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Line of handicapped dolls
announced by Mattel Inc.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel Inc.
on Tuesday announced a line of
dolls with disabilities, saying it hopes
the toys will help disabled children
develop a positive self-image and
teach able-bodied ones not to be
prejudiced toward handicaps.
Any profits from the line — a ski
instructor and amputee called “Hal”
and his variously impaired but active
“Pals" — will go to organizations that
help disabled children, the nation’s
second-largest toymaker said.
Spencer Boise, a vice president
for Mattel, said, “We want to spread
the message that it’s OK to have a
disability.”
The line consists of seven 19-inch,
soft-sculptured dolls.
Besides Hal, who lacks a left leg,
there is a ballerina wearing hearing
aids, a boy in a gray warmup suit in a
wheelchair, and a dressed-up girl
with leg braces and canes. The fifth
disabled doll, a black girl, is visually
impaired and comes with a red-
tipped cane and guide puppy.
The two other dolls, a preppy boy
and a Madonna lookalike, do not
feature specific disabilities. How
ever, they can be bought with the va
rious accessories, such as the wheel
chair, so that they can be customized
for a particular child.
Hal's Pals look a bit like Coleco In
dustries Inc.’s Cabbage Patch dolls.
The disabled ones will sell for
S44.95, the plain ones for S39.95,
Mattel said.
Hal wears a glitzy silver racing
suit, a ski boot and a ski, special poles
called ski-outriggers, a hat, goggles
and a bib that identifies him as an in
structor.
Susan Anderson, the dolls’ cre
ator, said, “You couldn’t look at him
and say ‘pity.’
Anclerson named the dolls after
her f riend Hal O’Leary, director and
founder of the Winter Park Hand
icapped Sports and Recreation Pro
gram west of Denver.
O’Leary said, “There is a great
deal of need to introduce the hand
icapped into society in a dynamic
manner.”
There were 45 million physically
impaired Americans in 1983, 7 mil
lion of them under age 18, accord
ing to the most recent statistics com
piled by the Health Interview Survey
division of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
Paul Valentine, a toy-industry
analyst with Standard &■ Poor’s
Corp., said: “I’m sure the idea is
well-intentioned and it will be taste-
fullv executed, but I doubt that this
product is going to be a hit with chil
dren, who tend to be very cruel
when it comes to disabilities.
“Handicapped children already
feel different. I doubt that they
would want to feel even more differ
ent, to have a doll specially geared to
them that is not part of the mass cul
ture.”
The company has formed a sepa
rate not-for profit company called
For Challenged Kids By Mattel Inc.
to produce and market the dolls and
donate the profits. For Challenged
Kids plans to sell the dolls through
mail-order.
It has set up a toll-free number, I-
800-227-3800. The address is 5959
Triumph Street, Commerce, Calif.,
90840.
Mattel, based in Hawthorne,
Calif., is the nation’s No. 2 toy
maker, behind Hasbro Inc.
Reagan trying to save arms sale to Saudi Arabic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate
Majority Leader Bob Dole said
Tuesday that President Reagan’s
“leadership is on the line” as the ad
ministration scrambles for the veto-
sustaining votes needed to save an
arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
The Kansas Republican said he is
“fairly confident” the veto will be
sustained when it comes to a vote
Thursday. He spoke to reporters at
the White House after GOP leaders
met with the president.
Reagan, asked during a photo ses
sion at the start of the meeting
whether he has the votes, said: “I’m
not going to comment. I’m just su
perstitious about that sort of thing.”
And Dennis Thomas, assistant to
the president, told reporters the ad
ministration does not have much
“breathing room” in its efforts to ob
tain the 34 votes that will be needed
if all 100 members of the Senate are
present when the roll is called.
During the brief public part of the
meeting, Reagan told his fellow Re
publicans that a vote to override his
veto would “seriously undermine
our foreign policy objectives”
throughout the Middle East.
“I want all of you to understand
that this vote will have a profound
effect upon our relations with the
Arab world, not just with Saudi Ara
bia,” Reagan said.
On May 21 when the Senate broke
for the Memorial day recess without
voting on the veto, the president’s
supporters claimed 33 votes, just
enough to sustain the president be
cause some opponents of the sale
were absent that day.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, predicted on
Tuesday that the veto will i>e sus
tained. “The president was success
ful in some calls he made during the
recess,” said Lugar.
