Archive Table of Contents By People Staff Published on December 20, 1982 12:00 PM Share Tweet Pin Email ON THE COVER 98Joan Collins’ sexpot role has helped make Dynasty a prime-time power and vice versa, but coping with the near death of daughter Katy—and divorce rumors—is the gripping plot line at home UP FRONT 42 In a four-day fantasy, 300 aspiring beauties turn Las Vegas into a model city For Joan and Ted Kennedy, a stormy 24-year marriage ends calmly in Massachusetts L.A. policewoman Teri McKown goes undercover as a teenager and stings a group of high school drug dealers HAPPY 61A man named Santa Claus is alive and well and living in Southern California SCREEN 62Jim Metzler stars as Matt Dillon’s older brother in Tex and at home as a new bridegroom JOCKS 66Penn State’s cannon-armed quarterback Todd Blackledge is gunning for a national championship COUPLES 70Magician Doug Henning soars (and without wires, yet) in Merlin, his new show, but it was his bride, Debby, who put him on Cloud Nine ON THE MOVE 75Jean Marsh, the loyal Rose of Upstairs, Downstairs, turns to office politics on ABC’s 9 to 5 PAGES 89Arthur C. Clarke has his head in the stars, his feet in Sri Lanka and a best-selling sequel in 2010: Odyssey Two IN HER OWN WORDS 107Former Quiz Kid Ruth Feldman tells why being a gifted child isn’t as easy as it sounds PARTY 112Diana Ross, Raquel Welch and Robin Williams chow down with their favorite Tootsie GOING HOME 117Humorist Russell Baker revisits the meadows and dusty haunts of his rural Virginia boyhood WINNERS 122Canine contractors David and Greg Siegel are the top dogs in their trade IN THE MONEY 124A Christmas capitalist called E.T. sets visions of dollar signs dancing in merchandisers’ heads TO THE TOP 131A syndicated oldies show has made Al Ham a big cheese in radio HOST 137Cooking teacher Lydie Marshall sweetens the life of New Yorkers like Woody Allen with down-home French cuisine LOOKOUT 146Satirists John Freund and David Porter TUBE 149Rick Newman’s star began rising when he launched his comedy club STYLE 154Florence Eiseman cometh and designeth classy clothes for kids MAIL 4 PICKS & PANS 12 Lindsay Wagner stars as a former mental patient on CBS, and Perry Como visits Yuletide Paris on ABC Ever wondered what Ronald Reagan and Raquel Welch looked like in their high school or college days? The Celebrity Yearbook shows you Marvin Gaye is sublimely sensuous and soulful on his LP Midnight Love Dustin Hoffman turns into a woman in Tootsie, Paul Newman turns into a sleazy lawyer in The Verdict and Cher turns into an actress in Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean The season’s gift books range from elephants to the art of Rockwell Kent to the photographs of Linda McCartney STAR TRACKS 97 An Apocalypse reunites Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall D Princess Caroline steps out in Paris Roger Daltrey heads The Who’s Who in field hockey PEOPLE PUZZLE 104 CHATTER 156