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AFTER BIG BELAIR PRICES
Horse Market GETTING
Wilder, Experts Soy

one OF the strongest strains III
later Bradley breeding-went tC
Price Mckinney for $1,000.
/ Granted that they were using
lhalf-price dollars at the Belail
sales yesterday. the figures still
'Iare disproportionate. It is true
that in l947, another year Of
slight hysteria In the horse mar
ket. Louis B. Mayer sold Bushel
and Honeymoon for $l35.o0C
each at auction.
Sold While In Training
These mares were sold Al
horses in training. Also. they
were bought by Neil Mccarthy
widely known as Mayors at
torney. and there was widespread
belief that the money was
moving from the left hand pocket
into the right hand pocket,
The fact Castleton also was
sold to settle an estate brings
to mind a few comparisons in
the hapdling Of the Belair stock
The executors Of Woodward's
estate sold Nashua for over q
million and a quarter and were
widely hailed as wizards who had
broken the worlds record for q
thoroughbred by cagily requiring
sealed bids.
On the contrary, it Is reliably
reported here that at least one
syndicate wanting to buy Nashus
put one and one-half million
dollars in the kitty. Had the
horse been up for auction. they'C
have spent all of it. Instead
they bid $I.228.000 believing il
was enough. and were outbid ir
the secret negotiations.
There were five bids Of over q
million dollars when Nashua wa;
sold. II that many buyers had
that much interest, 1t is entirely
possible the horse would have
melted a half million dollar:
more II sent through the sale.
ring.
Half Million Profit
At least the brood mares and
foals showed q half million gross
profit for their buyers. Miss Mil
bred Woolwine. Edward Potter
Ijr.. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Middendorf paid $4,000 for the
lot. They took in $514,l00 above
the purchase price at the disper-
Isal sale.
Still upcoming Is the sale oil
horses in training and 2-year-
lolds, bought for slightly more
than $500. 900 by John Kroese Of
New Jersey. If that sale on jan
uary Is at Hialeah shows a fat
profit too, "that1l be the end OF
this sealed bid business" Auc-
tioneer George Swinebroad tri-
umphantly predicted yesterday
At least one thing is sure
More than ever the professional
horsemen down here now have
faith In an old adage-"If you
want good advice about your
horses. stay away from the
bank"
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Virginia Mutmen Top
Woke Forest. $50

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Jan
z Up --Virginia's wrestling team
won It's second Atlantic Coast
Conference wrestling victors
against one setback here toda,
by shutting out Wake Forest
$50.
The Cavalier matmen pinned
.five Of their six opponents anc
registered a shutout decision ir
the other match. Wake Forest
forfeited the l23 and 130-pouno
contests. e.,
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.e|fasf Scores
Upset Victory
AT Tropical

MIAMI. Fla, Jan. Z R.-Hel-
fast. speedy son Of Heliopolis out
of Color Fast, lived up to his
name today when he sped mile
and a sixteenth in 1:4235 to win
the $l8.050 Robert e. Lee Handi-
cap at Tropical Park before
13.107 fans.
Carrying high weight Of lit
pounds, most Of 1t Jockey Joe
Culmone. Helfast won BY four
lengths over Elkcam Stables
Ifabody and paid a handsome
$4,000. $1,000 and $3.50 in the
50 mutuels.
Ifabody was half a length in
front of Spring Hill Farms
Shimke at the end. with Green
tree Stables Illusionist nose
back in fourth. Ifabody paid
$1,000 and 500 while the show
price on Shimke was $3.50.
Hasty House Farms Queen
Hopeful finished fifth. length
in front of the 8 to S favorite.
Brookmeade Stables First Aid.
the latter under Jockey Willie
Hartack, the Nations leading
rider last year with AT winners.
First Start Of Year
Speed Rouser. Ambiguous.
Marked Game. Full Flight and
Ring King followed the leaders
home in that order.
Helfast. owned by Leon and
william Santore, coal dealers Of
Maple Shade. MI, was making
his first start OF the year. He
won the last time out. on Deem
Der %. at the same distance.
Helfast earned $16,450 in II
starts last yean and his owners
picked up $4,000 for today's
triumph.
Helfast's time for the distance
was only one-fifth of a second
of the track record set by Cory
don on March 10, 1941.
Ambiguous got away fast with
Shimke inches back and Ifabody
in third. Shimke moved to the
front after a half-mile but
couldn't hold it and Helfast..
taking second there, took over
the lead. Shimke came on again
and SO did Ifabody, the latter
moving up to grab second at the
end.
One Winner For Hartack
Hartack got one winner in the
first seven races while Robert
Ussery. leading rider at the meet.
ing, matched him with one VIC.
tory. This made Ussery's score
for the meeting 43 to Hartack's
Al. Hartack was knocking at the
door in the first five races. hav-
ing one winner and four seconds.
He got his winner on Luckey
Bull in the second. Luckey Bun
raced only twice last year and
was making his second start Of
1856 in the six-furlong sprint.
winning in 1:112s under lis
pounds. Luckey Bull paid $3.50
and coupled with Jer-O-Lee
GID in the first for q daily
double of $60.60.
Sylvester Rich's Helianthus
won the sixth as expected. cover
ing the six furlongs in l:103s
and paying $500. Sammy Boul-
Imetis made up most of the 110-,
pound package. =
Ussery got his winner Of the
day on Calgary in the ninth and,
final race.
The crowd wagered $l,302, 445.
compared with $1.192, 800 on the,
corresponding day last year. but
$101.136 was wagered on the.
daily double, a record pool for
this track. =
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DUKE
Continued From Page C-l

