New York Entertainment Guide

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade starts at 77th and Central Park West at 10 a.m., proceeds down to Columbus Circle, then along Broadway, finishing at 34th Street along about 11:30. Children go crazy over it.

Space cadets will surely enjoy the show at the Hayden Planetarium, 81st and Central Park West. "The Conquest of Space" has five showings on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays; three otherwise.

And for those who aren't satisfied with a football game there is a full sports schedule Heavyweights Bob Baker and Clarence Henry fight at Madison Square Garden Friday night prelims at 8:30 p.m., the main go at 10.

The betting fraternity is out of luck, Jamaica and Yonkers having closed down last week. But the New York (football) Yankees engage the San Francisco Forty-Niners at the Stadium Sunday afternoon. The Yanks haven't won yet, though their last few games have shown remarkable improvement. They may even be favored Sunday, for the westerners have been going downhill.

For evening wear, there are dozens of bars with entertainment and thousands without. In the former category, Ryan's, Condon's, and Birdland, all discussed elsewhere on these pages, stick to instrumental jazz. So does Nick's, Seventh Ave, and 10th, where Muggsy Spanier is the feature, and The Embers, 54th near Third, with Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo. Irving Fields, and on Sundays Bobby Hackett.

The Blue Angel, one block north, has just imported Charles Trenet, the new Maurice Chevalier. Cafe Society, down at Sheridan Square, has a trio of Art Tatum, Slam Stewart, and Everett Barksdale.