The Record from Hackensack, New Jersey • 7

(I i-ftof nlo 7 7 fl I JI MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 A-7 i 1 y- 1 V-r." sip" i USm' I ft iiiwtt'MmiiiiiiiiiiiiM 'tfiwwr'W-iiiM oainmrfrt'ig i niif inv''' "r.r-h-.iW.T),-it f-1 iimhjuuiu ii ii i Mike Hall of Fair Lawn heaves hay bail at Oradell fair. He placed second, Ross Baretz, above, and his favorite jumper. Flower. oi fair past the outer edges of the fair, leading a black sheep which, appropriately, said "Baa-baa!" to every child who stopped to pet him. Pink pigs peered from behind a fence near a pile of hay that sported a sign inviting youngsters to jump in.

Threats of rain, even 'some sprinkles, failed to dampen fair-goers' spirits. Mike Hall of Fair Lawn, fresh from the bucksaw contest which he and teammate Bob Fruch of Oradell had won handily, made a series of valiant attempts to walk a high wire, but his damp-soled sneakers slipped every time. The purpose of the fair was to re-create the farm heritage of much of Bergen County, and it was accomplished. The old-time medicine show, with its razzle-dazzle talk and promise of miracles, recalled the faith of a simpler era. Oxen pulling and bucksaw contests seemed a touch of exotic in these days of central heating and tractors, until one remembered the energy crunch and that the tractor pulling the hayride had broken down.

Bluegrass was a pleasant alU native to rock, with the Rich Rainey Blue Grass Cousins and contestants in the banjo and country fiddling events providing the tunes. There remains enough interest in farming In Bergen County to provide contestants for a poultry and a rabbit competition. And yesterday local fire departments challenged other town residents to a tug-of-war over a pit of mud. The two-day event was a benefit for the Garretson Forge and Restoration, a pre-Revolutionary farm and homestead in Fair Lawn. From contests to crafts shows Hall, 10, of Oradell, as he rubbed dirt into his hands preparatory to his assault of the pole.

Despite his admitted skill at tree climbing, Gary was not particularly confident of his chances at the pole. "I probably won't get up it, and I know my mother's going to kill me," he said. But at an old-time country fair like this weekend's Oradell Bicentennial Fair at Benbyre Farm, the doing was almost as much fun as winning. And there was plenty to do. Every ten minutes, it seemed, a new contest or exhibit was announced from the bandstand.

Frog jumping in the center arena. A bucksaw contest be-; hind the bandstand. Hoop rolling in the far pasture: A beard contest. A costume contest. Turtle races.

A horse show. An animal obedience- demonstration. A guide dog demonstration. An attack dog demonstration- touch of the contemporary on an old-fashioned day. A medicine show.

A high-wire walk. Corn-husking contests served double duty fun for the participants, supply for the Lions Club booth where fresh buttered sweet corn sold for 40 cents an -ear. i For those who didn't want to participate, there was plenty just to look at a blacksmith forging nails, a caner weaving a chair seat, a spinster making her wheel fly, a glass-blower fashioning delicate ornaments. There were displays of dried flowers, pinecone wreaths, and beautiful quilts. A small boy wandered By VIRGINIA LAMBERT 7 Start Writer Staff Photos by Peter Karas An hour after the last contestant had slid his way into oblivion, the tiny American flag still waved proudly atop the greased pole.

In 1975, it appears, skill greased pole climbing has deteriorated. Fortunately, laundry technology has advanced. "Today I had to wear a new shirt," groaned Gary Nine-year-old Chris Schultz of Westwood starts his slippery climb up a greased pole. Like most everyone, he didn't make it. Biofeedback: one route to easy childbirth Bank heist subject of action film By VICTORIA GRAHAM Th Associated Press By JOHN CRITTENDEN Movie Critic Add "Dog Day Afternoon" to that short list of new American films worth seeing.

The film is interesting not only because of its action, but also because of the provocative questions it raises about American life. Based on a true incident that got a couple of days of front-page play in the newspapers in August 1972, it provides us with comedy and drama in a human-scale spectacle. A FILM REVIEW Some women are wiring themselves to biofeedback machines and learning to relax their muscles, relieve their fears, and reduce the time and pain of childbirth. "I think childbirth is a perfect and down-to-earth application for biofeedback," says Dr. Robert H.

Gregg. Gregg uses biofeedback in his Southern California practice and says it sometimes can change labor from a traumatic ordeal to a pleasant experience. Biofeedback is a process in which people get constant signals, or feedback, on body functions such as blood pressure and muscle tension. They then can attempt to control those functions by concentration. In childbirth, Gregg says, biofeedback training can help some women relax, thereby easing their labor.

Gregg is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Loma Linda University near Los Angeles. He reported his findings on biofeedback and childbirth to a meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Boston. Biofeedback has been used to help control hypertension, migrane headaches, and low back pain, but Gregg says he believes he is the first to apply it to childbirth. In a preliminary study, Gregg compared 30 pregnant women who were trained in biofeedback with 30 similar 'women who received no training. In each group, 20 of the women previously had given birth.

He reported that the biofeedback-trained women had See CHILDBIRTH, Page A-15 There was only a a thousand dollars in the safe when a nervous young man tried to pull a bank job in Brooklyn that hot afternoon. Soon the small bank was surrounded by hundreds of policemen. Inside the young man, his accomplice, and their nine hostages started to sweat "Dog Day Afternoon," with the star, director, producer, and editor cf "Ser-pico," details the ordeal of the long nights siege and the early-morning ending to the bizarre affair. Wisely, the film has been executed more as a comedy than tragedy only comedy has roomr Al Pacino, center, is surrounded by scenes from his "Dog Day Afternoon." for such a tangle of motives and such an whelmed by her own simple life, are on for all the characters. They're all in the array of absurd facts.

welfare, along with their two kids. What mess together. It is established early that the robber, else could he do to get the money? This is a very human film. By that I played by Al Pacino with his usual intens- mean that even the extras seem to have ity and clarity, not the type who robs The makers of "Dog Day Afternoon" personalities, and even the least fully de-banks. He's desperate.

He needs (2,500 have a fine feeling for those whose op- veloped minor characters are given indi-for a sex-change operation for his male tions are limited. With the possible ex- vidual quirks, lover, currently In a ward at Bellevue. ception of the cops, particularly the FBI At one point, the police, at least 250 of He and his wife, a sweet girl over- agent on hand, there is affection built in sm HEIST, Page AU.