EVIDENCE that the economy is continuing its recovery&#8212;but certainly not at a booming rate&#8212;was contained in various statistics flowing out of Washington recently. The data that confirmed that assessment were the slight rise in April unemployment and the latest reports on personal income and industrial production which depicted an economy that was still rising, though hardly at a hectic pace.

THE WEEK IN FINANCE

McCarthy book, Birds of America, revd by H Vendler; pors

Mary McCarthy again her own heroine—frozen foods a new villain

A Dim View of Con Ed

V Canby comments on several current films, on older films being shown in some theaters and on TV

From Roz To Bela Lugosi

THEM that has gits&#8212;even in recessions. For example, there's Joseph Hardy. Work looks for him. He's just barely back from London, where be staged Robert Marasco's &#8220;Child's Play&#8221; (after winning a Tony for his staging of the Broadway production), and already he's busy with preparations for a new edition of &#8220;You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,&#8221; this time on Broadway, opening at the Golden on Friday. Now the word is that he'll soon begin thinking of his latest assignment. &#8220;That Championship Season,&#8221; by Jason Miller, which should be in the focal arena an the fall,

News of the Rialto

PHILADELPHIA, May 15&#8212;Marty Liquori will learn tomorrow whether time waits for some men.

Liquori Finds Out Today If Time Waits for Some

BRUSSELS &#8212; &#8220;We survived.&#8221; So said the Abbe Sieyes when asked how he had made out in the French revolutionary reign of terror. And so might international money men reply if asked the outcome&#8212;so far&#8212;of the latest currency crisis.

The World

A Lewis rev of recent progress in Brit negotiations for membership says success seems near; cites agreement on measures for GB's adjustment to EEC agr pricing system, GB's contribution to EEC budget and tentative agreement on guarantees for Commonwealth sugar producers but notes most important progress is implicit pol message of French acceptance of Brit membership; says diplomats believe momentum is now underway that will be hard to stop; notes France could still block agreement on 1 of remaining issues but says that such action would bring utmost resentment from other EEC partners and could fatally affect community spirit; says Eurs believe France has changed its attitude because of belief that it cannot exercise influence except through larger and more united Eur; notes next step is meeting between Pompidou and Heath; cartoon; Rippon, Schumann and others to meet on June 7 and 21 to try to reach agreement on all major points by end of June so broad terms can be put to Brit Parliament before summer recess

CHICAGO, May 15&#8212;For 16 years, Richard J. Daley has run this city, and the marks of his tenure are everywhere: the big concrete expressways that speed commuter and commercial traffic in and out; O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest; city streets that are well swept and brilliantly lighted; the downtown building boom that is raising glistening commercial skyscrapers over the Loop's rackety el tracks; the luxury glass and steel high&#8208;rise apartments marching along the lakefront.

Chicago and Nevi York: Contrasts

ATONE of voice is passing from our literature because it is passing from our lives. Listen&#8208;

But We've Lost the Faith

Britain Attracts More U.S. Academics

J Brooks article on riding cycle, or ‘motor‐assisted bicycle,’ in Bermuda; illus

Memoirs of a Bourgeois Hell's Angel In Bermuda

PITTSBURGH, May 15&#8212;Gary Gentry talked himself out of a victory tonight, but that didn't prevent the Mets from beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9&#8208;5. It was the 14th victory in 17 games for the Mets, who now lead the Pirates by three games in the National League East and second&#8208;place St. Louis by 2&#189;.

METS DEFEAT PIRATES, 9‐5;

A roaring crowd of 44,914 was treated to a major surprise at Aqueduct yesterday when Windfields Farm's Deceit rushed through the stretch to win the $64,950 Acorn over the mile route.

20‐1 DECEIT TAKES FEATURE AT BIG A

St. John's University's deep, balanced squad dethroned Rutgers as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate track and field champion yesterday on its own allweather track in Hilcrest, Queens.

ST. JOHN'S VICTOR IN COLLEGE TRACK

US planes on missions in Laos attack AA gun sites in N Vietnam for the 36th and 37th times in ‘71; earlier attacks revd

Saigon Reports New Push Into Parrot's Beak Region

BALTIMORE, May 15&#8212;Canonero II now trains his sights on the Triple Crown. The Kentucky&#8208;bred colt, owned by a Venezuelan family nominally represented on the program by Edgar Caibett, shot to a recordbreaking triumph in the $189,900 Preakness today, before a record Maryland crowd of 47,221.

CANONER0 II WINS PREAKNESS, EASTERN FLEET NEXT;

A Lewis article says effective EEC action to unify and centralize measures to deal with huge vol of dollars flowing into central banks will likely depend of GB's admission to EEC

Learning to Live With Monetary Flexibility

C Morey discusses highlights of 40‐day Eur cruise aboard Swedish Amer Line liner Gripsholm; illus

My Three Guides: From the Irascible To the Romantic

$967,000 has been pledged toward $1.2‐million corp fund drive which ends June 30, compared to $872,000 for same period, ‘70

An Upturn in Business Giving?; Recession Hits Arts Less Than Other ‘Charities’

Sir Tyrone Guthrie Dies at 70; Director and Scholar of Stage

TALKING or writing about theater depends on who you are and where you're located. If you're Neil Simon or the producer oi. &#8220;Hair,&#8221; everything is ?? if you're an investor in ?? or &#8220;Applause,&#8221; theater is music in the bank; if you're a writer standing in the wings with a script in your pocket that no one has time to read, it's a conspiracy against genius; if you're a playwright who has turned to something else like crime or chamber music and look in on the stage years later, you are inclined to ask: Is that what the fuss is (was) all about?

Ex‐Playwright Explains That ‘Ex’

The Cleveland Indians, with six men in the line&#8208;up hitting below 200, defeated the New York Yankees for the second day in a row yesterday, 4&#8208;2.

INDIANS DOWN YANKEES, 4‐2

Govs Cahill and Rockefeller announce NY Port Auth will ‘finance and construct’ $200‐million rail link between airport and Newark; map; Port Auth will extend airport's rail line to provide better commuter service to Newark and NYC

Go‐Ahead on Rail Links To 2 Airports Announced

Philip Clarke is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or stand-off, he played his club rugby league in England for Wigan, and in Australia for the Sydney City Roosters.

Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster

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Rachel Ann Goswell is an English musician who rose to prominence as vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band Slowdive, which formed in 1989. Goswell, along with Neil Halstead, Ian McCutcheon and former Chapterhouse member Simon Rowe became Mojave 3 when Slowdive transitioned to a more country/folk rock style. She released a solo album in 2004, titled Waves Are Universal on 4AD Records.

May 16, 1971

Headlines from May 16, 1971

THE WEEK IN FINANCE

Mary McCarthy again her own heroine—frozen foods a new villain

A Dim View of Con Ed

From Roz To Bela Lugosi

News of the Rialto

Billboard 200

4 Way Street

Jesus Christ Superstar

Up To Date

Pearl

Golden Bisquits

Notable Births

Historical Context for May 16, 1971