The Talk of the Town Two Gatherings by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about the Milk Shake Party, organized by Henry H. Weldon and Leo Najda, owners of Weldon Farm Products, t raise money for the Boys' Athletic League. The party, held in front of 277 Park Avenue, featured a rock band, dancing, and Jack Albertson, and raised $494. Caren Rubio...

The Race Track Golden Yearlings by G. F. T. Ryall. As an agent for the British Bloodstock Agency, bid a half a million for a colt (yearling) by Bold Ruler, but was topped by Jim Scully, who bought him for $600,000., at Keeneland...

Fiction Crane by Calvin Tomkins. Travelling downtown on a jammed-up 2nd Ave. in a taxi, writer notices that the cab of a huge crane contains an operator sitting in an Eames chair, black leather. He leaves the taxi to confirm this unlikely sight & walks back to the crane. The crane operator invites him...

Fiction Farewell by J. F. Powers. The Bishop of Ostergothenburg (Minnesota) retired in August and bought a Mercedes when the effort to give him a car as a farewell gift fell short. Until Monsignor Hoistein visited him in early December, the Bishop had little to do. Holstein persuaded the Bishop to visit Mrs. Nagel, who thought...

The Talk of the Town Liberties by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk interview with Tony Smythe, the field director of the American Civil Liberties Union. His job involves strengthening the ties between the national office and the forty-seven affiliated state organizations...

U. S. Journal U.S. JOURNAL: NEW YORK EATING OUT by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about the art of eating out in N.Y. & discovering restaurants before other serious diner & the "Times" food critics do. Writer cites Anthony Lamport, an investment banker who has data on 400 N.Y. restaurants stored in a Calif. computer. Tells what happens to various restaurants after "Times...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. In March of 1969, Sec. of State Rogers, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, "Cambodia is one country where we can say with complete assurance that our hands are clean and our hearts are pure. "At that moment, with Sec. Rogers' knowledge & assent, we were, the public...

Profiles Lord of the Fish by Faith McNulty. PROFILE of the endangered great whale population, which is difficult for field biologists to study. Whales are worth $10,000-$30,000 apiece as prey. In the last 50 yrs., 2 million have been killed; presently the most killing is done by Russia & Japan, despite protests of conservationists & the theoretical...

The Talk of the Town Very Into the Fifties by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about Dolores Deluxe, women's clothes designer. Many of her designs have a fifties-look...

The Current Cinema The Groceries of Sex by Penelope Gilliatt. His "The Mackintosh Man...

Poetry A Lullaby by W. H. Auden. The din of work is subdued...