Word: telethon
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What JERRY LEWIS won't do for the kids. Sure, he insulted women everywhere at a comedy festival last week when he suggested female comics were useful primarily as "producing machine[s]" for babies. But concern that his remarks may hurt his telethon led him to issue an apology days later. "I am told there will be people that will not contribute to 'my kids' because of my indiscretion and to them I say, 'my kids' are innocent... Please accept my humble apology..." And what an apology it was. After praising the "marvelous Phyllis Diller" and the "unpredictable Martha Raye...
...recognition of his many years of distinguished research in muscular dystrophy, Professor of Pediatrics Louis M. Kunkel was given $10,000 for future research and a glass case from Tiffany & Co. during the organization's Labor Day Telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis...
...telethon in Los Angeles, Lewis thanked Kunkel on behalf...
...Washington with his bank book. In a meet-and-greet with President Clinton, Arafat secured a pledge for about $400 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority in addition to the hundred mil the U.S. already kicks in yearly. The announcement comes as part of a kind of Palestinian telethon in which Arafat will meet with representatives from some 45 countries to try to better the $2.3 billion they contributed in a similar fund-raiser five years...
...well-padded contributors. At the White House, Bill Clinton was presented with a list of 10 names. But the President, who has an aversion to dialing for dollars, managed to busy himself with other things. The next stop for officials looking for a willing fund raiser for the mini telethon: the office of Vice President Gore. No problem. One hour and 10 vice-presidential phone calls later, the DNC treasury was fat and happy...