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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27
Eighth Of q Series

Eighth Of O Series
many years and many tracks
that the INSIDE" positions q
2, 3, close to the raiD offer 9
big advantage over the out
side" posts (6, 7, 81. This, Of
course. is true in every kind Of
racing around circular or oval
track, because in the outside
lanes you must go farther
around the turns. But it's par
ticularly important in trotting
because of the width OF the
sulkies and the difficulty OF
maneuvering in and out.
1t is generally recognized by
authorities that No. l post po-
Sition is an advantage of APP
proximately a full second over
No. 8.
At Rosecroft Raceway las
year, No. /, 2 and 8 posts won
! so per cent of all races whilt
Nos. 6, Z and 8 won only u
per cent. The No. / post a.
Rosecroft last year won sl'
times as often as No. 8.
You can see why It's I'M
portant, therefore, to note the
seventh column in the past
performance chart. It's the
column that follows the time
of the race, where we left of III
the last article.
Gives Post Position
This tells you from what posi-
position the horse started ir
its previous races. You may
note that the horse with a
particular driver is good al
winning or finishing strong
despite a Instantaneous post
position, or vice versa.
The problem is evident: from
an outside position. if horse
starts fast enough to beat most
OF the others to the rail before
the first turn, it's burning ur
a lot of energy right at the
start. If it doesn't, it mustI
either race wide, covering extra
ground. or drop behind the
pack to the inside-where il
eventually will have to make
up the ground anyhow.
Post positions are determined
oy blind draw after all entire:
are made, although track Off
Gals do have the right to place
any horse with a consistently
bad record of breaking" al
the start in an outside posi-
ton.
Now let's go on with the
program The next three col
umns show the horses progress
through a race, at the quarter
half mile and three-quarter-
mile marks. The number is
the horses position 9th, Sd
etc.. A small x in front of the
number indicates the horse was
in a break at that point. A
small o after the number means
1t had to race wide for at least
a quarter of a mile and there
fore lost a lot of ground. Wher
a horse is in this position it il
known to be parked out"
This is all vital information
because it enables you to notice
whether a horse is a fast fin
Usher or a fast starter OF
whether he has a tendency tt
break.
The 18th column gives the
horses position entering the
home stretch, indicating hi;
distance from the leader az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Stnf Writer

Sparkling new .sAenandoah
Downs introduces night thor
oughbred racing to this area
Friday amid an air of hope
founded on sheer optimism and
uncertainty that clings like an
unwanted shadow.
The people behind the plant
are betting more than 81 mil
lion on their hope.
And in the background. the
trotting people are watching,
too, quietly wondering how Sc
riously this new threat looms
over the green pastures of
night racing money they've
titled alone this past decade.
Could Alter Picture
ut will hurt" one connected
with the trotters says, How
much, that's the question"
Some feel that record-shat-
tering success could alter the
thoroughbred racing picture,
Those who are skeptical note
that the new plant, despite
beauty and accessibility to
Washington and Baltimore fans,
will be competing for good
horse flesh with the we'll
established tracks, such as Lau-
rel, Pimlico and Delaware Park.
A help in the right direction
is the news that Bill Hartack.
a household name. will bring
his riding talents to Shenan-
deah after the Kentucky Derby
Saturday. Hartack will be up
on Easy Spur in the Louisville
classic. The trip to Shenandoah
will be a sentimental journey
for Hartack, who rode his first
winner at another West Vir-
ginia track. Waterford Park
Were the mystery" Bill Nc
Donald, public relations direc-
tor for the new track, said. NO
body knows what we're going
to do. The feeling here, Of
course, is that we will do very
well.
I'VE have one powerful thing
going for us. The guy that loves
flat racing no loDoer will have
to take a day off from work to
so to the races"
The mortality rate of grand
mothers may dip drastically. as
a result, and dropping, too, may
be the business at the trotting
plants. RoSecroft and Laurel
Raceways will be operating in
direct opposition to Shenan-
doah, which will run from May
! to July II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27
Question Posed

The question is, are most
trotting fans merely race fans
who would rather bet their 81
on fats, or has the carriage
trade, in business here since
1949, built up its own follow
ing?
Five other fiat tracks have
night racing - Scarborough
Downs in Maine, Cahokia
Downs and Fairmont Park in
East st. Louis. Ill; Wheeling
Downs in West Virginia and
Jefferson Downs in New Or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27

