The Talk of the Town Come On Over by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about a historical tour of Palisades Amusement Park, in Fort Lee, N.J. On the plains below the cliff side of the park was where Alexander Hamilton fought his fatal duel with Aaron Burr...

A Week's Journal CRUISING SPEED-I by William F. Buckley. A WEEK'S JOURNAL in which William F. Buckley Jr., tells about his activities in November & about his associates. Buckley is editor-in-chief of "National Review," a conservative news magazine; he conducts "Firing Line," a discussion program on television; he accepts speaking engagements, the proceeds of which go to...

The Current Cinema Wyatt's Headaches by Penelope Gilliatt. The Hired Hand" is his first directorial effort...

The Race Track Up at Saratoga by G. F. T. Ryall. Hawley, Canada's top jockey, rode Lauries Dancer, a daughter of Northern Dancer, to victory in the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga...

The Talk of the Town Three Gatherings by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a party given for Black Sabbath, a fledgling rock group. They all wear crosses. The party was given by a record company. Reporter talked to their manager Patrick Meehan, who said that their records were called "Master of Reality," which is soon to be released, & "The...

The Talk of the Town Food Beat by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Raymond Sokolov, new food editor of the "Times". When Sokolov was foreign correspondent for "Newsweek", before he came to the "Times", he had an office on the other side of the door in the office of Waverly Root, who was bureau chief for the "Washington Post" then...

Annals of Medicine THE SIMPSONS AND THE HEPATITIDES by Berton Roueche. ANNALS OF MEDICINE about an epidemic of infectious hepatitis in West Branch, Michigan, in the spring of 1968. Dr. Stephen C. Schoenbaum, an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer of the gov't. Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, had come to West Branch at the request of the Michigan Dept. of Public...

Comment by Alan H. Olmstead. It is a pleasure to be able to write, after so many years of tilted weather & cycled crop fortunes, of a home-garden summer that has not been too cool or too hot, too dry or too wet but, to judge by the quality & quantity of its produce...

The Talk of the Town by Edward Stevenson. Overheard at Le Drugstore, mini to mini: "But you must have been called worse things than fatuous...

Fiction A Touch of Nature by Julie Hayden. The Mooney children, who live next door to the author in New Hampshire, are burying a cardinal. They seem to be fascinated by this activity, for they bury animals on a regular basis. These children remind the author of another group of children who lived in the area the last...

Around City Hall SUNDANCE by Andy Logan. AROUND CITY HALL about Mayor Lindsay's switch to the Democratic Party, the press conference he held to announce it, & his chances as a Presidential candidate. Relates the reactions & remarks of various political leaders, local & national. Sen. George McGovern managed to welcome Lindsay into the Party & in...

The Talk of the Town News by G. Knowlton. A nine-year-old of our acquaintance returned home from her first session at a suburban day camp to announce that nothing special had taken place except that her group had been divided into Braves and Worriers...

The Talk of the Town by P. Lackowski. Kinetsu World Express, Inc., a Japanese travel organization, is currently offering several special-interest tours of Japan, including a Pollution Survey Tour...

Poetry Night Rain on Roses by Ted Walker. I hear rain begin. It is rain...

Poetry Soundings: Block Island (For Pablo Neruda) by Ben Belitt. The sea closes like a plum...