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The Nome nugget., 1958-07-16

BEIRUT, Lebanon, LR - US. Marines occupied Beirut's port area in force today as their num- bers swelled to $500 men with the landing of another battalion.
 The move into the city from the beach area was made in tanks, half-tracks and amphibious ve- hicles. Eight-inch guns and other equipment poured from ships off shore. More men. were on the way.
 About 2,OO0 men occupied the strategic port area.
 Rebel leaders fighting to topple pro- Western President Premier Camille Glamour have de- nounced the marine landing. But there was no opposition as the marines swung into the capitol.
 Rebel leader Saed Salam, holed up in the Moslem quarter of Beirut, issued statement urging Lebanese ito defend your coun- try and safeguard your free dom."
 An air of tension gripped the city.
 American civilians were leav- ing the country in bigger num- bers. Of about 3,2OO Americans
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Bob Jones Better;
To Leave HOSPITAL

ATLANTA. Mar. 81 R.-
Bobby Jones, Sc year old
former golf great, is recovering
rapidly from a circulatory COL
lapse and may leave the hospi-
tai today.
His physician said Jones will
be confined at home for several
days but that it is too early to
tell whether he will be able to
60 to Augusta for the Masters
tournament, which he helped
found.
Jones suffered the attack at
his home Friday night. His
blood pressure dropped but
there was no pain, the doctor
said.
Tests at the hospital showed
no evidence Of any serious dis
order. He has undergone
surgery twice for a spinal all
ment since 1948 and suffered a
mild heart attack in 1852.
Jones retired from golf in
1880 after winning the British
and National Amateur and
Open tournaments all in the
same year.
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Baylor to Stay
With Seattle

Elgin Baylor. Seattle Univer-
sity's All-American basketball
player. said at his home here
today that he definitely intends
to play for Seattle next year.
Baylor, who has one more
year Of eligibility. appeared or
the Steve Allen television show
last night and stated that he
was not turning professional
It had been rumored that Elgin
would pass up his last year al
Seattle to join a pro team
The 6-foot-6 former Spin
garn High School star said that
he wants to continue his educa-
ton until he gets his diploma
Baylor said, however, that he
has always dreamed of playing
pro ball and would consider II
after he graduated.
Baylor is flying back to
Seattle tonight.
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SENATOR'S

Continued from Page Ala
He has a catcher he's willing to
trade, but he hasn't regarded
the offers as tempting.
Cookie says he'll return to
washington with four catchers
Indications are that unless
there's a deal for Lou Berberet
or Clint Courtney, Ed Fitz-
Gerald viii be sold. Thus Rookie
Steve Korcheck will be retained
Rained out of an exhibition
with Boston here yesterday, the
Senator's we're able to rescued
ule 1t for today since both clubs
originally had an open date.
Bud Ryerly and Bob Weisler
will pitch for the Senators,
with Tom Brewer and All
Schroll due to fire for the Red
Sox. who are seeking an eighth
straight win.
The Senators will play the
Dodgers tomorrow. then head
home after meeting the YAM
KEGS Wednesday. They'll play
eight games with Cincinnati
and two with the White Sox
before their opening day en-
Easement with Boston April IA.
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Congressional Girls Break
Greensboro Swim Records