The leader of the op
the sale. Sen. Alan Cr
Calif ., said: “I think in
close. I’m not making a
tions one way or the other
Minority Leader Robe:
D-Va., said he did nolb
vote would come out,I
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as she lef t the courtroom in tears.
Lincecum, of Ledbetter, was led
handcuffed and chained from the
courtroom.
Washington County District At
torney Charles Sebesta said, “I’m
glad it’s over. We knew we had a
good case, but you never know
what’s on the mind of those 12 peo
ple.”
Defense attorney Robert Kuhn
said he was not surprised or dis
mayed by the verdict.
“I hoped for a life sentence be
cause that’s my job,” he said. “It's as
hard a case as I’ve ever done. It was a
very violent crime with a defendant
with a prior record.”
During the punishment phase of
the trial Tuesday, a 21-year-old
Brenham woman testified Lincecum
raped her twice, including once on
the hood of his car. During the or
deal, the woman also was forced to
lay in a bed of fire ants with Lince
cum atop her as he tried to hide and
avoid the glare of headlights from a
passing vehicle.
“He has ruined my life, cost me
my marriage,” she sobbed. “I was
covered with ant bites. There was no
way you could count them.”
She said Lincecum ordered her to
perform oral sex.
Another witness, Bertha Ulbrich,
identified Lincecum as one of two
men who robbed the LaGrange res
taurant where she worked.
Police arrested Lincecum for in
vestigation of that robbery, which
led to charges for the Coppedge
slayings.
Lincecum was called to be his only
defense witness during the punish
ment phase.
He stood up, wavered, shook his
head and then sat down, head
bowed.
“I advised him it was in his best in
terests to testify at this time,” Kuhn
said. “When I chose to call him to the
stand, he didn’t feel he cotlld.
“He had nothing to lose by testify
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needy students.
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INTRAMURAL SPORTS
SUMMER SESSION!
INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL SPORTS
GOLF SINGLES-A qualifying round will be played with a percent
age of top qualifiers advancing to the final round. Participants will
be assigned an opponent based on skill level and must play within
an assigned period of time.
ALL ENTRIES OPEN JUNE 3. ALL ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 12.
Leagues will be offer in Men’s, Women’s and CoRec,; classes A,
B, and C. Participants must be students enrolled in summer
school or faculty/staff or spouses with a recreational ID and intra
mural validation.
ALL SCHEDULES WILL BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2
P.M. PLAY IN ALL TOURNAMENTS WILL BEGIN MONDAY,
JUNE 16.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL AND DUAL
SPORTS, CONTACT PATSY GREINER AT 845-7826.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
SUMMER SESSION I
TEAM SPORTS
TENNIS SINGLES-Single elimination tournament. Matches con
sist of 2 out of 3 sets. Games are played to 4 points (no deu
ce).Each participant must bring an unopened can of balls to each
match.
ALL ENTRIES OPEN JUNE 3. ALL ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 12.
Leagues will be offered in Men’s, Women's and CoRec, classes
A, B, and C. Participants must be students enrolled in summer
school or faculty/staff or spouses with a recreational ID and intra
mural validation.
HORSESHOE DOUBLE-Single elimination tournament. Match
consist or 2 out of 3 games to 21 points.Horseshoes will be pro
vided for the matchs. The horseshoe pits are located just north of
the Penberthy Complex.
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RACQUETBALL DOUBLES-IRA Rules will apply in this single
elimination tournament. Matches are 2 games to 15 points with an
11 point tiebreaker, if necessary. Each participant must bring an
unopen can of balls to each match.
Entry Fee:
Schedules Available:
Play Begins:
Playoffs Posted
Playoffs Begin:
$25.00
Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m.
Monday, June 16
Wednesday, June 25 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, June 26
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEA'
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Rainouts and Information Number-845-2625
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INFORMATION NUMBER
Entry Fee:
Schedules Available:
Play Begins:
Playoffs Posted
Playoffs Begin:
$15.00
Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, June 17
Wednesday, June 25 at 12 noon.
Thursday, June 26
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ing indicating whether the activities have been called off o’J^wlycle
This number is 845-2625 and is updated daily.
OFFICIALS WANTED
BASKETBALL TRIPLES
Join the “Fun Bunch” last year’s winner of Basketball
Triples.
Entry Fee:
Schedules Available:
Play Begins:
Playoffs Posted
Playoffs Begin:
$15.00
Friday, June 13 at 10 a.m.
Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 24 at 12 noon.
Wednesday, June 25
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Hadley, graphics are by George Clendenin and photos are bv" jAccon
Donnell and David Tatge.