Jockey Karl Korte is Sched-
uled to fly to Louisville tonight
to ride Elkam Stables Open
View in the Derby Trial to-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-27

TOmOrrOw-Preparing for q
Race-The Warmup
Evening star., 1959-12-18
State Won't Let Finch
Concede He Shot Wife

LOS ANG ELES, Dec. le
(AP). - Prosecutors have re-
iected a defense offer to con-
Cede that DR.. r. Bernard Finch
bred the shot that killed his
iocialite wife last July 18.
They said they prefer to let
the jury decide what happened
the night Mrs. Barbara Finch,
S., was slain at their West
Covina home.
The offer was made public
yesterday when the transcript
If a conference in Judge Wal
ter Evans chambers was en-
Lered in the record.
Trial of the wealthy physi-
clan and his girl friend, Carole
Tregoff, %, on charges of con-
Spiracy and murder was re-
cessed to December % because
If a shortage of prospective
Jurors.
Only one prospect from thu
original jury panel of 100 re-
nained when the recess wal
called. Lawyers have beer
questioning potential jurors
choosing and discarding, il
efforts to get jurors they deem
desirable.
Grant B. Cooper, DR.. Finch'I
lawyer, made the offer to stipu.
Evening star., 1959-12-18
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Evening star., 1959-12-18
JobIess Fund Rise
Will Be Sought

BALTIMORE, Dec. 10 (AP)
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland, said yesterday he
would introduce legislation
early in the next session of
Congress to give Maryland
more unemployment insurance
funds.
He credited State Senator
Aaron Baer. Democrat of Bal
timore City's 5th district with
finding a flaw in Federal regu-
lations which allocate jobless
insurance taxes to the States.
Mr.. Baer contended that
under the present setup. we're
subsidizing other States
Senator Beall said his staff
is making a study of the prob
lem and would not know the
best way to solve it until the
study is completed.
Evening star., 1959-12-18
Rites Mark 56th Year
Since Wrights' Flight

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N. c.,
Dec. 18 (AP).-A warm sun,
high clouds and a broad ex-
panse of Atlantic Ocean was
the setting here yesterday for
rites observing the Seth ami
versary of the first powered
airplane flight.
The memorial pylon near
where the Wright brothers,
Wilbur and Orville. lifted their
flimsy Flyer" off the ground in
a 12-second fight on December
II, 1908. gliStened in the sky
as supersonic aircraft overhead
dipped their wings in salute.
Five wreaths were laid at the
foot of the pylon, scarcely 100
yards from the big sand dune
on which the brothers recorded
the 120-foot flight that became
the start of an air age.
The wreathS were from Day.
ton. Ohio. home of the
Wrights; from oNrth Carolina;
from the Air Force Association;
from the North Carolina Aero
Club, and from Dare County.
The latter wreath was placed
by John Wilson Daniels ",
whose great-grandfather, John
T. Daniels. helped the Wrights
on the day Of the first flight.
Evening star., 1959-12-18

late that DR.. Finch fired the
fatal shot. The offer came in
a conference Wednesday after
noon.
Fred N. Wichello and Cliff
ford Grail, deputy district at
torneyS, rejecting the proposal
said the defense has no way
Of knowing the prosecution s
theory of the case.
The prosecution contends DR.
Finch. Al. and Miss Tregoff
his one-time receptio n ist
plotted to do away with Mrs
Finch so they could marry with
out sharing with her the $780,
600 Finch estate. Both defend
ants have pleaded not guilty.
A new group of $50 potential
jurors is expected to be avail
able for call when the case re-
conveneS after Christmas.
Evening star., 1959-12-18
WRIGHT TROPHY
NOTES SERVICES
OF MocCRACKEN

William P. MacCracken,
7l-year-old Washington
attorney once cited as the
"elder statesman of avia-
tion," last night was given
the Wright Memorial Tro-
ply for Significant public
service of enduring value
to aviation"
A World War l flyer,
Mr.. MacCracken was the
first "czar" of domestic
aviation as Assistant Un-
dersecretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics under
President Hoover. The tro-
ply is presented annually
by the Aero Club of Wash
ington through the Ma
tional Aeronautics Associa-
ton, trophy trustee.
Evening star., 1959-12-18

