A Reporter at Large THE BIGGEST EVENT THIS YEAR by George W. S. Trow. REPORTER AT LARGE about the wedding of black singer Sly Stone at Madison Square Garden. Designer Halston created the clothes for the entire wedding party, which consisted of not only Sly and his bride Kathy Silva, but Sly's mother, Mrs. K. C. Stewart, Kathy's mother, Mrs. William Silva, Sly's three...

Profiles II-VISCERAL LEARNING by Gerald Jonas. PROFILE of Dr. Neal E. Miller, professor of physiological psychology at Rockefeller University. It is now an established fact that human beings can learn to control their glands and internal organs by direct or indirect means. The common principle, in Miller's view, is the tendency of all higher organisms to...

Fiction Afternoon in Summer by Sylvia Townsend Warner. In England, Sally and her husband, Willie, had rented a small place for the summer. Sally was reading a book while Willie was working on his studies. Suddenly he realized that he was hungry. The refrigerator was almost bare: they split up what was left in it, then decided to...

The Talk of the Town Pageant by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about the 2nd annual Miss Black Teenage America Beauty Pageant and U. S. Teen Revue. The pageant took place at the Felt Forum...

Fiction Naga by R. K. Narayan. In India, a boy's father had a cobra, Naga, which he had taught to perform. Every day he went to the markets with the snake & returned with a few coins & some food. The boy had followed his father ever since he could walk & since he was 10...

Letter from London by Mollie Panter-Downes. Tells about "This Is Whitechapel," an exhibition of photographs of the district & the people who live there by Ian Berry at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, down in E.I. Tells about the history of the gallery founded in 1880 by Rev. Samuel Barnett. In the 17th century, the Huguenots came...

The Current Cinema by Penelope Gilliatt. Reviews "And Now for Something Completely Different," based on the B.B.C.-TV weries called "Monty Python's Flying Circus;" also, a movie called "Alf 'n' Family" which began on English TV...

Dept. of Amplification by Jerome Kretchmer. DEPT. OF AMPLIFICATION. Environmental Protection Administrator Kretchmer takes issue with criticism by Prof. Cyril Harris, in PROFILE, June 17, by Bruce Bliven, of the proposed New York City Noise Control Code, which is to be voted on by the City Council in the next few weeks. If the Council passes...

The Talk of the Town The Met by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about preparations for the opening of the Metropolitan Opera and a new production of "Carmen." Bodo Igesz, a talented young directorial assistant to the late Goeran Gentele, will direct "Carmen...

The Talk of the Town Night Ride by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about an All-Bronx Insomniacs Bicycle Tour sponsored by the Friends of Central Park and Prospect Park. It took place last Sunday in the Bronx started at 2:30 a.m. and lasted until well past dawn. A hundred people participated...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

Comment by William Shawn. Now it's Fat Alberts. On August 11th, the 3rd Battalion of our 21st Infantry - the last unit of American ground combat troops - was withdrawn from Vietnam. The "Post" ran a headline that read, "GROUND WAR IS OVER FOR G.I.S IN VIET." The same day, our Air Force began what its...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. His Key to the Mint won the Travers Day Stakes at Saratoga. Also Mellon's Mill Reef might go to the Prix de l'Arc de Tiomphe in Paris in October...

Poetry August by Ted Walker. It was a slow...

Poetry Flowers by Carolyn Maisel. After a lot of sleep it is difficult...

Poetry Four Songs by William Heyen. In my first song I found...