U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA THE GLAMIS RUN by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about dune buggies which travel near a crossroads called Glamis, in the desert in south-eastern Calif. Members of a club called Los Adventureros come from Los Angeles to the sand dunes in Imperial County for what they call "the Glamis run". A run is a trip, usually...

Books by Winthrop Sargeant.

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

A Reporter in Washington A REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I-AUTUMN NOTES by Elizabeth Drew. REPORTER in the form of a journal, dated Sept. 5 to Oct 25, 1973, telling of events in Wash. & reactions to them. The week before Judge Sirica ruled that the Pres had to turn over to him 9 tapes subpoenaed by Spec. Pros. Archibald Cox. The Pres. was planning...

Our Footloose Correspondents Comment by Berton Roueche. One of our occasional correspondents, an investment banker who spends much of his time in the country, has sent us an end-of-winter report. "This was early last Saturday morning," he writes. "I had just got out of bed & was putting on my robe when I heard the...

The Talk of the Town Double Dutch by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about NY's first Double Dutch Skip Rope Championship Finals held at Intermediate School 10, on West 149th St. At the event the writer spoke with 11 yr. old Twana Hardman, a dynamite skipper. Twana had just shown up Pia Lindstrom, the TV newswoman. Twana & a couple of...

Fiction Come Down To Queue by Peter De Vries. The writer is padding through East Side mid-Manhattan when he runs into his friend, Artie Pringle, who is standing on a day-long line in the rain waiting to see "The Exorcist" at the Cinema I. He asks Artie why he wants to see the movie knowing that it...

The Talk of the Town Happy, Hemispherical Birthday by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a birthday party given for Dr. Robert E. Ornstein, author of "The Psychology of Consciousness," at his home in Los Altos, Calif. Hornbacher is a graphic designer and co-author of the book, "An Everyday Guide to Your Health." She is also a practitioner of a system...

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

The Talk of the Town Steiniana by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk story about a current exhibition, "A Tribute to Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946" at the Grolier Club which was attended by the writer prior to its opening, when everything was being installed. Quotes from James R. Mellow's new biography of Miss Stein called the "Charmed Circle...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. Review of "Conrack", directed by Martin Ritt, adapted by the busband-and-wife team of Irvin Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. from Pat Conroy's book "The Water Is Wide". Discusses the book and the writer...

Fiction The Favorite by Edna O'Brien. Tess is the favorite and much-admired daughter of a middle-income Irish farmer. She is adored by her family and the village people for her beauty and sweetness. In her teens she goes off to a convent where she is liked by everyone. Tells about her first two romances...

The Talk of the Town Boycott by Wallace White. Talk story about a demonstration for whale conservation in front of the offices of Aeroflot, at 45th St. & 5th Ave. where signatures were wanted on petitions that would be sent to Japan & Russia, the countries that continue killing the endangered species. A mock-up blue whale, about 8...

Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant.

The Talk of the Town Squash for All by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about squash racquets, a game which involves bashing a little rubber ball around the walls of a boxlike room with a racquet. Writer visited the Fifth Ave. Racquet Club which occupies the 8th floor of a loft building a block south of Lord & Taylor. Up to now...

Poetry Reading Late At Night, Thermometer Falling by Robert Penn Warren. In his mind's eye the poet sees his dead father, read...