University Daily Kansan, March 28, 1983
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purple and people have come to know him by the color.
"There are people who will see me at the races and yell 'guilt purple'," he said.
FISHER SAID THAT his disability had never really made him feel different from others. Part of the reason, he said, was that he had always attended public schools and grew up around bled-bodied children. Fisher said that when he was in school, a school for handicapped children in Topeka.
"I never regretted going there," Fisher said. "I met kids who were a lot worse off than I was. They didn't even ask me."
Road racing for wheelchair athletes has its own special problems, he said.
Fisher said that wheelchairs for racing cost around $1,200. The chairs are lower to the ground and lighter than regular wheelchairs, and they provide front wheels to navigate over obstacles better.
The push ramps, or foam covers on the part of the wheels that Fisher pushes to propel the wheel.
Fisher said that getting a flat tire while racing was always a constant threat.
"YOU CAN GET A flat on a chair anyway that you get one on a bike," he said.
that you get one on a blake," he said.
During a race in Kansas City, Fisher had a
During a race in Kansas City, Fisher had a Bat
"That one made me really mad." be said. "I
was racing, great. I thought I was going to break 40 and that damn tire went."
Sometimes, Fisher said, races are not easily accessible to the handicapped.
Fisher said he had found that race officials sometimes would schedule a wheelchair division without making sure that the racing area could accommodate the handicapped racers.
A recent race in Kansas City, Mo., was an example, he said. There was a handicapped division but there were no ramps over the curbs and the wheelchair athletes could not get up the stairs into the registration area in the school's gymnasium.
"The people are never unkind, but sometimes just thoughtless," he said.
DURING TRAINING for the races, Fisher said, he will race 25 to 30 miles per week. He has recently lifted lifting weights to increase the strength of his upper body.
Fisher said that the Wheelchair Athletic Commission has豪授 his way to a race in February in Fresno.
"I've been having a slight motivation problem since I returned," he said.
Fisher said he hoped that the difficulty of the course would show him that needed practice if he were serious about participating in a race. Oregon, Michigan and Missouri during the fall.
In addition to competing in the 10K races, Fisher has completed two marathons.
He tried a racing chair at the Wheelchair Athletic Commission gym and had been hooked since.
"I used to play wheelchair basketball and lost about 17 pounds doing that. So I decided to start playing again about two years ago, and I would take the chair around the block for exercise."
He said he began racing to lose weight.
HIS BEST 10K TIME is just over 38 minutes,
he said. Saturday, he completed the entire
10K run.
"I am a little disappointed with the time," he said. "It took 23 minutes to the halfway mark. That means that it took 34 to return. It didn't feel that slow."
Fisher lamented about the day's performance while he wryd the water from the lake.
Coming down the Clinton Parkway hills while remaining under control was hard. The water had made both the gloves and the push grips slimery.
He said his hands could be burned by the friction between them and his grips.
After unwinding, Fisher began planning for his next race: yesterday in Kansas City.
"Why not? This was the first time I'd ever run in the rain before and maybe tomorrow this will turn to snow. I haven't raced in snow, yet," he said.
he said.
Fisher still has not raced in snow. He said last night that even he would not race in yesterday's weather.
Pentagon drama plots attack world war breaks over Iran
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon secret scenario envisions a world war being sparked by a Soviet invasion of tran following the crumbling of the Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeni's regime.
The scenario is an appendix to a secret 106-page Pentagon blueprint for directing military policy and force and resource planning. It maps the 1985 and 1988 projected to cover nearly $2 billion.
The document, obtained by United Press International, notes the scenario “is not a prediction of future events nor a guide for the employment of forces.” Its intent is to present a sequence of events for planning purposes, and to judge U.S. readiness to fight a war on many fronts.
Scenarios and contingency plans are routine for the military, but the document provides a clear glimpse into Pentagon thinking about the U.S. response to Soviet actions.
By "D-Day minus 12", the Soviets and Warsaw Pact begin selective mobilization and the United States repositions its carrier battle groups. The scenario unwinds:
The scenario spans 125 days, with D-Date spread over to 10 states as the Soviets invade Iran in 1985. The U.S. has blamed the states.
- D-Day minus 16 : Soviets proclaim readiness to invoke 1921 Treaty of Friendship with Iran and step up rail traffic toward Iranian border; NATO orders reinforcements to wartime strengths.
*D- Day minus 12: The United States determines a Soviet invasion of Iran is imminent, orders partial mobilization, dispatches the deployment forces to Middle Eastern countries; U.S.-based Marines move out.
*D·Day minus 8: Soviet forces move toward Iran; Iran requests international help. United States demands Soviet restraint, deploys forces into Iran.
*D-Day: Soviets attack throughout Iran; Saudia Arabia admits U.S. forces; Iranian forces oppose Soviets; U.S. and Soviet air forces engage over Iran; U.S. and Soviet naval forces engage in Indian Ocean; U.S. units move out to Pakistan; Washington declares full mobilization.
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- D-Day plus 16: North Korea attacks South Korea; Warsaw Pact attacks central Europe, U.S. and NATO naval forces, lines of communication and island bases; France commits its forces to NATO.
- D-Day plus 30-40: “Engagement of U.S. and Soviet forces in Iran begins.”
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