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The idea behind the project was simple. From noon to 12:15 p.m. (PDT) Sunday, Americans would stand along a designated route, join hands and sing three songs, "We are the World," "Hands Across America" and "America the Beautiful." It was hoped that most would make contributions through a designated ticket agency, Ticket-master, which in turn would present them with a ticket that assigned them to a specific block along the route. Veteran organizers of somewhat similar national events were doubtful last fall when the project was announced. A major rule of Continued from Page 1 million people had been recruited to join in the 15-minute event, and were hopeful of raising $25 million to $50 million.

Staging costs are expected to be $12 million. Concerns about laggardly recruitment prompted organizers last week to lift the requirement that participants donate $10 to $35, and they were quick to seize upon Reagan's change of heart Friday, hoping the White House announcement would sway procrasti-nators. "President Reagan has clearly demonstrated to everyone in America that it is not too late to stand in line," Ken Kragen, the 49-year-old creator of the Hands Across America event, said in New York where he was attempting to drum up support. "If there was anything that could put it over the top, it's the fact that he is paying his 10 bucks just like everybody else," he said. Reagan had intended only to sign a proclamation declaring Sunday "Hands Across America Day" and mention the occasion in his regular Saturday radio address.

But the President changed his mind after a lengthy discussion Thursday eve- Hands Across America is trying to across most of the 3,000 miles Sunday in an effort to raise money The rout crosses 16 states and the District of Columbia. In California, about 400,000 people are expected to line up along 300 miles from Long Beach to Blythe. The money organizers hope to raise $60 million in contributions from those joining the line and from corporations will be distributed by the USA for Africa board of directors to established groups and for long-range development projects. About $25 million has been raised to date, and the cost of South on Spring to 1 St Street East on 1st to San Pedro Street South on San Pedro to 6th Street Eat on 6th to Whit tier Boulevard EAST LOS ANGELES Whittier Boulevard to Harbor Boulevard to Fairfax Boulevard to Melrose Avenue to La Brea Avenue to Sunset Boulevard to Vermont Avenue to Wilshire to Crenshaw Avenue LOS ANGELES VORBA LINDA North on bike path to Weir Canyon Road South on Weir Canyon to Santa Ana Canyon Road. 1 South on Santa Ana Cyn.

to Gypsum Canyon Rd. CORONA East on bike path at Gypsum Canyon to Green River Road border. Similarly, Bo Derek has been dispatched to Blythe, Calif. Some of the America's toughest miles, along Interstate 40 where it winds across barren rangelands and colorful mesas in northern Arizona and New Mexico, will be covered by thousands of Indians attending a Native Hands Across America celebration near Gallup, N.M. Local organizers have warned the Indians to carry plenty of water and food, watch for snakes and stay away from prairie dog dens because the animals may be infected with bubonic plague.

The Coca-Cola a major corporate sponsor of the event, contributed a red-and-white rope to help extend the chain, and helicopters will cover the unfilled 94 miles from Tonapah, Nev to Ehrenberg, a distance that was declared off-limits because of "health reasons," principally the possibility of heat exposure. As with the L.A. Olympic Torch Relay of 1984, towns along the route appear ready to make Hands Across America an opportunity for strutting their stuff. Native Americans of the Pueblo tribe will dance in buffalo costume in Tijeras, N.M., and U.S. Navy Blue Angel precision pilots will buzz Billy Bob's restaurant in Forth Worth, where hand -holders will be fed at a free barbecue.

Along the Line The line will run through a baseball game in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, and interrupt pre-race festivities at the Indianapolis 500. Go-go dancers will span a red light district in Sandusky, Ohio, and in Maryland, dairy cows will join in the queue of Americana, as will zoo elephants in New York City. In Southern California, the line will visit a variety of neighborhoods. Mickey Mouse will hold hands on Main Street in Disneyland, and homeless men and women will participate in the meaner environs of downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row. Maxine Johnson, president of the Weingart Center, a complex that provides medical and other services out of what used to be a transient hotel at 6th and San Pedro streets, was pleased that the same line that will extend to the White House is to run in front of her facility.

"For me," she said, "the best thing about Hands Across America will be at that moment when people will actually see need, not news stories, when they will attract 6 million people to hold hands of the continental United States on for the hungry and homeless: ORANGE COUNTY South on Harbor Boulevard to Orangethorpe East on Orangethorpe to Lemon Avenue South on Lemon to Anaheim Boulevard South on Anaheim to Ball Road West on Ball to West Street South on West to Disneyland entrance on Harbor South on Harbor to Chapman Avenue East on Chapman to State College Blvd. North on State College to Anaheim Stadium North on Douglas Road to Katalla Avenue East on Katetla to Glassell Street North on Glassell to btke path along Santa Ana River Crenshaw to Martin Luther King Luther King to Figueroa to Jefferson Boulevard to Hoover Street to Alvarado Street to Sunset Boulevard to Hill Street College Street to Broadway to Macy Street to Main Street to Temple Street to Spring Street the event is said to be between 1 2 and 1 8 million. Sign-upa continue at TicketMaster locations, where individuals can make a pledge and be given an assignment in line. On Sunday, those who show up will be given a place in line and a donation envelope. Those on line will join hands at noon, stay in place for 15 minutes and sing "We are the World," "Hands Across America" and "America the Beautiful." FROM TO EAST: Dallas Chicago Cleveland Wilmington LittlaRock Gary Akron Philadelphia Mamphis Indianapolis Pittsburgh Tranton St.

