Tuesday, September 6, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Telethon sets donation record
The Associated Press
VLAS VEGAS — Jerry Lewis, wow-
ting to lug at the hearts of viewers,
using a parade of celebrities and emo-
tal appeals from victims Mon-
teau and La Follie; B41,123,118 in his
23rd annual Lecture to help to
music dysfunction muscular.
The 21½ hour event also featured appearances by corporate sponsors who contributed $34,797.57 not in writing. This year's fee exceeded by
about $2.1 million the record of $39,021,723 set last year.
Because of its longevity and the money raised up to this year — $443,182,707 — the annual Labor Day has become known as “the elephant day.”
Lewis, in opening the annual event Sunday evening, promised "there is light at the end of the tunnel" in the long battle against 40 neuromuscular diseases targeted by the New York-based Muscular Dystrophy Associa
tion.
He estimated that 120 million people in the United States and Canada would view the opening and closing hours of the telonem.
Lewis, who has long referred to muscular dystrophy victims as "my kids," told viewers that the telephone kids, who I never want to be my kids.
The telethon featured news on progress of the past year in the battle against the crippling diseases.
Prankster gets woman to cut own hair
The Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — A telephone caller posing as a hospital employee persuaded a woman to cut off her hair after tricking her with a false tale of possible exposure to toxic chemicals.
Lisa Hamm said Sunday she was spooked by the incident and had temporarily moved out of her home
"Let's hope the police do something about it," she said. Hansen, 21, reported the incident to authorities Saturna-
"He kept saying, 'Be sure to cut close to the scalp, so we get a good test,' Hansen said.
The man, who claimed to work for Mandan Hospital, told Hansen she might have been exposed to toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, through her former husband, a truck driver who sometimes hauls chemicals.
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