Events & Discoveries

REVENUES
from gate receipts at the Coliseum	$3,958,099.86
from gate receipts on the road	319,201.30
from Dodgers' share of Coliseum concessions, hot dogs, etc.	268,100.00
from network broadcasting fees	800,000.00
from royalties on souvenirs, caps, etc.	50,000.00
TOTAL REVENUES	$5,395,401.16
EXPENSES
Coliseum rental and maintenance	$288,181.00
payroll, travel and overhead	1,750,000.00
BALANCE, or O'Malley & Co.'s net profit before taxes	$3,357,220.16

Lucy to the Shower
The National Anthem is meant to rouse feelings of pride and re-dedication in American listeners, not to provoke laughter. It is our duty to report that the Lucy Monroe public address system version of The Star-Spangled Banner at the World Series in Yankee Stadium last week was a musical fright which brought embarrassment, smirks and giggles to attending thousands and listening millions across the country. It's time to send Lucy to the shower.

Sunshine in L.A.
Does anyone in this season of World Series baseball feel like shedding a tear for the Dodgers, those onetime world champions now fallen on hard times? Well, our advice is: don't. Despite a rather less than spectacular season on the diamond (they finished seventh), Mr. Walter O'Malley and his boys did fairly well in the land of their adoption during the 1958 season. Herewith, compiled by West Coast experts with a shrewd knowledge of the business to guide their guesswork, is a close estimate of what Mr. O'Malley 's books will reveal come income-tax time:

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Tough, isn't it?

Barbs over Barbecues

Where there's smoke there's ire. The smoke coils pungently from the barbecue grill of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Vasco of Marlow Heights, Md. The ire smolders like a damp briquette in the breasts of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson of Marlow Heights, Md.

Since one particularly redolent night last August not a word has passed over the common fence separating the semidetached backyards of the Vascos and the Johnsons. On that night, as the odors from three steaks charcoaling on the Vascos' 24-inch grill wafted through the Johnson residence, the Johnsons decided they had had enough. Mrs. Johnson swore out a warrant for the arrest of Anthony Vasco as a "public nuisance" whose outdoor cooking is jeopardizing the Johnsons' "life and health." Anthony Vasco posted $30 on a $500 bond pending a court hearing.

"We don't know what we're eating," claims Mrs. Johnson . "I sit there with knots in my stomach watching the stuff come in," claims Mr. Johnson . Mr. Vasco, a barbecue buff who has a 12-incher for simple fare and an electric spit and shield for his 24-inch model, claims he never uses any seasoning stronger than an occasional clove of garlic. Mrs. Johnson claims the smoke has contributed to the decline and death of five weigela shrubs. Mr. Vasco points to his healthy rose bushes in refutation.

"This may affect every homeowner in the country," says Mr. Vasco.

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