Greensboro totaled 81 points
and Chapel Hill, N. c., has 7.
Karen Johnston accounted
for three records for Congress
sional. They included the 100
yard freestyle in l:03.5; the
l00-yard butterfly in 1:ll.7 and
the 200-yard freestyle in 2::22.3
Eileen Canada set a record
in the 200-yard individual
medley with a time of 2:40.3
The girls relay team of Miss
Canada. Carol Briggs. Miss
Johnston and Janet Gallagher
set records in the 200-yard
medley at 2:11.2 and the 200
yard freestyle at 1888.
Compassionate boys relay
team. Bobby Briggs. Dennis
Johnston, Tom Murphy and
JEFF Scholz. set a new mark
in the 200-yard freestyle with
a time of 1917.
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Walter Rochow and John Sui
Ivan scored q 80 victory over
Frank Krawczel and Ralph
Vanderwerker yesterday to tie
George Mock and Wilbur
Smith. who split with Les Drew
and Sam Gibbs. Toda and
Brickfield won their title by
sweeping the match with Y. L.
Chang and John Yuan.
NORBECK-Ernie Goldstein
scored 85-18-67 to win the
April Fool tournament. Mike
Sklar with 8l-1l-70. and Hy
Posner. 89-l9-70, tied for Sec
ond.
BROOKE MANOR-Al Shorb
fired 76-2-74 to take net hon.
ors in a medal-play handicap
tournament. Doug Jones, T9-
3-76. was second, while Dick
Hill and Bill Gibbs tied for low
gross, each with 70, one over
par.
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GOLF
Continued from Page Ala

COntiuuCu IEOm EoSS A"14
George Bayer of San Gabriel,
Calf; Roberto de Vicenzo of
Mexico City; Art Wall of Po-
como Manor. Pa, and Dow
Finsterwald Of Tequesta, Fla.
Finsterwald, 36-hole leader,
took a four-shot lead after the
first nine Of yesterdays 36-hole
windup. but faltered to a 40
back nine for a three-over par
rs. which he duplicated in the
afternoon.
Bayer also had his chance
and missed it. His SO, best
third round score, gave him a
one-stroke lead after 81 holes,
but he took rs in the after
noon.
Palmer. after a morning rs
that included only one birdie,
rolled in a 55-footer from of
the green with his putter to
start the afternoon round and
made four more brides on the
round. He three-putted the
18th to lose a chance to win
without a playof. He finished
with a par four on the final
hole. his l5-footer for a birdie
3 stopping 6 inches short.
Johnson said he first figured
he had a chance to win when
he Clipped in from 80 feet on
the 18th hole in the afternoon.
He repeated the effort on the
10th and pared in, missing a
flve-foot birdie putt on the 18th.
Ton ,1on,1ax, x.yi,a,,are.
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Four Wosomes Remoin
In Race for Argyle Title

Defending Champions John
Andestad and AL Coe will meet
Ray Loveless and Dick Cole in
one semifinal and Buddy Reyn-
olds and Bob Farrell will play
Curt Turner and Merle Wagner
in the other in the Argyle win
ter golf league Saturday.
Andestad and Coe defeated
Lynn johnson and Wally Bur-
ton. 2la to u. yesterday to sew
up the title in Division 3. The
winners wound up with 10
points.
Pat MARITIME and LATE Frank
lin scored a 2-l victory over
Larry Lawrence and Mai. John
Turkish but needed a sweep to
overhaul LovelesS and Coe, who
had finished the previous week
end with II points to take Dr.
vision 4 honors.
Reynolds and Farrell scored
all three points against Luke
Beale and Orville Tate to win
Division l. Turner and Wagner
also finished the previous week
and took honors in Division 2.
BETHESDA-There will be a
playoff to decide the Division B
title and the team that will
meet Ken Toda and Cy Brick
field, Division A winners, for
the winter golf championship.
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By the Associated Press

The Milwaukee Braves, pre-
vented by spring rains from
seasoning young southpaw
pitchers, have acquired Left
handler Dick Littlefield from
the Chicago Cubs.
The club, announcing the
purchase last night, said it was
a cash deal. No price was mem
toned. ste
Littlefield, 80, won two and
lost three games for the Cubs
in 1857. He had q $50 earned
run average for the So innings
he pitched. He struck out 81
batters and walked 81.
He has, been in organized
baseball since 1916 and broke
into the major leagues in 1850
with the Boston Red Sox. He
played with Detroit in 1852 and
later saw service with Balti-
more. Brooklyn, the Cardinals
and Pirates.
Meanwhile, the Detroit tt
gers sent Pitcher Pete Wojey
and a reported $4,000 to Cleve-
land for Inlelder Milt Boiling
and Pitcher Vito Valentinetti.
Boiling. whose brother. Frank,
is Detroit's regular second base
man, batted .227 with Boston
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..AAUCagersSe
For Six-Game
Tour Of Soviet

