"Why," you might ask "is the upper 1/3 of the front cover missing from this issue?" Well, gather round, children, for a short history lesson, regarding the subtle war between magazine & book distributors, versus newsstands and book retailers: Magazines, comic books and some paperback books have shelf expiration dates, after which the "out-of-date" stock is rotated out, and replaced by new stock. Before approximately the mid-1970s, distributors had arranged an easy deal by which retailers could be partially refunded for unsold periodicals, without overweight returns paid by the distributor: all that was necessary was to cut off the top third of the front cover of the magazine, comic book or paperback, as long as the title and date (if applicable) were clearly visible, & return those to the distributor; in addition, the retailers were to destroy the remainder of the magazines, comics & books. But some retailers figured out a way to have it BOTH ways -- cut off the title section to return to the distributor for a refund, but RESELL the magazine, comic book and paperback at 1/4 to 1/2 the cover price, sometimes in a bagged "bargain" lot. The distributors finally wised up; and now the ENTIRE front cover of magazines & paperbacks must be returned. Comic books are largely under a separate distribution system now, allowing NO returns; although some major bookstores still order their comic books from magazine distributors, which demand full front cover returns.
Contents:
Front Cover -- NELSON ROCKEFELLER, JACQUES CHARRIER, BRIGITTE BARDOT
Confidentially Speaking
Letters, We Get Letters (letters from readers)
How It Happened : Biggest Bargain In Hollywood (FRANK SINATRA & JULIET PROWSE) -- by EDWINA BAXTER
Gripe Of The Month (reader personal complaints about various items)
America's Biggest Mystery: Who Is Mrs. Murphy? (with photo of NELSON ROCKEFELLER)
One Night In Casablanca (with photo of MARTINE) -- by E. J. PRENTISS
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Loving BRIGITTE BARDOT -- by SAMSON REBALDI, Jr.
What It's Like To Be Married To BRIGITTE BARDOT : "Six Times I Tried To Kill Myself!" Says JACQUES CHARRIER (also with photos of HENRI CLOUZOT, SAMY FREY, ROGER VADIM)
ADLAI STEVENSON -- We Love You MMMadlai! (with photos of NATALIE WOOD, JUDY GARLAND, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, MAURINE NEUBERGER, JOAN FONTAINE, MARLENE DIETRICH) -- by K. N. PEEPERS
Nudist Camp U. S. A. -- Sun By Day, Fun By Night -- by KEN ARCHER
Eat All You Want -- And Lose Weight -- by W. B. MICHAELS
Married Today -- Free Tomorrow -- by MATT TREMONI
PORFIRIO RUBIROSA -- Who Donged The Ding-Dong Daddy? (with photos of ODILE RUBIROSA) -- by HARPER GENUS
Sex On Credit Cards -- by ERNEST CAMPBELL
WILLIE MAYS : Say Hey! How The Guy With Everything Got Plenty Of Nothin' (also with photo of MARGHUERITE MAYS) -- by BARNEY CONVERSE
TINA LOUISE Vs GINA LOLLABRIGIDA : Hollywood's Answer To Lollo Is A Lulu -- by AARON SNOW
Teen-Age Crome Schools -- by GABE PRESTON
The Taming Of The Shrews -- by A. P. Arey
The FATTY ARBUCKLE Rape Case -- A Rape Of Justice? -- by THOMAS DOVE
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