Later, at a memorial lunch
con, Rear Admiral Peter v.
Colmer reviewed the progress
OF aviation in the last half
century, and said:
THE advancements of the
future will be made like those
o fthe past-by hard work, by
painStaking research and test
ing. 1t will be done by the
same kind of people as the
WrightS, who set the highest
OF standards for us to follow. -
Evening star., 1959-12-18

to increase by l cent the States
Scent sales tax.
House Must Act
The two tax bills and the
veterans trust fund measure
are interlocking and all must
be approved by the House or
they will die.
Senator Harold M. Ryan,
Democrat. Senate minority
leader, said he and fellow
Democratic Senators agreed to
the package "only because we
had no other choice and be-
cause the State is in such dire
straits"
The Legislature has been
sitting in extended session
since the Michigan Supreme
Court last October ruled that
a l-cent use tax passed last
August violated the State con-
Stitution.
Gov. Williams had been op-
posed to any tax plan that
would yield less than the SlOO
million he says is necessary to
put Michigan back on its
financial feet.
Evening star., 1959-12-18

&SAAOSA oSAI NAON' NJ N4CAAAlSLA
having something is better
than having nothing"
The House was expected to
vote on the plan today.
One part of the proposal
would liquidate the States
veterans trust fund. worth
about $40 million, as a source
Of quick income. Another $34
million would be raised from
new or higher taxes on liquor
and beer. tobacco, and tele-
graph and telephone bills.
Franchise Fee Rise
The remaining $13 million
would come from a 1-mill in
crease in the 4-mill corporation
franchise fee. Both tax meas
Lres would expire III June, 1861
Passage by the House, where
membership is divided $3.50
between Republicans and DEM
ocratS, would mean an IL
month legislative wrangla over
ways of replenisning the States
depleted treasury.
The Senate also passed a bill
which would put on the No.
Vember. 1860, ballot a proposal
Evening star., 1959-12-18
Apostolic Delegate
To Visit Infant Home

The Most Rev. Egidio Vag-
nozzi, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, will be honor
guest from 3 to pm. Sunday
at the 11th annual open house
at st. AIMS Infant Home, 2200
California street NV.
Host at the party will be the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle
Archbishop of Washington
Glee clubs of various religious
institutes in the area will pre-
sent a special musical program.
Evening star., 1959-12-18
Fureo Apostolic Head
Is Appointed by Pope
BY the Associated Press

Bishop Leo Dworschak has
been appointed for Pope John
XIII to be apostolic admins
traitor of Fargo, N. OAK, a
post formerly held by Cardinal
Aloisius Muench.
The appointment was an
nounced by Archbishop Egidio
Vagnozzi. apostolic delegate to
the United States.
Bishop Dworschak has been
Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo since
l947.
Evening star., 1959-12-18
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Evening star., 1959-12-18
Johnson Sees
Destiny Riding
On Space Race
By CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star Stan Writer

This country cannot indulge
the luxury of budget clerk:
gambling with our destiny"
With that warning, Senate
Majority Leader johnson last
night called for an end to ar
bitrary fund limitations in the
space race with Russia.
Senator johnson spoke before
more than 1000 black-tied
guests at the annual Wright
Day Dinner at the Sheraton
Park Hotel with some of the
Nations most distinguished
space and aeronautics figures
as his audience.
Il hope the Executive Branch
viii Include in the forthcoming
budget whatever funds are nee
esSary to give us rocket motors
that can compete with the Rus
sians," he said, including any
supplemental appropriations
required this year.
Forecasts Support
Il am confident" he added,
that the Congress and the
American people would support
SIIrh actioY,
The Texas Democrats plea
for a blank check in space
spending contained many an
ominous passage as he admit
ted the Soviet lead in space ex-
ploration and in development
Of ballistic missiles.
Our national survival could
depend upon our being first in
the space race, and soon. An
effort to catch up at some in
definite time in the future will
not do"
The Senator echoed a state
ment Of DR.. william H. Picker
ing. head of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
tion's Jet propulsion laboratory,
that I'VE must decide at the
highest national level that we
are going to compete - and
win"
Cites Saturn Project
He scolded the drift, delay
and dilution" in the Saturn
project. Those directly re-
sponsible for the Saturn pro-
gram have already made it
clear that the program will
need at least 500 million more
than the administration pro-
poses to request.
Clearly, the impression that
We must win the race for space
has not penetrated certain
Washington levels" he de-
clared.
He predicted that during the
upcoming decade. the world will
begin to use outer space for
the delivery of mail, for the
transmission of television and
other communications. for the
modifying Of climate and
weather. for the navigation of
the ocean lanes and airways.
will freedom long hold it's
present position If the Soviet
Union becomes the postman of
the world?" he asked.
Our Nation cannot commit
itself to leadership for peace
when it commits to a position
of inferiority in strength. We
cannot concede outer space to
communism and hold leader
ship on earth. If we continue
on this course, we shall be SOW
ing the seeds of disillusion-
and we shall reap a wind of
bitterness from all whose hopes
we have raised"
He called for one-man
leader to be accountable-"one
man with the power to act.
We thought we had done this
in the Space Act when we put
the President in charge of it.
IF the Executive Depart
ment cannot or will not meet
this responsibility. then the
Congress must act," Senator
Johnson said.
I'VE have a rendezvous to
keep-a rendezvous with great
ness or a rendezvous with OBJ
livion. We can still choose which
it shall be.
But the time of choice is
running out"
Evening star., 1959-12-18
Michigan Senate Votes
Another Revenue Plan

