 | Playmate of the Month: Deborah Borkman, photographed by Phillip Dixon Declaration of Independence | Our July Playmate discovers there’s nothing wrong with Painesville, Ohio, that leaving it won’t cure |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Selected Short: Forbidden Words, by Thom Racina | |
| Selected Short: Forbidden Games, by Garry Wills | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
| The Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: Karl Hess | A candid conversation with the former Goldwater advisor turned left-winger who now pays no taxes, lives by barter and preaches red-white-and-blue anarchy |
 | Memoir: Born on the Fourth of July | An ex-Marine sergeant brings you as close to the searing horror that was Vietnam as you’re likely to get, by Ron Kovic, illustrated by Greg Wray |
 | Personality: The Fire This Time | Gil Scott-Heron has been called the black Bob Dylan. He doesn’t appreciate it, by Vernon Gibbs, illustrated by Eraldo Carugati |
 | Pictorial: Jayne’s Girl | For years Jayne Marie Mansfield lived in the shadow of her famous mother. Now she’s letting the sunshine in, photographed by Dwight Hooker |
 | Humor: Art Buchwald’s Special Commemorative Bicentennial Souvenir Album | For the first time anywhere, new historical evidence shows what went on behind the scenes in our madcap colonial days, by Art Buchwald |
 | Personality: Excuse Me, Do You Know Who Lily Tomlin Is? | You could start by asking Ernestine or Edith Ann, but they probably wouldn’t know, either, by Louise Bernikow |
 | Humor: So You Want to Be a Sex Object? | Alas, there’s more to being ogled by ladies than meets the eye, by G. Barry Golson, illustrated by John Collier |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Fiction: Last One Out | It was a sensational publicity stunt — but there was more than coconuts on that island, by David Ely, illustrated by David Beck |
 | Food: Hot Dog! | Smile when you call it junk food, pardner. This year that’s downright subversive, by Emanuel Greenberg, illustrated by Dennis Michael Magdich |
 | Attire: City Shorts | Where can the Steelers’ front four wear shorts? Anyplace they want to, photographed by Bill King |
 | Article: Playboy’s History of Assassination — Part 7: No End to the Madness | The concluding chapter — as of this bicentennial year — to the nation’s bitterest legacy: the killing of Robert Kennedy, the near-fatal shooting of George Wallace and the attempts on Gerald Ford, by James McKinley, illustrated by Vincent Topazio |
 | Pictorial: Kris and Sarah | In a scene of electrifying erotic intensity, Kristofferson and Miles make love for the movie cameras — and for “Playboy” |
 | Pictorial: The Soul of Sarah | Life explorer, consummate actress and aspiring poet, Miles is — to say the least — singular |
 | Ribald Classic: Gawain and the Scarlet Lady | From a medieval Arthurian romance, retold by Michael Laurence, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Modern Living: The Playboy Boat Stable | A something-for-everyone pleasure fleet guaranteed to get you in a watery groove, by Brock Yates |
 | Fiction: A Feast of Snakes | Berenice Sweet didn’t know what true love was — it took the boss rattler to show her, by Harry Crews, illustrated by Richard F. Newton |
 | Attire: Lookin’ Good | Three smart ways to make it through the summer, by David Platt, photographed by Alberto Rizzo |
 | Humor: Poor Rowland’s Almanack | Proverbs for two hundred years after, by Rowland Wilson |
 | Personalities: On the Scene (Bernie Mitchell, Tony Bill, Chevy Chase) |
 | Playboy Potpourri | People, places, objects and events of interest or amusement |
 Alden Erikson |  Bernard Kliban |  Buck Brown |  Don Madden |
 Eldon Dedini |  Francis Wilford Smith |  Gahan Wilson |  John Dempsey |
 Michael Ffolkes |  Edmond Kiraz |
 Oui ad |  Playboy Book Club ad |  Playboy Club ad |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Victoria Cunningham) |
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