The third and final stage for RAMPARTS MAGAZINE, when it remained a liberal news magazine, but with less stridency and fireworks.

Contents:

Hard Times:  Rocky Mountain Coal Fever (Mining Coal On Public Lands In Rocky Mountains) -- by JAMES RIDGEWAY

                     The Agri-Welfare Roll (Public Financing Big Agricultural Farms)

                     Acupuncture (Alternative Medical Practices) -- by FRANCES LANG

                     Nixon's Feudal Friends In Carolina (Republican Contributors In North Carolina) -- by ELIZABETH TORNQUIST

                     Mutual Frauds (Mutual Funds Scandals)

                     Mayday (Miscellaneous News Of Radical & Progressive Interest)

Foreign Reports:  ECUADOR : Birth-Controlling The People (Population Control In Latin America) -- by RACHEL COWAN

                             GUATEMALA : Food For Profit (Creating Markets For American Commodities, at US Taxpayer Expense) -- by TOM BODENHEIMER

                             AWOL In Japan (American GI Deserters) -- by ROBERT SKLAR

Contradictions (VIETNAM WAR Treaty Peace Talks) -- by CARL OGLESBY

Soul Kaleidoscope : Aretha At The Fillmore (ARETHA FRANKLIN & FILLMORE AUDITORIUM) -- by MICHAEL LYDON

The Making Of America's China Policy (Opening The Door To COMMUNIST CHINA) -- by DAVID HOROWITZ

Down And Out In London : The Common Market Dilemma (The Decline Of The Power Of British Markets) -- by ALEXANDER COCKBURN

Sickle Cell Anemia : An "Interesting Pathology" -- by MICHAEL G. MICHAELSON

Culture / Counter Culture : CHARLES PIERCE : Female Impersonator As Culture Hero(ine) (San Francisco Cross-Dresser) -- by JON STEWART

                                           Books : "WOMEN IN SEXIST SOCIETY:  STUDIES IN                                                                              POWERLESSNESS," edited by VIVIAN GORNICK & BARBARA R. MORAN -- reviewed by ROBERTA SALPER

                                           Records : "RELICS" by PINK FLOYD -- reviewed by DICK LUPOFF

                                                            "MAGGOT BRAIN" by FUNKADELIC -- reviewed by DICK  LUPOFF

                                           Sports : Drug Use By Athletes -- by JACK SCOTT

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