Sweethearts #71

This issue contains multiple romantic stories. The opening story features a woman who has learned to cook and finds joy in domestic life with her partner, though she struggles with memories of a former romance. "The Happiness and Heartbreak of Vicki Carter: The Crisis," Chapter II by John Messman, follows nurse Vicki Carter at Davisville General Hospital, where young doctor Pete Reed asks her to oversee the children's playroom; when a child named Billy collapses during a birthday party, Vicki is blamed by the stern Miss Bruter, the Women's Matron, who threatens her job and suggests Vicki caused the boy's heart condition. "Love Was a Game" depicts Paula, who treated love as a game until meeting Clark Handsome, a serious man employed at the Big Ace Chemical Plant; through tears and heartbreak, Paula realizes she has truly fallen in love and can no longer play games with her own heart.