January 17, 1971

Travel writer R Lecler compares day spent on desert island with adventures described in Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe; cartoon

survey of US courthouses reveals that threat of violence has resulted in imposition of stringent security measures to protect judicial system and lives of participants; many courthouses have added additional policemen, installed sophisticated electronic devices to detect weapons on those who enter bldg, have armed police to search briefcases for concealed bombs; some judges reptdly carry pistols; R F Kirks, US Cts Adm Dir, discusses problem of protection while carrying out justice; some additional security measures may require remodeling of traditional open courtrooms to minimize risk of violence and disruption; examples of such incidents in '70 revd; illus of sheriffs deputies frisking newsmen and spectators attending murder trial

“ WELL, there's wonders hidden in the heart of man,” muses Philip Bosco admiringly, in the Lincoln Center produc tion of “The Playboy of the Western World,” immediately upon learning that a certain young chap has up and split the skull of his tyrannical father. And, it would seem, there's wonders hidden in the heart of the Vivian Beaumont as well. For in spite of the fact that director John Hirsch has laid a physically coarse hand on John Millington Synge's play, an unexpected boon has befallen us all. For the first time in its history, the Beaumont has— by accident or design or a little bit of both—assembled a tight, right com pany for a play it meant to produce.

For the first time in about six years, the steel industry was in a loud, public argu ment about prices last week with the President of the Unit ed States. The antagonists this time were President Nixon and the Bethlehem Steel Cor poration, the nation's second largest steel producer.

E Zern article on houseboat fishing trip along Araguaia River, Isla Bananal Natl Pk and Indian Reserve, Brazil