Comment by Jonathan Schell. In its opening stages, the Watergate affair has shaped up as a special kind of political struggle. So far, it has not become a clash of parties or ideas. Rather, it has been a clash of facts. The facts-according-to-the-President had succeeded in overriding all other sources...

Books by John Updike.

Fiction Scenes of Childhood by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Authoress remembers an incident from her childhood in England. As a child she distrusted other children, though she felt that adults had their charms. Major Beldam, an elderly man, stayed with her family each year when he came south for the cricket matches. One Sunday he woke her up early...

The Talk of the Town The Four "B'"s 2. Al by Victor Chen. Talk story about a recent day in the mayoral campaign of Assemblyman Albert H. Blumenthal. Blumenthal began the day with lunch at the home of Unitarian Universalist minister Albert Q. Perry, a man known for his political activism. He then atteneded a kaffeeklatsch at the home of Ruth Herman, a...

The Talk of the Town The Four "B"s 1. Mario by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about a recent day in the campaign for Mayor by Mario Biaggi. He has the designation of the Conservative which has given him its line on the ballot...

Musical Events Proper Bostonian by Andrew Porter.

The Current Cinema NOAH AND NORA by Penelope Gilliatt.

Comment by Roger Angell. It is probably naive to wonder how much of the Watergate debacle-especially its later errors and disasters - could have been avoided if the Pres. were a man in the habit of reading the newspapers. It is a matter of record that Mr. Nixon does not waste his time over...

Fiction The Bishop's Robe by Isaac Bashevis Singer. After the death of his employer, Jacob Getzelles, a childless widower, is left jobless. Into his life comes Bessie Feingevirtz, widow of a hotel builder & president of an organization helping students in Palestine. She is very wealthy. She and Jacob marry and go on a five-month trip around...

Annals of Diplomacy SALT V-AT THE SUMMIT by John Newhouse. ANNALS OF DIPLOMACY about rounds V, VI, VII of the SALT talks from May, 1971 to May, 1972 when a summit conference took place in Moscow with Pres. Nixon attending. An ABM treaty was signed by U.S. & Russia. Each side renounced the defense of its society & territory against...

Letter from Indo-China by Robert Shaplen. Writer visits Cambodia & tells about the U.S. bombing of the country. Of the various parts of the Indo-China puzzle, Cambodia at the moment is the most confused & confusing. Half of Cambodia's 7 million people & 2/3 of its territory are under some form of Communist control or...

The Talk of the Town The Four "B"'s 3. Herman by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about a day in the mayoral campaign of Congress man Herman Badillo. Tells about Badillo's background and education and about the district in the Bronx that he represents. Badillo also ran for mayor in 1969 finishing a strong third in the Democratic primary that year. Both the "Times...

The Talk of the Town The Four "B'"s 4. Abe by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a day in the mayoral campaign of comptroller Abraham Beame. Tells about visits during the day to the Fashion Institute of Technology, a dinner for certified public accountants at the New York Hilton, and the opening of a Beame storefront campaign office in the Lefrak City complex...

Poetry I Am A Cameraman by Douglas Dunn. They suffer, and I catch only the surface...