Continued From Page C-l
reliable shooters just couldn't
connect with any frequency.
Joe Belmont teamed with
Ronnie Mayer to lead Duke to
its first victory over the Wolf
pack in two years. Belmont,
a brilliant playmaker, hit IS
points. many of them on long
set shots that kept the crowd
of 5000 in bedlam. Mayer con-
tributed i8.
State played without the serv-
ices Of little Vic Molodet, its
star playmaker. Molodet was
out with a virus infection.
Duke held State to only four
field goals In the FIRST half.
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Tropical Boosts Purse

MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 7 tP1-Tropical Park. shar-
ing some Of the proceeds from its prosperous
season. today boosted the purse for its final fea-
ture, the Tropical Park Handicap from $35 900
Ito $50. 900.
The handicap is mile and an eighth event
for three-year olds and up and is scheduled Jar1u-
airy l6, the day Tropical ends its season
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Fair Grounds Results
BY the Associated Press

FIRST RAcE-PaTse. 81 7O0.a claim.
ing a-year-olds and UP; g furlonRs
Dee Nee Dee tR9ReD $50 J.9l
Thales tBehenkel h.6(
War Tycoon, Eoeene, Knotty Paul
Command. Time. 1;l6.
SECOND RAcE--Purse. 81 500: claim
ing; 3-year-olds. q furiones.
Cep Windsr tCoekl II.e0 soc 90,
Gal Ticks tBroussard) eco 81
Bees Elsie tBorEemenkel SO,
Sabrina Dark. I Clipst6ns. fGreat Pals
Etshttng chief, Little story. Cynthia
sue Time, i:l3's.
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XVI snee tat leod Won eryne p,aes
SAM Winnef Ms stEsrs en- ~ eaIIaIao
k2f5 500 Time, i:44 Clear and fast.
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SPORTS COMEBACK WINNER RELAXEs

(ght returned the
Leagues last year and turned the best pitching record Of his career IN help
checkers with friend Wade Brewer near his home here success
the Year Yesterday BY sports writer's and broadaers the Associated
81 rs while Bne 40 frstpac and I'll pontsAP Wire
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TSO-e siR m MHs PaS $40 MAfK Sss $3.50
Handle-yI3 70 .aho
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SIXTH RACE-Purse $1,000: allowances; l-year-olds and
up lrlOnes Post 3ss of a once start good Eon srx-
Grey. Trainer Kinf VaIues--ss.sOo $1,000.
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Two-dolar mutuss peid--AuNT ANNIE s2d 20. si4 30.
$4,000 PASS, $500, S9.4V. BLUE BOY. SelV
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Hbttt JOCKEY.
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isARRADoNNA So 70 $3.50 SECONDS AWAY. 81 SO.
Handle-<57 .314.
SECOND RACE-PurEe So 800! Claiming; 4-year ods and
ap furongs POST, 300 of 20os: tart good won dry
nE place same Winner. Mrs. c, l.. Ostrtkers Dr. q oy
Bull Dandy-Beaeh Ensemble Trainer, T. Jacobs values
Isl 735 S625. 1928, Sf25E Time, 1:11ss
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Vienna Sewage Plant