DENVER, Mar. 81 R.-
Twelve of the outstanding per-
formers in the National AAU
basketball tournament will
travel to Russia to compete
against the Soviet Unions
championship team starting
April "a.
The United States AH-Stars
picked yesterday after Peoria
won the title in a 74-71 thriller
over Denver. will play a six
game series throughout Russia,
the first contest in Moscow.
Peoria sped through four
overtimes to win its fourth AAU
title Saturday night. The edge
was provided by North Dakota's
Chuck Wolfe. who poured in 10
of the Illinois teams Is over
time points.
Both Stall for Shot
At the end of regulation play
the score was knotted at $3.50
The first three extra periods
ended 60-60, 62-62 and 64-64
as both teams stalled for a
single shot after gaining pos
session in overtime.
Bartlesville, Okla. a nine
time AAU champion, won the
consolation title by trouncing
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo-, 1856.
Six Peoria players were
named to the all-star squad
for the month-long tour of
Russia under State Department
sponsorship. Next year the
United States will be host to
the Soviet champions.
AS picked by tourney officials
the all-star players and the
teams they represented in the
AAU meet are:
From his own team. Coach
Warren Womble of Peoria
picked Wolfe. B. H. Born. Jim
Palmer. HOWE Crittenden and
Dean and AL Kelley.
Assemble in Peoria
Others named were Burdy
Haldorson and Joe Dean, both
OF Bartlesville; Terry Rand and
Harv Schmidt of Denver, Dick
Bouschka of Wichita and Bob
Jeangerard of the Air Force.
The team will assemble in
Peoria for a weeks workout
starting April IL and is SEIZED.
uled to leave New York April
20 for Moscow.
Games will be played in Mos
COW April "a and IS, in Len
ingrad April % and 20 and in
the Russian resort town of
Tbilisi May / and 2.
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Braves Buy LittIefieId;
Boiling Swopped Again

and Washington last year. The
Indians obtained him from the
Senators recently in exchange
for Pitcher Pete Mesa.
Valentinetti. a 29-year -old
right-hander. posted a 9-5 rec
ord with Los Angeles. Wojey,
"a, had an 8-1l record with
Charleston. w. Va, farm club
in the American Association
last season. A right handler, he
had several trials with the
Dodgers before moving TO the
Detroit organization.
There were several other
player transactions. Cleveland
optioned Pitcher Gene Larry
brother of Detroit's Frank Larry
to San Diego. Barry Latham
2l-year-old Highlander. was
sent back to Indianapolis by
the White Sox.
The RedlegS sent Bobby Hen
rich. 19-year-old bonus in
fielder, to Savannah and CD.
toned Pitchers John Ivory
Smith and Jerry Cade tc
Havana.
Outflelder Infielder Lee
Burke. 23-year-old prospect
from Hagerstown, Md. was
sent by the Orioles to theil
minor league camp at Thomas.
vile, Ga,
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CowelI Advances
To Soccer Finals

The Myron Cowell soccer
team will play Community
jewelers. Of Baltimore in the
finals of the Rowland Cup play
offs next Sunday in Washing
ton. The exact site will be
announced later this week.
Myron Cowell gained the
finals by defeating the Balti-
more Spikes, 2-1, yesterday at
Patterson Field in Baltimore.
Ed Reider supplied the winning
goal after Nick Pulupa had
scored earlier for Washington.
In Stewart Cup semifinal
play, the Baltimore Kickers
eliminated Prince Georges, TO,
at Clifton Park in Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

The Congressional CountrS
Clubs girls swimming team sci
sly meet records and captured
first place in the Greensboro
N. c.. Sd annual invitational
indoor swimming meet late Sat-
urday night. Congressional
boys placed second in. their di.
vision.
In another meet Saturday
night at Philadelphia. Judy
Panneton of the Walter Reed
Swimming Club took the junior
national 100-yard breastroke
event IN the Middle Atlantic
AAU meet at the University oil
Pennsylvania. Her time was
1919.
Congressional's girls COM
piled a total of so points
Greensboro. the defending
champion. followed with 81
and Watching Lake. N. j.
had %.
Cincinnati edged Congress
sional's boys, 1886, while
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PRESIDENTS
Continued from Pare Al.

