MD MINOR LEAGUE TEAM FORCED TO ALTER PROMO AFTER ACLU ACTION

          The Class A Hagerstown (MD) Suns and the ACLU "have
     settled their dispute" over the team's "practice of
     discounting admissions" for families that bring church
     bulletins to Sunday games, according to Clarence Williams of
     the WASHINGTON TIMES.  Under terms of the agreement, the
     Suns "will change" their promotion to include bulletins of
     civic and nonprofit organizations as well as churches in
     return for the discounted family price of $6 for "as many
     as" six family members.  The ACLU had "contended" that the
     promotion violated laws against "religious discrimination in
     places of public accommodation."  The promotion, previously
     called "Church Bulletin Day," will be renamed "Sunday Family
     Bulletin Day" for every Sunday home game (WASHINGTON TIMES,
     1/12).  Suns Owner Winston Blenckstone said that he was
     "caught in a squeeze play," as his "finances prevented him
     from continuing to test the law."  Blenckstone: "We couldn't
     afford financially to continue to fight" (SUN, 1/12).