In the interest of adequate
news coverage, it is in order to
comment on your reporting Of
the situation confronting the
Fairfax County Board Of
Supervisors in respect to the
aspirations of the Town Of
Vienna for construction of
sewage treatment plant on
Bear Run. The article in your
July 3 issue under Maryland
Virginia News could have pro-
vided the information that the
newly constructed Cedar Lane
School, due to open this fall, is
located in the watershed of the
proposed treatment plant. The
school construction plans have
provided for large septic tank
with disposition of the efnuent
through a rather extensive
nitrification field, a menace to
children and downstream prop
critics in view Of the poor soil
tests. The school board GER
tainly would prefer connecting
to a municipal sewer system
and probably is anticipating
such a connection, Accordingly,
in the interest of economy of
construction and operation, the
school board should have ex-
pressed itself in recorded form
that it favors the construction
Of the treatment plant, par
ticularly since the county SUI
pervisors admittedly have no
plans for extending its sanitary
sewer system into this par
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was careful-publicly at least-to main
tain his impartiality toward both Mr..
Stevenson and Governor Hartman Of
New York. Breakfasting with the latter,
Mr.. Truman was pictured cheerfully
pouring coffee for his host but was quoted
as describing both Mr.. Stevenson and Mr..
Hartman as good men who would make
good candidates and good Presidents.
Furthermore, to balance up his breakfast
with the New York Governor, he said he
probably would have lunch with Mr..
Stevenson in Chicago next month. Some
of Mr.. Truman's former associates now
working for Hartman nomination
among them, Judge Rosenman and Mrs
India Edwards-also saw the ex-PreSident
in New York, but they may be "paired"
later with former friends working for Mr.
Stevenson.
1t is quite probable that Mr.. Truman,
who likes nothing better than politics,
also likes this suspenseful role. There are
some, too, who enjoy watching him play
it.
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Speaks for Itself

Jim Hagerty, the Presidents press
secretary, had one brief comment on John
Sherman Cooper'S announcement that
he will run for the Senate in Kentucky.
Il think Mr.. Cooper'S statement speaks
for ITSELF" he declared.
If that is correct, the announcement
seems to say several things: First, of
course, that Mr.. Cooper, our Ambassador
to India, will team up with Thruston
Morton, former Assistant Secretary of
State, to make very strong Republican
bid for Kentucky's two Senate seats.
Second, that Mr.. Eisenhower is going to
run for another term. And, third, that
the President holds to his determination
to make over the Republican Party in his
own political image.
Early last month Mr.. Cooper declined
request from Kentucky G. o. P. leaders
that he run for the seat vacated by Sena-
tor Barkley'S death. At that time he said
he felt that obligations accepted when he
became Ambassador to India required
him to stick to that assignment In his
subsequent statement he said he changed
his mind because the President had asked
him to make the race in Kentucky. 81
had consulted with the President about
my work." he said, land the general poll
cieS and programs of which my work has
been part. Yesterday friday the
President told me that he considered the
support of these programs in the Congress
of great Importance and that he would
like me to be candidate for the United
States Senate, if it was desired in
Kentucky"
That, as Mr.. Hagerty said, speaks for
itself. The policies and programs men
toned by Mr.. Cooper are substantially
the Presidents policies and programs. 1t
is hardly conceivable that Mr.. Eisenhower
would have prevailed upon Mr.. Cooper to
change his mind unless he, the President,
also intends to carry on in the political
battle for their acceptance
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Orwell in Provdo

