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Contents

Vol. 6, No. 16

FEATURES

Issue 154

YES AND NO Finding alternatives to bureaucracy and lies. More HTLV-III without AIDS. Solid advice from a reader with ARC on the search for alternate therapies.

By Ann Giudici Fettner.. NON-COMPROMISING

POSITIONS Rosemary Kuropat of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force talks about the

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COLUMNS

STARTS DONAL

ache future INSEST SUNDAY'S MAGAZINE

DAILY NEWS

NEW YORK'S PICTURE NEWSPAPER

Judy Meter

GAYS, YES;

CONTRAS, NO

At Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village last night, citizens celebrate City Council's passage of a gay rights bill. In another controversial vote, the House turned down and package for contra rebels in Nicaragua. Pages 3 and 5 Threats halt sale of Van Arsdale's son Contac, 2 other drugs wins top labor post

Pasta $5

Accuser fails to appear as witness against Gotti

BOOKS

March 31, 1986

NEWS

By Barry Adkins and Christine Guilfoy.

By Robert Hilferty and

Mark Halleck.

FILM

By John Morrone and

Dee Sushi.

.41

THEATER

EDITORIAL

By David J. Gersten and

LETTERS

Tish Dace..

.43

CARBON COPIES

MUSIC

BARBANES.

By Ivan Martinson..

.44

CITY DESK

DANCE

By Barry Adkins.

By Robert Sandla and

OBITUARIES

Gary Parks..

.45

CABARETS

CAUSING TROUBLE

By Laura Cottingham.

By Michael Shepherd.

.47

CLASSIFIEDS

STONEWALLING

By Thomas J. Jackson..

SECOND SECTION.

.53

GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

FOR LOVERS ONLY

.56

By Tom Hachtman.

THE PERSONALS.

.59

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

CROSS COUNTRY.

.61

By Bill Cullum.

.35

COCKTAIL ASTROLOGY

SEX

By Michael Jay.

Edited by Boyd McDonald..

.38

By John Heinerman and

ON THE COVER: Photo by Bill Cullum.

Anson Shupe..

THE HEXAGONAL POET James Merrill celebrates his

60th birthday, in Key West.

organization, civil rights, and the gay movement.

By John A. Fall..

THE MORMON CORPORATE EMPIRE

Excerpts from a new book that exposes the Mormon Church's plans for the world:

The Emerging Kingdom

of the Saints.

By J. D. McClatchy.

NEWS

NATIONAL NEWS

Edited by John A. Fall..

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