The Talk of the Town by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a white-tie rock-and-roll party at the Plaza given by Warner Brothers Records to promote a record by Procol Harum called "Grand Hotel". Describes the attire of some of the 200 guests and mentions some of their names...

Musical Events Cornerstone by Andrew Porter.

Fiction The Rescue by V. S. Pritchett. A story set in an English town, in summer, told by a 16-year-old girl. Her tall brother and his taller friend George came down from Cambridge. Mother was putting on the annual Pageant: "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" & they all had parts. Mother...

The Talk of the Town Two Musical Gatherings by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about the concert at Philharmonic Hall by country-music singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette...

The Race Track Now for the Wood by G. F. T. Ryall. Secretariat won the Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct last Saturday. Mrs. John Tweedy accepted the Gotham Stakes trophy in behalf of the Meadow Stable from Eddie Arcaro...

The Current Cinema "The Poor Don't Care What They Look Like" by Penelope Gilliatt. In a review of "State of Siege", Constantin Costa-Gavras new film, writer quotes a numberof remarks made to her lately in answers to questions about Latin America. Though the film is nominally about Uruguay it concerns the whole continent, and also paternalism, foreign investment, questions of public responsibility, and...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. A few weeks back, in a radio address, the Pres. announced that he had a plan for the "modernization" of justice in America. By "modernization" he by no means meant, he wanted the public to understand, a "soft" program for dealing with crime. He meant, in part, the death penalty...

The Talk of the Town Writer by Lillian Ross. A 7-year-old boy named Erik came home from school in high spirts and told his mother he had been writing a story in class. "Do you want to hear what my story is about?" Erik asked his mother. "Sure", she said. The child recited a longish story about...

Around City Hall Are You Enjoying This? by Andy Logan. The jockeying among would-be candidates for mayor was heightened this year by the suggestion that former Mayor Robert Wagner might be amenable to a draft from the Republican and Liberal Parties. At the St. Patrick's Day parade former Mayor Wagner was the focus of attention since, a few days...

The Theatre HOMUNCULI by Brendan Gill.

Letter from Manila by Robert Shaplen. In the Philippines, Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos says his "constitutional authoritarianism" will create a "democratic revolution from the center" & thus save the country from an entire spectrum of political, social, & economic evils. Some of these are regarded as exaggerated by Marcos, and others are acknowledged to be real...

Annals of Law I-IN CRIMINAL COURT by Richard Harris. ANNALS OF LAW about justice in the criminal court system. Writer spends a day in the court of Boston Municipal Court Chief Justice Elijah Adlow, who recently retired after nearly 45 years on the bench. His court, the 73rd district court, handles all crimes that occur in the downtown section...

Fiction Mr. Parker by Laurie Colwin. The writer, an adolescent girl, takes piano lessons from Mr. Parker, who commutes to a job in Wall St., & gives lessons on the side - for pleasure. She loves the Victorian house where the Parkers live. Mrs. Parker dies suddenly in October. The girl continues her lessons, after a few...

The Talk of the Town Background by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk story about N.Y.U.'s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library and Study Center. It was designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster...

Poetry Snake Hunt by David Wagoner. On sloping, shattered granite, the snake man...

Poetry Unpredictable But Providential by W. H. Auden. Spring with its thrusting leaves and jargling birds...