Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant.

A Reporter at Large I-THE CLOSING CIRCLE by Barry Commoner. REPORTER AT LARGE about how man abuses the natural resources available to him on earth. Anything which fails to fit into the ecosphere is a threat to its finely balanced cycles. Describes the various kinds of pollution now prevalent on the earth's surface--air, water & soil pollution. Writer states...

The Talk of the Town The Daily Mirror by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about the "Daily Mirror", a new N.Y. daily newspaper which is similar to the old N.Y. "Mirror", which ceased publication in 1963. Walter Winchell was a featured columnist in the old "Mirror" and it was said that the old paper served as 32 pages of wrapping for Walter...

Books by John Updike.

Books by John Updike.

Books by John Updike.

U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: GALLUP, NEW MEXICO DRUNKEN INDIANS by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about Gallup, New Mexico, a town noted for drunken Indians. Writer talks about the Long Walk of 1864, in which the American Government rounded up the Navajo Indian tribe, destroyed its homes & flocks, & kept it in captivity in an Army fort for 4 years. This has...

The Talk of the Town Hearing by Fred C. Shapiro. Talk story about the M.T.A., which recently held public hearings to determine the "environmental impact" of a proposed 2nd Ave. subway line, which, it is hoped, will begin operating in 1978. Since 1927, when Mayor J.F. Hylan proposed to the Board of Estimate a 1st Ave. subway, the E. Side...

Fiction "The High Ground, Or Look, Ma, I'm Explicating" by Peter De Vries. The author's wife told him that he should try to be more articulate in expressing his opinions about paintings & other forms of art, since he usually only mumbled & grunted. So he went to the other extreme & began to sound like a walking textbook when the discussion would...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. During the Attica uprising, millions of Americans were brought face to face with convicted criminals for the first time. Most of us were wholly unprepared for what we saw. These men had committed crimes, including violent crimes, had taken hostages whom they threatened to kill. They had led some of...

The Current Cinema This Unpopular Century by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "Wings", William Wellman's famous picture of 1927 about flying in the First World War. It has been publicly revived for the first time in 40 years. Writer tells about a telephone interview with Wellman, now 75...

The Race Track Viva Riva Ridge by G. F. T. Ryall. Eddie Arcaro, who brought in six winners of the Futurity, won his first event as an owner with Scotch Thorn, his one-horse stable, the first crack out of the box, in a claimer that followed the classic. He wasn't there to see it. Wrong Horse Harry wonders if Arcaro...

The Talk of the Town Information by Katharine S. White. When a lady phoned Medicare to discuss a claim she was told she was in the computer. The clerk told her that when she got out of the computer the office would be in touch with her and wished her a good day...

Fiction "The Elder Lady" by Jorge Luis Borges. Maria Justina Rubio de Jauregui was the last surviving daughter of any of the soldiers who had fought in the South American War of Independence, On Jan. 14, 1941, she was to be 100 years old. Her father, Colonel Mariano Rubio, fought in many famous battles, & died fighting in...

The Talk of the Town PAX Vobiscum by Ruth Greenstein. A placard placed in the elevators at the University of Texas at Austin reads: Emergency Instructions The failure of an elevator naturally causes inconvenience to passengers confined within elevator cars. No one has been injured in an elevator accident at the University of Texas. Please Remain Calm Report your trouble...

The Talk of the Town Ousmane Sembene by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about Ousmane Sembene, Senegalese novelist and filmmaker. The film deals with the influence of fetishism in African life...

The Talk of the Town Summit Meeting by G. D. Heller. The mystery of what the catcher says to the pitcher when he runs out to the mound in a crisis was partly cleared up for us the other day. "My son, George, is quite a pitcher," a father of our acquaintance told us, "and naturally Marge and I went up...

Poetry Listening To "Pearl" by Douglas Morea. There's more gloss in the sad perfection of her death...

Poetry Only Fitting by Jon Swan. Field mouse...

Poetry Trying To Pray by David Wagoner. My voice from its poor box...