| Departments | |
| 5 | Publisher's Letter |
| 7 | Comment |
| 10 | Around Town By Pat Phillips Oliver |
| 46 | At The Galleries |
| 51 | Civic Report By Phil Stone |
| 53 | On The Greens By Dick Hyland |
| 57 | Business Briefs |
| 58 | Dining Out |
| 60 | May Calendar |
| Special Interest | |
| 41 | Debbie Reynolds Talks To The Girl Scouts |
| 44 | Bill Bender: The Sky's The Limit |
| Features | |
| 18 | The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway By Mary St. Lawrence |
| 22 | Freddie Beavers: Maintenance Magician By Bill Gilson |
| 23 | Tram Boss Eyes Cable-car Future |
| 26 | Don Landells: Two-year Airlift By Lisa Sentelle |
| 29 | Mt. San Jacinto Winter Park Authority |
| 33 | Wedding In The Sky |
| 37 | Dining At The Top Of The Tram |
| 39 | Robert Waggoner: Alpine Caretaker |
ABOUT THE COVER: Sunrise view of a Palm Springs Aerial Tramway cable car high above the Coachella Valley was photographed by J. R. Eyerman, crack photographer for LIFE Magazine. The ride-to-the-sky project comprises the longest single-span tramway.