Comment Talk-Comment by Jonathan Schell. Part of talk-comment about a visit to Washington to investigate the tilting of the balance of power to the executive branch of govt. Interview with Sen. Muskie. Among the senators who had spoken of the danger to our system, Sen. Muskie had shown himself to be one of the...

The Current Cinema HUNGRY? by Penelope Gilliatt.

Fiction Percy Colclough and the Religious Girls by Leslie Norris. Tom Bevan & Percy Colclough worked in the mines in South Wales from the age of 14. For 4 yrs. their lives were marked only by an extraordinary sameness. They went over the mountain to the pit, worked for 8 hrs., came home, ate & slept. On Saturday & Sunday...

The Sporting Scene Tour D'Argent by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the Masters tournament, held in early April, in Augusta, Ga. It was won by Tommy Aaron. Writer contrasts the new golf pros with the old ones: Whereas the old golfers often lived life by ear, the new pros are characterized by their cool precision. Writer reminisces...

Profiles TRAVELS IN GEORGIA by John McPhee. PROFILE of Georgia biologist-ecologist Carol Ruckdeschel, of Atlanta. In her Atlanta house, where she stays for short periods, she keeps a myriad of unusual animals--snakes, hawks, etc. She and Sam Candler work for the Ga. Natural Areas Council, which sees to the discovery & preservation of wild areas...

The Theatre Off Broadway by Edith Oliver. The Manhattan Theatre Club at 73 St., west of First Ave. is an active theatre complex. Various plays run for a weekend or two or three in various auditoriums in the building. Writer mentions some plays she's seen. A festival of 20 plays by Off B'way playwrights will open on...

Fiction The Sans Souci Launderama by Gilbert Rogin. A man relates several incidents from his recent past. He inadvertently put salt on his banana pudding when eating a meal on an airplane. He is fond of numbers on watches but now they have been replced by slashes. He plays footsie under a table with a stewardess & realizes...

Poetry Four Poems by Osip Mandelstam. How dark it gets along the Kama...