The longest street

One of America's best-known columnists has engagingly recaptured his experiences as a small-town newsman thrust suddenly into the role of historian of the thoroughfare he labels "The Longest Street." For, to Louis Sobol, Broadway has no boundaries: it extends to Hollywood, Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Africa - wherever, in fact, show people foregather to entertain, to make plays or movies, or to play.