LANSING. Mich. Dec 1S (AP).-A revenue plan which
would pump $87 million into Mchigans debtrddn treasury
last night by the State Senate the House
The measure pushed through by the Senates Republican
majority drew immediate somewhat reluctant support from
Democratic Gov. G. Mennen Williams, who told reporters
Evening star., 1959-12-18
YIN Annual Meeting

The annual meeting Of the
YMCA serving metropolitan
Evening star., 1959-02-15

much for me-" That last
means she is really great.
"Too much" also can be used
for a really great party, or
"royal blast"
When. you goof, you say,
II messed up" or Il f1ubbed"
or Il pulled a hurd." which
would be really "hurdy." But
if you're just messing around
or hacking around" you're
"lollygagging," "skylarking,"
or cooling it." But if some
one yells at you to "cool it,"
that means stop whatever
you're doing. If you do, how
ever. you. could be called
''lame"-the latest word for
Chicken" or coward"
If you cant fight that"
(you don't understand it or
don't like it,, try some money
talk. That spendable stuff
is known as "sheckles,"
corn feed" and a word that's
been around a long time,
bread"
If you want to borrow
money you say, Got any
loose?" or Got a bill?" Or
as Dennis Mitchell of Hart
Junior High in the District
says, spot me a quarter"
The person you ask prob
ably win tell you, You've
got a kind face-the kind
you hang up on the wall and
throw darts att"
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Beware of Skonks

Mount Vernon High girls
have some special names for
cute boys, too. A real hunk"
is a real doll of a boy. If he's
an animal" he's really
handsome and wanted for a
date. Once the girl nabs her
animal" she has to watch
out for "skanks." Those are
girls who f1irt with boys,
even though they're with
another girl. A "skank" can
be a season girl" one who
likes the hero of whatever
sport is in season.
Skanks and other types not
wanted around are told,
your mothers calling you"
or Take a long walk on a
short pier" or Heat the
Sidewalk" or II hate to see
you leave but there goes the
front door," or Go play in
the traffic" or You know
where you can catch a bus"
Instead of saying, Drop.
dead" or Fall fatal" some
teens say, Take out" or
'Break it easy" or MAKE it."
If the unwanteds take the
hint they'll "stash the trash.
and flake out" In other
words, they'll shut up and
leave.
At Mackin High in the
District boys refer to persons
who are always Splashing
money as live snakes"
"HugoS" are IL. BIS" dover
boyS).
Evening star., 1959-02-15
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK
YOUNG PEOPLE =: = :"
Here's How They Talk in Other Parts of the Country

First, there are the super
latives. words and express
sions to convey the biggest
or the best of anything. For
instance, If a teen-ager re-
ceived a fine watch for his
birthday or graduation, 1t
would be more than just q
fine watch. 1t would be the
most, the utmost, terrif and
just plain jazzy.
A. lesser gift. say a new
sweater or cuff links, would
be a beaut, a top dog, s'won-
derful. dreamy. gone, real
gone, or all gone. depending
on its quality and the mood
of the recipient.
Teen-agers seldom leave
the house to attend a lively
party. They drag of the pad
for a real swinging one. Or
they may cut out for a cool
caper or simply ditch the
cage for a real ball:
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Look, !, Ma, NoCIutch!