In connection with their continuing
discrimination program Git might also
be called fumigating operation), Rus
sia'S collective leaders" have been at
pains to declare that theirs is "a truly
democratic popular regime" However,
speaking through a follow-up editorial in
Pravda, they have fastened to add that
nothing could be more foolish than Sug-
geStionS from the outside world that the
Kremlin may in due course permit the
establishment of opposition political par
ties in the Soviet Union.
To WeSternerS, of course, it is an
absolute contradiction in terms for any
government to say that it preSides over
democracy while at the same time
severely proclaiming that it will tolerate
the existence of no political party other
than its own. But Mr.. KhruShchev and
his colleagues as they are in the
totalitarian art of turning reality and the
meaning of words completely upside
down-have given us typical Communist
explanation of this most ingenious and
absurd paradox. Reading like something
from George Orwell'S Animal Farm" or
1884," it is an explanation that ought
to be mulled over by all who have enter
tanned the hope that post-Stalin Russia
may now be starting to move, slowly but
surely, toward genuine freedom.
AS set forth in Pravda, the explana-
ton begins by asking why there is only
one political organization in the USSR.
There then follows an answer that upendS
oil oh TO q
point of massacre. But let the "collec-
tive leaders" speak for themselves in this
gem of Orwellian fantasy. AS they por-
tray it. the Soviet Union-unlike "bour-
geois" countries, which are made up of
many claShing groups-is a fully "unif1ed
society" so blessedly lacking in "antago-
niStic classes" and so much in agreement
with itself that there is no social
ground :. for the creation and existence
of other parties in addition to the Com
munist Party" Hence, in Pravda's words,
"the Communist Party has been and will
be the only master of the minds and
thoughts" and actions of the Russian
people.
Moreover, emphasizing that they "are
in no need" of any other kind of political
representation, Pravda quotes from Lenin
to warn that the Russian people must
work with absolute subordination" under
the iron discipline" of the Communist
Party. This says about all that needs to
be said at the moment. Clearly even
with Stain dead and DETAINED, the Soviet
democracy" apparently intends to re-
main essentially as hard and as despotic
a taskmaster as ever And inherent in
it-deSpite the present collective" and
smiling nature of its relationships the
substance of tyranny still capable of
committing crimes at least as vast and
monstrous as it's predecessors. The free
world would be recklessly wishful to think
otherwise.
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ticular area. 1t is pertinent
that the school board is APP
pointed by the Board of Super
viSorS.
This appointive power is APP
parent also in the related
action by the County Zoning
Appeals Board, a rather brazen
wording by a group which
transcribed it's duties to ad-
minister coming law appeals.
In the case of the proposed
treatment plant, the injection
of politics into coming intro
duced a serious deterrent to
advance e mt of that i'm
portant adjunct to civic con-
trolls. In view of such action,
what then can be expected of
the County Board of Super
visors in respect to its cher
ished McHugh Plan?
Samuel Wolf.
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Neither Safe Nor Sane

The nature of the perils has changed
over the years, but people still are being
killed or manned in tragically large num-
bers on the So-called "safe and sane"
Fourth of July. Safety organizations
have succeeded in reducing drastically
the casualties from explosive fireworks
on the big day of national celebration.
This has been accomplished by educa-
tional campaigns that aroused the public
and various State and city authorities to
crack down on dangerous pyrotechnics.
However, much remains to be done in the
field of traffic safety before Independence
Day can be called either safe or sane.
Ordinarily, the toll of dead on the
Nations highways on normal Wednes-
day in July would be about 80. But the
past Wednesday brought an increase in
traffic and, evidently, an increase in
reckleSsnesS, that sent more than 100
men, women and children to mortu-
aries throughout the land. Many more
than that were injured-Some so seriously
that they, too, may be added to the
fatality statistics for July 4, 1856.
Campaigning for safe and sane
Fourth of July extended over many years
before an appreciable reduction in the
number of deaths and injuries from fire.
works came about. Public demands for
action eventually resulted in laws and
ordinances bringing the sale and use of
dangerous fireworks under proper control.
Vigorous enforcement of the regulations
played an important part in making them
work. Public opinion already has brought
a variety of laws and regulations to con-
troll traffic and prevent accidents. I'm
fortunately, some of these laws are not
adequate, and often those that are stern
have not been adequately enforced. The
National Safety Foundation and the other
trAffic-safety organizations are perSisting,
however, in their efforts to save lives by
promoting better traffic laws and better
enforcement of them. In the end, we
hope, their efforts will pay off-just as
comparable efforts paid off in the
fireworks-safety field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-09
New Strength for NATO