Continued from Page Ala
night. with Washington wing
ing out front, Al, in the first
period. a tremendous lead in
hockey. and then losing to an
aggressive Charlotte club that
beat the Presidents by one game
for the regular season title.
In the overtime, two injuries,
neither of which was as serious
as first supposed, aided to pro-
longing the contest. First,
Washington's goalie, Norm De-
Felice. came out Of the net on
a defense move and was bowled
over by Charlotte's Ken
Murphy. He was carried from
the scene on a stretcher, but,
after receiving first aid for a
bruise on his temple, returned
to action.
PalladinO Struck
A short time later Washing
toms Vip Palladino was struck
above the left eye at close
range by a puck sent zooming
through the air on lne stick
of Stan Warecki. Palladino
dropped to the ice like a sack
of meal and the crowd rose in
horror. But he got back in also
and was stitched after the
game.
Moose Lallo at % seconds
gave Washington a 10 lead,
but Bob Maxwell tied it at 7:0S.
Then Angie DeFelice, the
goalie's brother; Lallo and Pal
ladino sent in shots to give
Washington its Al lead. Chuck
Stuart G:40). Doug Adam
(5:05 and Bibber O'Hearn
Q1:28) brought Charlotte back
in the second period. At 1885
of that period DeFelice scored
again, but at 1920 of the third,
Adam again counted to send
the game into overtime.
Sullivan's winning goal was
made while he was close 10 the
cage. He took a pass from Max
well. who was OF to his right.
and shot it in quickly. Well.
not so quickly. When the game
ended, it was 1925, Monday
morning.
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Red Wings Appear Out
OF SemifinoI PIoyoffs

son. II just grabbed the puck.
got around Marcel Pronovost
(no relation) and put it in the
near corner"
wild Second Period
The Wings and Canadiens
had played almost u minutes
Of bruising hockey before Pro-
novost's point-blank finisher.
Except for q two-minute span
in the wild second period. the
game was scoreless until its
sudden end.
Forbes Kennedy put Detroit
ahead for the FIRST time in the
series with q fiuke 75-footer
that bounced past the kneeling
Canadien net-minder. Jacques
Plante. at l4:07.
Dickie Moore provided the
equalizer at 1900 with a 5-foot
backhander after taking passes
from Maurice Richard and Jean
Beliveau. Detroit's Bob Bailey
was in the penalty box at the
time.
Bailey had been banished for
Icrosschecking Plante and send
ing him Keeling to the ice. The
wandering Montreal goalie lay
unconscious face down on the
the ice for three minutes be-
fore he was revived. He was
taken to the dressing room and
the remaining 5:22 Of the per-
iod was tackled onto the start
of the third stanza.
Plante returned as good az
new and was invincible the
rest of the way. He showed Q
lump behind his left ear.
1T was deliberate. there's no
two ways about it," fumed Toe
Blake, Montreal coach. It's
the first time ! ever accused
anybody of that, but it was"
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|Ce|tics, Hawks
|DeadIocked in
Final PIayoff

