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Issue Date: January, 1969; Volume LXXI No. 1. Whole No. 422
IN THIS ISSUE:-
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COVER: 8th Annual Dubious Achievement awards! To Mayor Daley for the quote of the year: "The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder."; To the outraged cop who discovered a new kind of sin in a New York funhouse: "It was like a Roman orgy -- some of them were even eating grapes!"; To rock bands everywhere whose noise, scientists say, are turning our teenagers deaf. More winners, page 53.

[SEE PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THIS ISSUE, BELOW!]

THE OUTSIDE TRACK:ESQUIRE'S EIGHTH ANNUAL DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS... The mouth-watering year 1968, open and shut.

ARTICLES:
SWEET JULIE... A portrait of Miss Julie Andrews along with a self-portrait of the author ... Helen Lawrenson. [Article, plus painting by Ralph Williams Williams, SEE PHOTO BELOW!]
MASTEN GREGORY LIVES!... Of a considerable company of great race drivers, only he is left ... Ken Purdy. "After sixteen years of car racing and seven serious crashes, his life may be his greatest work of art."
JUDY FLOATS... She's still there, along with the rainbow: pie in the sky realized ... William Goldman. "There are many tides in the affairs of Judy Garland, and many queer fish caught in the undertow." Full page painting by Richard Hess.
7,000,000 AMERICAN WOMEN TAKE THE PILL. VERY SOON NOW IT WILL BE YOUR TURN ... Leslie Aldridge.
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BLACK DOG... His greatest enemy was England's best friend ... Anthony Storr.
COMPUTERS ON THE BRAIN... To understand that there are many kinds is only the beginning ... Martin Mayer.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ERIC JULBER OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA... With opinions on opinions.

FICTION: THE COVE... The perfection of the place joined the denouement ... Gina Berriault.

BIRTH OF A (BLACK) NATION:
WE WANT GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA -- RIGHT AWAY.
WE ALSO WANT FOUR HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS BACK PAY... Separatism command ... Robert Sherrill.
MEET THE PRESIDENT... He's Robert F. Williams, of the not so illusive Republic of New Africa.
MILTON HENRY, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, TALKS ABOUT THE REPUBLIC OF NEW AFRICA.
... AND THE CABINET... The ten ministers, including venerable Queen Mother Moore.
WHITEY S REACTION... From a grudging yes to an oh, no, no, no to the usual confusion ... Robert Sherrill.
EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MO... A new nation is empowered to choose who stays within its borders.

EAT, DRINK AND BE ELEGANT THE WHILE:
HOW TO GET A GREAT DRINK AT A GREAT BAR... Be confident. Be knowledgeable. Depart from the usual.
ORDER THE RIGHT DRINK AT THE RIGHT TIME IN THE RIGHT PLACE. GIVE INSTRUCTIONS. BE FIRM.
HOW TO GET A GREAT MEAL AT A GREAT RESTAURANT... Experience concentrated in one lesson ... Roy Andries de Groot.

THE NEW BARDS:
UP PARNASSUS WITH THUD, EROS, THE GOOD RATS, ETC... The strummers and string pullers.
THE PRODUCER... He brings together art and power not alone for money. Tom Wilson in The Loft. Clive Davis and Clients; Jack Wiedenmann and Associates.
A LITTLE TREASURY OF MODERN VERSE... And the poetic-looking creators.

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: TWELVE POWERFUL MEN OFFER A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WEARABLES:
RESORT WEAR: CARRYING COALS TO CAPRI... A merican sun fashions are a perfect foreground for this background.
THE CAFTAN CUTS A SWATH ON CAPRI... Caftans for men, full length, utilitarian and smashing.
AND, THEN, THERE WERE THE KNITS.. .Maremoda '69 displayed these best from Italy and America.
ONE MAN S MOTIF ON CHAIN-CRAZY CAPRI. -. It's red and blue with steel.
JUMP SUITS AND SEE-THROUGH SHIRTS... The functional for the former, the far out the latter.
ITALIAN IMAGINATION... Two groups of coordinated fashions; interpreting the "unisex" theme.
GIFTS: SENSATIONS AND SENSIBILITIES... A page of illuminations, one of scents, and two at random.
DEPARTMENTS:
Publisher's Page: BUSINESS AND THE ARTS.
POLITICS ... John Leonard.
THE SOUND AND THE FURY.
BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE.
FILMS ... Wilfrid Sheed.
RECORDINGS ... Martin Mayer.
TRAVEL NOTES ... Richard Joseph.
FASHIONS:WHERE TO FIND THEM IN YOUR VICINITY.
TALKING SHOP; SHOPPING FINDS.
Credits: The photograph of Julie Andrews on page 63 is through the courtesy of Twentieth Century-Fox. The photo of Masten Gregory on page 65 is by Tom Burnside. The photo of Robert F. Williams on page 73 is by Robert Cohen of Globe Photos, and all photos on page 77 are by the United Press International. For photographic credits on pages 53 through 61, see page 168.

FULL PAGE vintage ads include:
FORD; Arpege; No 5 CHANEL; BUDWEISER; CADILLAC; Helena Rubinstein; 1969 AUSTIN America (2 pages!); MORE!




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