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* rm-wrestler ites sexism •^nthoiii, -'sis, prej ibs. warraii lining." R ad (o k] n my tt, nire as United Press International DAVIS, Calif. — Nowhere in the main of men only, says Debbie le, is the skill she excels at re nted more. She’s a world champion at wrist- estling, also called arm-wrestling that he-man test of strength you in bars and in television soap immercials aimed at the very- |uch male consumer. Lyle, 25, a graduate student at e University of California at lavis, wristwrestles competitively jth other women and wins honors spite the scoffing and bias she lysgoes on among male practition- s. There’s still a lot of sexism,” she ys. Lyle, who is seeking a master of ts degree in educational psychol- y,won the world title in Petaluma 1976 in the 135-pounds and _ ider division for women. She was k V inner-up last year and will try to gain the crown in October. 1 used to beat most of the guys I ienlwas younger, she said. A end of mine talked me into trying V e state tournament at Rancho * irdova (a Sacramento suburb). I dandwon state titles in 1973, ’74, 1 dinni: iand’76.’ d Wain,; At 5-9‘A and weighing 142 for Aci- ninds, Lyle also scuba dives and illespie.1 leserves restaurant seat s Admins man P«i ional Bari plays softball, racketball and vol leyball. She gets into shape for matches by lifting weights and jog ging. She still wrist-wrestles with men, usually to their grief, but never in tournaments. Despite her athletic prowess, Lyle and her manager, Yvonne Clearwater, said that she and other women athletes have yet to be ac cepted on the same level as male athletes. “Women athletes have difficulty obtaining sponsorship because male establishments think it’s bad adver tising to sponsor a woman athlete,” said Clearwater. The Champion Sparkplug Co. is Lyle’s major sponsor, and she also has received financial backing from Davis merchants. Clearwater cited instances at the National Wristwrestling Champion ships in Atlanta, Ga., which she said illustrated the second-class status of women athletes. The program manual contained no photographs of a female contes tant, she said. “The only women shown in the program manual were models ad vertising the bars,” Clearwater said. “They wore hotpants, plunging necklines and were sitting in seduc tive positions.” THE BATTALION Page 5 THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1978 U.S.-Viet relations to begin within year She said the tournament’s an nouncer failed to acknowledge the athletic skills of the female contes tants, introducing them as “a couple of the most beautiful gals and wristwrestlers, too.” “It was like an afterthought that they were wrist-wrestlers,” Clear water said. The event almost turned into a free-for-all, she said, when the an nouncer challenged the men to pre sent two pairs of women’s stockings for two six packs of beer. “It was really deflating for me as a woman,” said Lyle, who took third place in the women’s lightweight division. “You don’t feel like com peting for a circus. A lot of men don’t take us seriously and this low ers the quality of the sport for wo men.” Dallas man honors new pope United Press International ALLAS — A Dallas restaurateur j reserved an ornate, velvet- ivered chair for his childhood techism teacher, who just hap- s estate ins to die new head of the | ort , oman Catholic Church. tlu I JAlberto Dal Cin, owner of two lias restaurants, says that as a in the Italian mountain village lias 1 the lad l i Hasten i where he lived. Albino Luciani was the beloved bishop who taught at a parochial school in Bellano. Last Saturday, Luciani was named the 263th pope and assumed the name Pope John Paul. Dal Cin says he was “amazed” and "delighted when he learned the humble “mountain man” he knew as a child had been named the new pope. Diets unhealthy? d JLiquid protein diets have re- T Ited in 40 deaths in the United l ! ates, says the Food and Drug • Iministration. The FDA has proposed that man- acturers voluntarily put a warning i labels, saying the product may use serious illness or death — and tint! at it is not intended for weight re- killnipiction or maintenance. These diets are dangerous to the nillionsof weight-conscious people vho have gone on them, especially Ll riant qxi :tindb)l •mise of (lilt, IK pestiof i niniiirijj to slrf those without adequate medical supervision, warned Mary K. Sweeten, a foods and nutrition specialist. Liquid protein diets are even more dangerous for infants, chil dren, pregnant or nursing women, people taking medications and people with kidney, liver or heart diseases, she added. These people especially should not take liquid protein products, she advises. “He didn’t like pomp, and al though he held such a high office, he would meet us wearing the sim ple black cassock of an oridinary priest,” recalls Dal Cin. “He always woidd laugh and talk with us, even when he was teaching. He is a bril liant man, but he relates what he knows in the simplest language." Dal Cin’s mother and brother still live in Pope John Paul s hometown in Italy and know the prelate’s brother and sister, who the re staurateur says live very simply. The pope is conservative in his theology, according to Dal Cin, but is liberal in certain areas. He says popes in the past have been aristocratic “but this one is more like Pope John XXIII.’’ “He’ll be a pope of the poor and under privileged,” Dal Cin predicts. Dal Cin, who immigrated to the United States five years ago, says the new pope is not a traveled man but that doesn’t mean he’ll need reservations to eat at his old hometown friend’s establishkmeuts “He’ll have the seat of honor among the people," Dal Cin says. pointing to the highbacked chair on which hangs a sign that reads, “Re served for the Pope.” United Press International BATON ROUGE, La. — The United States will extend diplomatic relations to Vietnam within six months, U.S. Rep. Henson Moore said Wednesday. Moore, R-La., one of eight con gressmen who recently completed an 11-day tour of Vietnam and Laos, said he opposed the move. “I think it will be six months or less till the time we see diplomatic recognition and trade embargoes lifted,” Moore told reporters at a news conference. Moore recommends the State Department negotiate with Vietnam about forming diplomatic relations. He said he was leery of Vietnamese intentions, adding the U.S. had nothing to gain by extend- ing diplomatic “respectability to its former enemy. Vietnam wants to buy U.S. crops and equipment to develop its petro leum industry and wants to borrow American money on 40 or 50-year terms to pay for it, Moore said. He said the reason Vietnam is seeking help from the United States is because the Southeast Asian country is embroiled in a growing conflict with China. “The Vietnamese are almost paranoid about it. They blame all their troubles on it," said Moore, one of eight congressmen who re cently completed an 11-day tour of Vietnam and Laos. The Vietnamese are involved in a full-scale war with Cambodia and are blaming it on China, he said. Both China and Vietnam are also accusing each other of raiding across their mutual border and thousands of Chinese merchants are fleeing Vietnam. 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