Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant.

Books by Naomi Bliven.

The Talk of the Town Dayliner by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about the maiden voyage of the "Dayliner," the Hudson River Day Line's new ship, and comments by a passenger, Ernest M. Frimbo, the world's foremost railroad fan. The "Dayliner", which costs $3 1/2 million, replaces the old sidewheeler, "Alexander Hamilton," now a permanent exhibit at the South Street...

The Sporting Scene PEBBLE BEACH by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the 1972 U.S. Open, played at the Pebble Beach Gold Course and won by Jack Nicklaus. Tells about the course and the match...

Fiction Bobby Shaftoe by Eli Waldron. This is a satire on the chess match about to be held in Iceland between U.S. champion Bobby Fischer and Russian champion Boris Spassky. In this imaginary story the Uzbek champion Serendipovitch defeats the American chess champion Bobby Shaftoe in a match held on one of the Galapagos Islands...

The Talk of the Town Hearing by Victor Chen. Talk story about one of the regional hearings to gather opinions for the writing of the Democratic Party platform. This one was held a week or so ago at the Graduate Center of the City University of N.Y. (The Dem. National Committee arranged for 12 such hearings to be held...

Comment by Faith McNulty. A friend of ours has sent us a clipping with a note saying that at last she had found something hopeful in the "Times". In her note our correspondent said, "In the first days of June, when I was a child, we went to my grandmother's in Rhode Island for...

Annals of War VIETNAM II-SOVEREIGN OF DISCORD by Frances FitzGerald. ANNALS OF WAR about S. Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem, from 1955 to 1963. Tells about Diem's rise to power & his Catholic background. Through a 2-year stay in the U.S. in 1950-52, Diem won American support & received large-scale aid after he assumed power. American officials urged...

The Current Cinema by Penelope Gilliatt. Lengthy review of the Louis Malle documentary film "Phantom India", which is being shown in seven segments, along with successive feature films at the New Yorker theatre...

Fiction In The Summerhouse by Elizabeth Cullinan. One sunny Sunday afternoon Mrs. Ganley, with her daughter, Angela, visits her husband in a mental institution. He had had a nervous breakdown after getting himself badly in debt. Before they see Robert Ganley, there is an interview with the psychiatrist, Dr. Laszlo. They talk about the relationship between the...

The Talk of the Town I Can! by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Stanley Arnold, 57, the only hitherto nonpolitical person actively seeking the Vice-Presidency. He is a Democrat, & by profession, a marketing consultant-a businessman who thinks up bright ideas for other businessmen. He announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Vice-Pres. on May 14...

Poetry Collage by Edwin Brock. I have made...