PLAYMATE: Chris Koren

COVER: Barbie Benton

PICTORIALS: Hefner's one-time runabout, Barbie Benton in an explicit 9-page pictorial; Bunny of the Year contest pictorial; Girls of the movie "Julius Caesar."

INTERVIEW: Ray Charles

FEATURES: fiction by Irwin Shaw, "Rudolph in Moneyland"; Alvin Toffler; article, "Revolution" by Jules Siegel; 2-page VARGAS GIRL: "Open Red Raincoat"; Jules Feiffer cartoon "Heartline."

PAGES: 238