A Reporter at Large A SPORTY GAME IV-A HOLE IN THE MARKET by John Newhouse. REPORTER AT LARGE about the aircraft industry from the late 1960s to now. Tells about the troubles of the 747, built by Boeing, most of which concerned the engine, made by Pratt & Whitney. Boeing's survival was threatened, and then the market for 747s contracted. Dramatic steps, principally reduction of...

The Talk of the Town Lunch by Naomi Bliven. Talk story about a Sunday lunch program at All Angels' Episcopal Church, on 80th St. between Broadway and West End Avenue. During the past year, many New York City churches have been offering the needy free meals. Tells about how three regular parishioners round up a group of volunteers each...

Books Poets and Politics by Naomi Bliven.

Musical Events Small Screen by Nicholas Kenyon.

The Talk of the Town Asphalt Jungle by Mark Singer. Talk story about Anna Mae, a four-ton elephant from the Big Apple Circus, going to Staten Island on the ferry. She had to go there for some performances, and members of the press were invited along as observers. Paul Binder, the founder, director, and ringmaster of the Big Apple...

Fiction Neighbors by V. S. Pritchett. Frazier is a hairdresser from London, on vacation on the Atlantic coast to slough off his given name of Lionel. Returning to his hotel from a 2-mile walk, Frazier encounters Mrs. Morris, his downstairs neighbor from London, who is there with her son, Tom. Frazier is horrified to see...

The Talk of the Town Excellent by Alec Wilkinson. Talk story in conversation form about the 4-H Clubs of Nassau County's annual rocket meet, held recently in a parking lot called Mitchell Field, which is adjacent to the Hempstead Turnpike. Writer interviews three participants, age nine. First Kid: I'm not officially in the competition. My rocket's too big...

Obituary by John McPhee. Obituary of New Yorker editor Robert Bingham, who died on Friday, June 18, 1982, at age 57...

Comment by Mark Singer. A friend has sent us a report about some recent developments on his block in Chelsea. A few months ago, someone who was passing through his neighborhood decided to pass through one of his apartment windows at 4:30 AM. He and his wife and son live on the second floor...

Our Local Correspondents Two-Man Show by Whitney Balliett. OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS about Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, who have been a comedy team on radio and television for thirty-six years. The Museum of Broadcasting, on East Fifty-third Street, is holding a retrospective of their work. The retrospective is twenty-five hours long, and is presented in...

The Theatre NOWHERESVILLE by Brendan Gill.

Poetry Far and Away by Mark Jarman. For nights like this they forgot the continent...

Poetry Valentine by Stanley Plumly. In summer they bunched like fruit, green...