Fiction Over By the River by William Maxwell. Scenes from the life of the Carrington family which consists of: George, Iris and their two young daughters, Cindy and Laurie. The Carringtons live on the fashionable upper east side of Manhattan--somewhere in the 80's on East End Ave. The writer describes the neighborhood. He mentions Carl Schurz...

A Reporter at Large INTO THE BRAIN by Gerald Jonas. A REPORTER AT LARGE about the Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Future of the Brain Sciences, held in N.Y. The conference allowed a group of brain scientists to travel to one another's laboratories around the world, to compare notes on common problems, explore the possibility of joint projects, &...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. Just about everything that is happening in Washington these days is of such startling strangeness that it seems to be happening for the first time anywhere. Now the White House has hit upon another tactic in the President's defense strategy. It is to beat the public senseless with more news...

The Talk of the Town On The Patricia Moran by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a catered "luncheon cruise" on the seagoing tugboat, Patricia Moran, one of the 12-20 tugs operated by the Moran Towing & Transportation Company in N. Y. Harbor. The 99-ft., 3500 h.p. tug is the prettiest the firm has, said Jeff Blinn, editor of the Moran in...

The Talk of the Town Two Gatherings by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a meeting of 10 employees of WABC N.Y. radio station, in the office of Rick Sklar, director of operations & programming for all A.B.C. stations, to discuss their playlist. The playlist is decided upon each Tuesday & tells those few records that WABC disc jockeys are allowed...

The Talk of the Town Contact by Gerald Jonas. Talk story about science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein, 66, who gave a lecture on writing at the Kaufmann Auditorium of the YM-YWHA. He is a retired naval officer with a background in engineering and was trained at the United States Naval Academy. He has written 38 books. In the...

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Fiction Cock-A-Doodle by William Steig. Cartoon fiction, with no captions, depicting the rooster in various roles, with an air of arrogance in each one...

Musical Events by David Hamilton.

The Current Cinema by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "Chinatown", a Polanski film...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Starting next Monday, it's going to cost more to do business at OTB than at the track. There will be a surcharge that amounts to 5% on all winning tickets. The surcharge will go into the city treasury. Writer wonders how this will affect the fortunes of OTB. It might...

Poetry The Fourth of July by Richard Wilbur. Liddell, the Oxford lexicographer...