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Mima iJ TWO COLORS ON THIS PAGE i TTVI ill my jriay mpic "Wheelchair' sports programs are of therapeutic; recreational said. sDeakine softly and By PETER J. SHAW like a polo player uses his rapidly. "I know there is no STOKE MANDEVILLE, En chance I will participate in the Field Events and emotional value to the Idisabled Individual," Lipton 1972 Olympics at Munich. I Events at the games included representatives of the United States.

the competitors In these games are wheelchair sportsmennot patients, for they've been rehabilitatedto whom something has happened beyond their control," Lipton said. use their wheelchairs Year awards. The American delegation was headed 1 by Benjamin H. Lipton, chairman of the U.S. National Wheelchair Athletic Association.

First Time It was the first time the American team competed at Stoke- Mandeville as official countries who entered the five-day games held each summer on the grounds of a spinal injury hospital 30 miles northwest of London. Entrants included 29 Americans, led by Cliff Crase and Alonzo Hopkins, both winners of Handicapped Athlete of the "The archery did not go well," he said with a wry smile. He did not get past the first elimination round. He fared little better in the table tennis events. 1972 Olympics "It is the spirit of this competition that counts," he wheelchair races, weightllfting, know I cannot, win here, but here I can be a competitor.

And that means much to me." Bikila. 38. was among 400 said. "They also educate the general public and result in better understanding and improved relationships." fencing, swimming, bowling, basketball, archery and track and field events. wheelchair athletes from 28 gland (UPI)-The ping pong ball spun off the table and bounded dead at the base of Abebe Bikila's wheelchair.

His dark, expressionless eyes Itayed fixed on the green table. He knew he couldn't pick the ball up. The lanky Ethiopian once ran dozens of miles a day. He still holds the Olympic marathon record and won gold medals in the Rome and Tokyo games. Bikila will never win another raid medal but his competitive spirit was not crippled in the A PA Jen VJ automobile crash two years ago Sears that left him quaarapiegic, without normal use of his arms or legs.

Wheelchair Sports I He entered the archery and table tennis competition this week in the 19th Stoke Mandeville games for wheel chair sportsmen. They had to feed the arrows into his bow and Bikila could barely pull back the bowstring. His table tennis paddle was strapped to his right hand, so weak are his slim fingers. Dr Andelman i 01 One-Coat Acrylic Latex House ft' I Bt I or Oil-Base House Trim Paint For Better Health Gallon MENTION scarlet fever to grandmother or grandfather and it may send chills up and down their spines; for scarlet fever, also called scarlatina, once a dread disease. 2 Why don't we fear it today? Simply because we now have antibiotics which help clear up the disease and the complications which once took a heavy toll.

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