The boys apply their car
talk to girls, too. a hydra
matte date't.is a "no-clutch"
date. Some girls might term
this expression real feeble"
or hanmy. But the boys could
turn ana say the girls were
"toanin'" tteasing them) and
they could retort sareastie
cally. "Ya mama didn't say
that"
If a lot of people are
"joaning" on one person it's
called "a joan session" by
Coolidge High teen-agers.
And if you don't particularly
Ike the "joang-you call it "a
common joan"
whats happening, SJazz?"
is another way Of asking
Whats the Q word?'s The
word could be "widget," q
term that. has replaced 'the
old standby "gizfno." ..
And here's a standby for
Friday that teensagers at
Bethesda CHEVY Chase. use
T.GIF. 1t stands for Thank
goodness it's Friday" That's
the way they wind up their
week. and that's the. way
we'll wind up this story:
Evening star., 1959-02-15

And if these PCS" (privi-
legged characters) come your
way or a homely girl heads
in your direction and you
don't want to be bothered,
you turn to a friend and say.
Sing quick" J"
If somebody is terrible
bad" or looks right tough,
that means he's really good.
But if he's a weirdie, teen
ayers say he's from Squares
vile" or from TranSylvania.
Or someone might quip, Hes
a jive-time squirrel trying to
rule the world with an acorn"
or He's a winner" "a win
ner" in this case is really a
loserD On the other hand,
if he's sharp you can say,
Hes got it made in. the
shade in his blue suedes."
And speaking of shoes,
there's an item that makes
for language. Desert boots
sometimes are called fruit
bowls" )" = Other shoes are
called boxes" or "clods" or
bop Shoes" and the pointed
toe shoes are designated as
grinders"
Car coats are wind slap
pers." And that gets US
around to one of the biggest
categories in teen-age slang
cars. Car talk stays in
style, but dragsters just add
more phrases, according to
Tappy Tapscott. a Montgorn-
cry Blair Junior and a men,
ber of The Busters, a hot rod
group in Burtonsville, Md.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Pearls Preferred

Along the way, they are
careful not to bug the fuzz
(antagonize the police by
riding in a hot drag (stolen
carr.
And, of course. once the
party begins no real cool
daddy would be caught shuf-
fling with an out-to-lunch.
a blue moon, a dragger. a
bird or a dad-which means
no red-blooded American boy
or girl wants to dance with
someone who is behind the
times.
Evening star., 1959-02-15
Words for Wolves

Boys who break into lines
or take charge without per-
mission are said to be "bo-
garting." Wolves are known
in some dens as real
hounds. skirt patrol" or
"fiendS."
Stupid people are lovers
of F,s" Cfailures). If you're
really stupid or a noodle"
Ga NUT, you're said to have
made town" Town" is short
for town idiot. Sometimes
teen-agers just touch their
fingers to the other arm and
make a ct" And if you want
to help these towns" so that
they'll get with it, you tell
them to get on the dotted
line"
There's a boy in Southeast
Washington who says, Give
me five" if he wants to shake
your hand. To the girls on
the other end of the tele-
phone he says, "By-e-e-e-e.
I'll call you later, If you're
lucky"
The bad men, or the rocks
and hoods, are additionally
termed head knockers"
'boppers," stick waggers,
real cats" or hard guys"
Evening star., 1959-02-15
New Car Terms

Among the more recent
terms are these phrases for
transmission droppers: "Clus-
ter clunkers, bomb jockeys,
piston peppers" and gear
droppers.H
A Sleeper" is an old car
with a fast engine and a
modern sports car is a giant
size skate" Small cars are
"go-bugs," "b e tiles" or
shorts" and big cars are
longs" Cars also are Known
as Jewels"
Evening star., 1959-02-15

At a stoplight; if the driver
of the car next to you says,
Let me hear it" or Want
to go one time2" he wants to
drag you or see who can beat
whom at the getaway. If you
pass him, leaving him in the
dust. chalk up a royal chew"
for you. If you decide to
overtake another. Car on the
road you say, IT'S chew
time"
A "two-bit tskeoff". occurs
when the driver loses IS
cents worth of rubber on. his
tires. To lay. a strip" o is to.
leave half. your tire on the
road. Scratching out" is the
same as '..peeling" or digging
out"-a right rapid accer-.
Grafton that makes the
wheels s"chirp" or spin rub
ber" -
Evening star., 1959-02-15

girls but a Zip headed" girl is
just one with a long head.
Girls who don't hang with
that kind of talk can say to
the boy. you look like a
trailer truck ran over you
or you're 40 miles of rough
gravel"
OF course the boy can re-
tort, ''Stand on your head
and hold your nose until
your heart stops beating.
That's the way to lose your
troubles"