oflimited interest. were ringing the place with their pumps I'm sorry for the rest of us. a) "Midnight Rambler" was never and Uncle Sam decided they might as Joan Levine releasedas a single; b) it reminds/warns well lease it to them fair and square. No San Diego, CA of the Boston Strangler; c) it does not NOVEMBER 1976 2 An Honest Subscviption It's unfortunate. A good magazine is such a viable and unique product—a regular distillation of exceptional writ- ing, talent and art. It's unfortunate that readers often feel tricked into subscribing by clever gimmicks and sales techniques. We're MOTHER JONES. An honest magazine. The result of honest efforts of writers, photographers, artists and dedicated business folks. We're a non-profit publication that offers serious insights into today's most poignant dramas in politics, education and myriad sociological situationsaround the world. MOTHER JONESis about politics, literature, psychology, art, music (from the blues to Beethoven), joy, home- cooking, gardening, a fair amount of anger, and a good deal of dedication to making sure the 70's don't turn into the 50's—despitethe dedicated efforts of some to do so.