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Pg… 30 Investigative Report: Louisiana's Unshaken Mobster Boss: The Governor Promised a Cleanup, but Mafia Chieftain Carlos Marcello Still Runs Things His Way in a State Where He has Plenty of Friends in High Places. By David Chandler and LIFE's Investigative Reporting Team
Pg… 38 What Do You Do with $900,000,000?: Alaska's Oil Bonanza Gives It a Problem that Every State Should Have, by Dale Wittner
Pg… 48 A Victory for Beauty: With Some Human Help, the Mighty Trumpeter Swan Soars Back from the Edge of Extinction. Photographed by Vernon Merritt III
Pg… 59 The Good Witch of the West: Los Angeles' Official Sorceress Casts Only Kindly Spells
Pg… 62B The Doctors' Bitter Feud: Two Great Heart Surgeons Work Almost Side by Side in Houston?but no On Speaking Terms. The Texas Tornado vs. Dr. Wonderful, by Thomas Thompson
Pg… 76 Weird Water Toys: Amsterdam Offers Inflatable Bags, Pillows and Snakes that You can Walk On?or In
Pg… 4 Departments: The Presidency: Making Points with Civility. By Hugh Sidey
Pg… 8 Departments: Gallery: Ray K. Metzker's Photocomposition
Pg… 12–18 Departments: Reviews: Richard Schickel Writes About Dirty Language in the Movies
Pg… 12–18 Departments: Reviews: Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," Reviewed by Tom Prideaux
Pg… 26A Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 26D Departments: Column: Ten Long Minutes in Punchbowl. By Joan Didion
Pg… 47 Departments: Special Report: The Navy Versus Culebra. By Greg Walter
Pg… 81 Departments: Parting Shots: The Distinguished Gentlemen from Yesterday