BOSTON. Mar. 81 R.-It
looks like last year all over
again in the National Basket
ball Association playoff finals
as defending champion Boston
and st. Louis move westward
locked in a IL tie.
The Celtics outclassed the
Hawks, l36-l12, yesterday and
deadlocked the best-of-seven
final series. Boston had done
the same thing IL months age
in the second contest with a
20-point. 1899 decision.
In the Saturday opener be-
fore a Nationwide television
audience. st. Louis eked out q
l04-l02 decision. A year ago,
the margin was the same for
the Hawks. 125-l23. in overtime
Celtics Won Finale
Boston finally won last years
finals in the seventh and last
game, going two hectic overtime
periods for the 125-123 victory
The teams swing to st. Louis
for the third game Wednesday
night. and If this is a repeat OF
the 1867 series. the Hawks
are due to win. st. Louis cap
tured game No. 8 a year ago
l00-98.
While the Celtics showed
great all-around class yesterday
the guy who thrilled the Boston
Garden crowd was Sad Sam
Jones. The rookie from North
Carolina College who hadn't
even played in the opener
scored Is points, scrambled fol
rebounds and drove the Hawks
silly on defense.
Fast Break Helps
Capitalizing on their fast
break much more than on Sat-
urday, the Celtics hit on 48 OF
l03 field-goal tries compared
to st. Louis SO Of lot. The
Celts also held a commanding
85-55 edge in rebounds.
Boston's top scorers were
Bob Cousy with IS, Bill Shar-
man and Bill Russell with
% each and Frank Ramsey
with 20.
The Celtics held Bob Petit
to 10. but the most amazing
individual of the playoffs-the
Hawks Cliff Hagan-remained
unstoppable.
Cliff topped all scorers with
81 points by hitting on 10 of
10 f1eld-goal tries and II of ls
chances from. the free-throw
line. He led his team in re-
bounds with IL.
In two games against the
Celtics, Hagan has scored 70
points. In seven playof games,
including the semifinal series
against Detroit. Hagan has
racked up 224. a 32-point
average.
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WEEKEND FIGHTS
BY the Associated Pres

. ssRooKLYN[irish Eddie Lynch
Rhodes i4ss' I Nofris SSSRHini Ps Suliu'
PATERSON. N. stefan Redl
1854. Paterson, outpointed Johnny
Digilio Ia Bayonne; N. J.: 10.
Morton. l43Ia, San Jose. Calf. out.
pointed Earl CThe Menacel Dennis
1921, New York. 10
KINGSTON, Jamaica Jose Edwin
l41la. Panama. outpointed Alfredo Be
zaar. 147. Dominican Republic. 10. ;
TOKYO.-Hisao KobayaShi. 1876,
Japan. outpointed Leo EspinoSa. Ice
IL. -
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Masters Field
Finds Weather
Major Topic

AUGUSTA. Ga, Mar. 81 (P).
Colts nomads began assem-
bling today for the 22d Masters
tournament and they seemed to
share one topic of CONVERSE
tion-the weather.
If we have much more of
this rain this course will be a
backbreaker." said Jack Burke,
jr., the 1856 winner. Its long
and tough normally. Yesterday
I wore myself out trying to
reach the par four greens in
two"
Byron Nelson, who has played
in 20 Of the 81 past events COM
mented: II don't remember
when the course. has played
longer"
Rain Drenches Course
An all-day rain drenched the
lush Augusta National layout.
President Eisenhower's favorite
links, yesterday. More rain was
forecast today, with clearing
expected tomorrow. The tour
nament starts Thursday.
The course measures $3.50
yards and has a par Of 1885,
70.
Because of its tremendous
length, Augusta may prove too
much for the two spectacular
visitors from the Orient. Tora-
kichi tPete) Nakamura and
koichi Ono, who won the Can
ada Cup for Japan last October
i'll Tokyo.
These two Japanese have ex-
cited the imagination of those
pros who were unable to see
them trounce Sam Snead and
Jimmy Demaret by nine shots
in the Tokyo tournament which
drew leading professionals from
20 nations.
Lose Close Match
Golfers hereabouts were
amazed that, Nakamura and
Ono barely we're beaten by
Snead and Demaret in an ex-
hibition Saturday on Snead's
home course at NBoca Ration,
Fla. Except for double DOGGY
six on the final hole, little Max
amura would have outscored |
Snead again and carried his
team to at least a tie in the
18-hole match.
The Americans won by two
strokes with a score of lao on
a SO by Snead and a II by
Demaret. Nakamura, who sank
three puts Of more than 30
feet, had a 70 and Ono a 70.
These fellows are fine golf |
ers and are dangerous on any
course" Snead said. 1.-The |
Masters course is a little long
for them and the green's may be
too fast. but you can't ignore
them. They will be tough"
Nakamura Praised
i've never seen a putter like
Nakamura." said Demaret.
If he can putt Augusta green's
the way he did at Tokyo and
Boca Ration he'll have us talk
ing to ourselves"
Snead and Demaret practiced
yesterday in the rain. Max
arilura and Ono, who stayed at
Boca Ration. are expected to
get their first look at the course
today.
The last Of more than 100 in
vitations were extended yester-
day to 30 Wininger of Odessa.
Tex, and Dave Ragan of Or
lando. Fla. They were nom
mated by the Professional Golf
ers Association for perform
ances during the winter tour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

