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Raceway Rock: Music, People, Peace By Jim Smith Westbury- -The 77,379 rock. fans who passed through turnstiles, jamming Roosevelt Raceway yesterday for an 11-hour music festival dubbed "Summersault '74," were not gathered in a gesture of rebellion. Altamont is ancient history; there is no war to write lyrics about. These people came to party. And they did.

"I guess everybody's more relaxed now," said Jim Mathies, 23, of Westbury, who installs closed-circuit televisions. "There's no major political things on to protest." Vietnam veteran Ronnie Marmo, 29, of Levittown, said. "It's a peaceful concert, man. People are more together now. It used to be a way of showing you were against the war.

Now it's just the music. No more hassles." When the announcement came early in the concert that Richard M. Nixon had been pardoned by President Ford for his role in the Watergate affair, there was a chorus of boos from the crowd. But it died quickly. "So we booed," said Jill Smith, 21, of Paramus, N.

J. "I'm sure there aren't many here who really care. Who wants revenge? There's no politics anymore. Bob Chaves Pilot Newsday Photo by Jim Peppler PEOPLE Another ride revered Uncle Paul was too fat and he would have to "Paul's walk some," blind said Lubertha Decluett, Albert's daughter. Paul Revere's "other" ride, the one that took him to and he's sick.

Papa takes him for a walk. Papa's quite a Philadelphia, is under way again. On the 200th anni- man." Mrs. Decluett said Albert leaves her Chicago home versary of the start of Revere's trip from Milton, every morning about 9:30 and walks across the street to to Constitution Hall in Philadelphia, a band of about 50 his brother's home. modern-day "colonials," dressed in 1774-style clothing, "Uncle Paul has his cane, and he holds on to Papa.

gathered in Milton yesterday to present Revere with a We live in the middle of the street, and he takes him new copy of a document known as the Suffolk (Mass.) about a block." Mrs. Decluett said her neighbors report Resolves. Revere (Anthony Guest of Milton), then began the two men stroll down the tree-lined street chattering the first leg of a seven- journey that will be shared animatedly. "Papa has worked all his life," she said. by horsemen in five states before ending Sunday in "He's always been active." Philadelphia.

While Revere's journey with the Suffolk Resolves is not as well known as his "midnight ride" A round with Laird immortalized in the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it was more significant historically. The package President Ford, 18-stroke handicap and all, teamed of 19 resolutions adopted by communities in Suffolk with Melvin R. Laird yesterday to finish third in a golf County, were presented by Revere to the Con- tournament. Two hours after he announced he had tinental Congress on Sept. 15, 1774.

The Congress granted a full pardon to former President Richard M. adopted them: a day later, and the resolves served as a Nixon, Ford teed off with the former defense secretary at prelude to the Declaration of Independence, which was Burning Tree Golf Club in Washington. The tournament drawn up in 1776. was a best-ball affair, in which the better score by a member of the team counts as the team score for each On the street where they live hole. For Newsmen that reason, parked by Ford the did 11th not hole have a Ford particular sink score.

saw Albert Peters worries about the health of his brother, a 20-foot putt. But assistant club pro Jeff Kimbrough Paul, so he takes him for a walk every morning. Albert said Laird is the better golfer. is one month shy of 103. Paul is 93.

"The doctor said Compiled From News Dispatches We're just here to, listen to sic." The concert. featuring Joni Mitchell, The and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. lasted from 12:30 in the afternoon until 11:30 PM and grossed $790,970, exclusive of parking fees and the re- Dave Marsh reviews the music, Page 9A Newsday Photo by Jim Peopler A Nassau County police officer keeps a close watch over the crowd of 77,379 rock fans who packed into the raceway, but the crowd was orderly and only 16 persons were arrested, all on marijuana charges. One fan, right, seems to have his own style of flipping out. ceipts from concessions.

Despite the tons of litter left behind and the arrest of 16 persons between the ages of 15 and 28 on marijuana charges, the general passivity of the throng led production manager Joseph Cohen to say, "The way the kids have conducted themselves at this event has made it one of the most significant happenings in rock music history." Many sprawled on blankets in the muddy infield, some lighting bonfires of debris when night fell, adding to the community spirit. Others jammed the semi-enclosed grandstand where those in the upper deck and beneath the stands could watch the concert on closed- color televisions, which seemed to be everywhere. "This crowd's been mild and mellow," said Dr. George R. Gay, 42, "together and happy.

Compared to other festivals I've seen, there's been a surprisingly low level of overt drug use. No heroin or methadone at all. Mostly grass, pills and a little acid." Gay, 42, is the emergency care specialist for the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical clinic, a federally funded group of San Francisco-based doctors and their assistants hired to provide first aid yesterday by festival promoter Bill Graham. Gay was assisted by 150 volunteers, most of them from a private, non-profit Greenwich Village group of medical students, nurses and aides called "The Door." He said that about 1,000 persons received treatment--most of it minor. Forty were treated for various drug problems, he said, but none was hospitalized.

Nassau Chief of Detectives Edward Curran, who directed a police command post in a nearby office building, refused to disclose the size of his force. He said the only police inside the festival were plainclothes undercover agents and narcotics squad members, who were "gathering intelligence.".