The air base network of the Atlantic
alliance, and particularly of our own over
seas facilities, has gained strength by the
decision OF the Portuguese government to
make available two additional mainland
fields. Expansion of the bases, located at
ESpinho and Montijo will begin shortly,
the Lisbon Defense Ministry announced,
and it was specified that the Western
allieS-eSpecially the United States and
Britain-will have free access to them.
In addition, the announcement said that
agreement virtually is complete for en-
largement Of the big jointly operated
Portuguese base at Lagens in
the Azores.
The timing of this DEVELOPMENT Is
especially gratifying in the light of I'M
certainties surrounding some of our other
overseas installations The future util-
ization of four major bases in Morocco,
for example, has been clouded by the
newly independent status conferred upon
that North African territory and terms Of
our further occupancy must be renego-
tiated with the Rabat government. The
18th Air Force headquarters, which has
been located at Rabat, already has moved
eastward to WheeluS Field in Libya. Sim
liar uncertainty surrounds our continued
use of facilities in Iceland, where a par
liamentary resolution has called for
withdrawal of NATO forces. While these
questionable spots may yet be resolved in
favor of the Western defense pattern
(there is considerable hope that the Mo-
roccan problem can be adjuSted) the
newly available Portuguese fields will add
depth to network that is now spread
over the entire Iberian peninsula And
perhaps most important of all, renewal
of our agreement on the Azores-a key
base in the Atlantic Mediterranean de-
Tense planning-will help keep the West
ern position strong. Portugal is making a
worthwhile contribution to its obligations
in the NATO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-09
PIiqht of Rocinq Fans

Joe Kelly is to be commend
ed on his turf article in The
Star which exposed and OPP
posed the increase of take at
Charles Town and many other
tracks. Such an article was
greatly appreciated and re-
Spected by local fans.
Race fans are without or
ganization and therefore are
easy prey for exorbitant taxes.
Abuse and disreSpect walk
hand in hand when there is
no representation of the in
jured party.
Excessive taxation and abuse
will dog the heels of race fans
as long as they remain disor-
ganized. Everyone is repre-
sented at the table of racing
and partakeS of the feast but
the fan. He merely pays the
bill and has to be satisfied with
a few crumbs thrown his way.
Milan Dineen.
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VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
U.S.. Will Encomp on Marie Byrd Land

area. 1t is quite likely that i'm
portant ranges, partly buried in
ice, are not yet on maps.
There will be a search for rock !.
outcrops above the ice, from
which may be deduced some ,
thing of the underlying bed
rock-perhaps more than a
mile under the ice. Such rocks
may provide evidence of previ-
GUS glaciations. By means Of
seismic soundings it may be
possible to get a fair picture
of the nature of the under
lying land surface.
The location of this station
also will permit a study Of a
phenomenon revealed by the
weather observations of Sir
Robert Falcon SCOTS expedi-
ton nearly so years ago.
SCOTS records revealed the :
existence of pressure waves, or
"surges,P spreading outward
from the neighborhood Of 80
south latitude and 100 west
longitude. Since the Antarctic
has the coolest weather in the
world throughout the year.
these surges are believed to
have an important effect on
the weather of the southern
hemisphere. The nature Of the
place where the waves originate
is completely unknown.
Byrd Made Survey
Marie Byrd Land was sur
veyed by Admiral Byrd from
the air in 1893 and 1910. It
is a terrain with few distin-
gushing surface features.
Notable are the Edsel Fords.
a series of low ranges, none
over $500 feet high, whose
SUBMITS protrude above the
ice. Some of them are COW
cred with gray lichens and
they have provided some inn
portant fossil remains throw
ing light on the past history
of Antarctica. They show
that the now ice-buried land
at one time had relatively
temperate climate.
Here also are the Haines
Mountains, an extensive range
of ice-capped peaks. Most
prominent of these is Mount
Donald Woodward, named by
Admiral Byrd for a Washing
ton merchant. Another range
is the Raymond Fosdick Noun
tains, a series of detached
granite peaks. Here also are
the Claud Swanson Noun
tains, named after the Secre-
tary Of the Navy at the time
of Admiral Byrd's first expe-
dition.
The whole country is dotted
with mountains bearing the
names of contemporary Amer
icans-some patrons of expe-
ditions. some junior officers
and enlisted men-and their
wives-of the United States
Navy. OF all parts of Ant
arctica. 1t probably will seem
most like home to the scien-
lists stationed there through
the long, dark winters.
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Mr.. Truman at Breakfast

Former President Truman has never
been one to remain permanently neutral
on political matters and there have been
expectations-if not hopes-that he
would discard that attitude toward the
Democratic presidential nomination be-
fore convention time. He has done so
now, in part, by expressing his pleasure
that Senator Kefauver was defeated in
the important California primary. And
while the Tennessean recently described
himself as a strong second choice (pre-
sumably to Adlai Stevenson) who was still
gaining support in some areas, Mr..
Trumans comment may just about end
his remaining chances for place on the
national ticket.
At the same time, the ex-President