DETROIT. Mar. 81 R,-
Only a complete turnabout can
save the punchless Detroit Red
Wings from elimination in
their Stanley Cup semif1nal
series with the rollicking
Montreal Canadiens.
A Montreal victory here to-
morrow night would be the
deathknell for the Wings,
who've been able to muster only
three goals in three playoff
games.
The CanadiensS. opened q
commanding 80 lead last night
in the best-of-seven series by
skating to a 81 overtime
triumph. Andre Pronovost put
the clincher past Terry Saw
chuk. Detroit goalie, after 1852
Of sudden death play.
Rangers in Peril
The New York Rangers also
were facing an uphill battle in
their semifinal series with the
Boston Bruins. The teams re-
turn to action tomorrow at
Boston with the Bruins holding
a 2-l advantage. All the re-
naming games will be played
in the Boston Garden.
Boston beat the Rangers,
SO. Saturday. but Bronko Hor-
vath, star scorer, was injured
when hit by a stick. Horvath
was to work out today, and may
be able to play tomorrow.
Pronovost picked up a loose
puck at the Montreal blueline
and skated the length of the
ice before firing the winning
goal past Sawchuk last night.
This was the biggest one ]
ever scored" said the jubilant
Pronovost. who is in his second
National Hockey League sea-
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NBA PLAYOFF
AT A GLANCE

BY the Associated Press
RESULT YESTERDAY
Boston, 1856: st Louis. III (Best-of.
seven final series tied Id.
RESULT SATURDAY
st. Louis. 104; Boston. lO2.
Schedule Wednesday
Boston at St. Louis.
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HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
AT A GLANCE

BY the Associated Press
can Series Best-of-seven)
RESULTS YESTERDAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
tSemifinals
Montreal .; Detroit. tovertimel
Montreal leads, .i-0l
AMERICAN LEAGUE
tSemlhnais)
Hershey. n Providence. g. Hershey
leads. 3-0l
Cleveland 81 sprlnsneld. 1. tcleve.
and leads 2-D.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
FInaisl
isyille leads. 3-2l
RESULTS SATURDAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston, y New York. o Boston
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Hershey, = Providence,
Cleveland. ~ SprinRfeld. 1
EASTERN LEAGUE
Charlotte WASHINGTON. 4.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
No Rames scheduled.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-31

has been taken, an indication that
this years fair will be the biggest
yet.
Altogether, 1000 exhibits will
vie for more than $44 900 in prize
money and colorful ribbons. Sen.
Morse won l3 blue ribbons, six
red ones and two white third
place silks with his handsome
red Devons last year.
Another event of interest to
cattlemen and fairgoers in gen
eral viii be an auction of Hol-
stein cattle. Those who prefer
horseflesh can watch a real west
ern rodeo at afternoon and eve
ming performances the first three
days of the fair.
Mrs. Betty Fisher, of Gathers
burg, and Mrs. Lillian Bailey, of
Laytonsville, are making plans to
serve $4,000 old-fashioned coun-
try-style fried chicken dinners.
Fair officials are hoping that
last years record attendance of
100000 will be topped this year.
And there will be a political
note; Democrats are going to
con tie st for the handsomest
donkeys. They've invited COP
ers to trot out the homegrown