May 11, 1980

MONT ST. MICHEL, surrounded by ramparts and crowned by its great spired abbey, floats at high tide in the Bay of Mont St. Michel off the coast of Normandy.

IN 1518, as Spanish explorers were prowling the Caribbean coast of Mexico, they were amazed to espy from their ship the Mayan city of Tulum, perched on a rocky bluff. Juan Diaz, the chaplain on that voyage, later re called: "Almost at sunset we saw in the distance a town or village so large that the city of Seville could not be better or larger."

Today is the cut-off date for eligibility for this year's Tony Awards and thus marks the unofficial conclusion of the 1979-80 Broadway season. Tomorrow the nominations for the best productions and performances will be made and shortly thereafter the voting will get under way, leading to the presentation of the awards on June 8.

WASHINGTON, May 10--Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie has recalled the Ambassadors to Israel and Egypt for an urgent review of the slow-moving Palestinian autonomy talks and to prepare for the next step if the negotiations fail to make significant progress by the May 26 target date.

HARTFORD FOR government and citizen alike, income is up but costs are up even more, and frustration is nibbling away at old attitudes just as inflation is nibbling at the dollar.