The Race Track Tragedy by G. F. T. Ryall. Ruffian was humanely destroyed after fracturing the sesamoid bones of her right front ankle early in the running of her match race with Foolish Pleasure at Belmont Park. Writer extends his sympathy to Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Janney, who owned Ruffian...

The Current Cinema HUMANISM BREAKS CAMP by Penelope Gilliatt. Full-column review of "Pierrot le Fou", the 1965 Jean-Luc Godard film. Twenty-three of his films are playing this summer at the Carnegie Hall Cinema...

Musical Events Aurora Borealis by Andrew Porter.

Profiles THE MAN FROM DREAM CITY by Pauline Kael. PROFILE of 71 yr. old actor Cary Grant. Writer gives detailed account of Grant's film career & discusses his acting style at length. He is the finest romantic comedian of his era. His shyness & reserve makes him glamorous & exciting. Tells about his sexual image & how it compares...

The Talk of the Town Two-Fisted Caropenters by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about the Omark 721 Powder Actuated Fastening Tool, which resembles a handgun and simplifies considerably the various dry-wall fastening tasks with which carpenters are increasingly concerned. Tells about how it's operated. The writer mentions the "Powder Actuated Fastening Systems Basic Training Manual," which is distributed by the...

Fiction Desecration by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Sofia, the Muslim wife of the Raja Sahib, committed suicide in a hotel room in Mohabbatpur 10 years ago. She was delicate & mysterious, keeping part of herself hidden. A convent girl, 30 years younger than her husband, Sofia lived with him in his house in isolation. Sofia read aloud...

The Talk of the Town Family Story by Mark Singer. Talk story about "The Adams Chronicle" public television's great Bicentennial undertaking, now being taped in "Adams House," a WNET/13 studio on West 54th St. The producers of the "Chronicles," which will include 13 episodes and recount 150 years of Adams-family history, invited friends and the press over to...

Books Freudian Slips by Robert Coles.

Letter from Thailand by Robert Shaplen. Thailand has a historic ability to adjust to any situation and change policies to suit prevailing foreign & domestic pressures. It is now faced with a combination of internal political dissension, economic strife, ever-increasing Communist insurgency in various parts of the country, & the need to adjust to new...

Fiction A Voyage by W. S. Merwin. Writer goes to old unused octagonal schoolhouse he used to pass as a child when riding with his parents to visit relatives. He stands inside it for the first time & becomes absorbed in noting the architectonics of the schoolhouse in detail. The light on the plaster reminds him of...

Comment by Ved Mehta. About India. Before the establishment of the British Raj, in 1858, anarchy and despotism had been pervasive. In fact, the most abiding tradition was that of an authoritarian, arbitrary government, personified as Ma-Bap (or Mother-Father), but Ma-Bep was more feared than loved, more remote and awesome than...

The Talk of the Town by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about the Jackson Five leaving Motown Records and Jamaica Kincaid’s report on a fan letter about Michael Jackson. She quotes a fan letter from an issue of “Right On!”, a publication for black teenagers. She tells why he is her favorite teenage idol. He is so cool that...

Poetry The Stone Wall Circling the Garden by Robert Pack. Instantly my fingers know surely...