The New York Times Magazine June 13, 1976 Central Park Life & Culture VG


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The magazine is in very good condition, showing only light edge wear. The photos show the exact item you will receive. Please review all pictures for full condition details. Combined shipping is available. Each issue ships in a protective plastic sleeve.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover
Sunday in Central Park. For city dwellers it’s an Edenic release.
Photographs by Elliott Erwitt

4 Sunday Observer
New good ole boy
By Russell Baker

9 The pill turns twenty
Over the past two decades, 30 million women have found the oral contraceptive effective, convenient and aesthetically satisfying. But can they be sure it’s safe?
By Paul Vaughn

10 Why they love Earl Butz
Prosperous farmers see him as the greatest Secretary of Agriculture ever. But critics charge that his grain deal will ignore the world’s hungry and hurt the American consumer.
By James Risser and George Anthan

12 Alive and together in the park
For a few weekend hours, New Yorkers manage to enjoy themselves in their diverse ways and shake off the city’s paranoia.
By Theodore Solotaroff

14 Mexico elects a symbol
José López Portillo is going through the ritual of campaigning for the presidency. He has no public opponents, but serious concern over his intentions is circulating in private.
By Alan Riding

24 Letters
On atheism, puzzle solving and artificial insemination.

30 Crazy Angelo meets the Preacher
There are two million illegal guns floating around New York City—and there’d be more if it weren’t for the undercover agents of the little-known A.T.F.
By Allan J. Mayer

56 Fashion
Paul Poiret: Couturier extraordinaire
By Waverley Root

59 Yesterday’s fashion fits today
By Phyllis Feldkamp

62 Food
Curiosités culinaires
By Jacques Pepin

64 Design
Country auctions
By Rita Reif

74 Puzzles
Last week’s answers, Page 77

79 Endpaper
101 things to love about New York City
By Glenn Collins

Picture credits, Page 78

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