Louis Cincinnati Washington, DC Nawark Springfiald Columbus Baltimora New York Jimmie Morgan, special events coordinator for Los Angeles, said 300 traffic control officers would take positions at 266 intersections This it Sunday's Hands Across Amarlca routs from Long Bsach through Los Angalas and Oranga countias and aast to tha California bordar: LONG BEACH, LOMfTA QuMfl Miry North on Queniwiy Orivs to QuMnswiy Bridge Shorline Village Bike Path to Shoreline Villaoe Pedestrian walkway to Ocean Boulevard North on Promenade walkway through mall North on Locust Avenue to 1 0th Street West on 10th Street to Orake Park West on Chester Place to Fairbanks Avenue North on Fairbanks Avenue to Bike Path along Los Angeles River North on bike path to Pacific Coast Highway LONG BEACH, SPUR East on Ocean Blvd. to Livingston Or. East on Livingston to 2nd St. East on 2nd to Hyatt Edgewater SOUTH BAY North on Pacific Coast Highway to Avenue I in Redondo Beach West on Avenue I to bike path through beach towns MARINA DEL REV, VENICE, SANTA MONICA Fiji Way to Marina Bike Path to Washington Street West on Washington Avenue to Venice Pier North on btke path to Santa Monica Pier North on Ocean Avenue to San Vicente Boulevard East on San Vicente Boulevard to Witshire Boulevard Wilshire Boulevard to Sepulveda Boulevard SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LOOP North on Sepulveda Boulevard to Ventura Boulevard East on Ventura Boulevard to Cehuenga Boulevard South on Cahuenga Boulevard to Highland Avenue South on Highland Avenue to Sunset Blvd. WEST LOS ANGELES, HOLLYWOOD East on Federal Building walkway and Wilshire to Gayley Avenue North on Gayley Avenue to Le Conte Avenue East in Le Conte to Westwood South on Westwood to Santa Monica Blvd.

North on Santa Monica to Wilshire ROUTE see people, not statistics. They will see sons and daughters and hus- bands, maybe even a neighbor. And it will be hard not to join hands." OJUULJ East on Wilshire North on Fairfax East on Melrose North on La Brea East on Sunset South on Vermont West on Wilshire DOWNTOWN South on Boulevard East on Martin Street North on Figueroa West on Jefferson North on Hoover North on Alvarado East on Sunset North on Hill to East on College South on Broadway East on Macy South on Main West on Temple WEST Los Angalas Phoenix Albuquarqua Amarillo Ft. Worth HakdsAcbossAmerica political organizing, for example, is that events designed to raise money should be small and exclusive, and events intended to draw big crowds should be free. Kragen, a Los Angeles-based manager of musical talent, cut against that principle in trying to build both donations and a large crowd, and he also violated convention by announcing his route before without first soliciting donations.

This prevented him from determining where interest was highest and charting a route accordingly. It also removed incentive from town officials across America to campaign for a spot on the route by recruiting participants in advance. Nonetheless, Kragen insisted that the event could work, and he counted on late momentum. "The whole approach to this project has been to peak on May 25, not on March 1 or April 15," he said last January. He initially had refused to speculate about what might happen if recruitment came up short, but in the past weeks has been forced to develop contingencies.

The Mojave Desert, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, all sparsely populated for vast stretches, presented the biggest challenges. Efforts were made to encourage volunteers through advertisements in which Kenny Rogers, one of several celebrities lending support to the project, hopped into a four-wheel-drive vehicle and headed off for his spot on the Texas-New Mexico East on Green River to Series Club Road North on Serfas Club to frontage road along State California 91 east to 6th Street RIVERSIDE AREA East on 6th to Magnolia Avenue North on Magnolia to Market Street North on Market to 1st Street East on 1st to Mam Street North on Main to Columbia Avenue East on Columbia to Iowa Avenue North on Iowa to Center Street AN BERNARDINO AREA East on Center to Mt. Vernon Avenue Ncrth on Mt Vernon to Barton Road East on Barton to San Timoteo Canyon Road DESERT COUNTRY South on San Timoteo to 14th Street in Beaumont East on 14th to Beaumont Avenue South on Beaumont to 6th Street East on 6th to Ramsey Street in Banning East on Ramsey to Hargrave Street South on Hargrave to frontage road along Interstate 10 East on frontage road to Main Street in Cabaion East on Main to Railroad Avenue East on Railroad to Wendy Road South on Wendy to Tipton Road South on Tipton to State 1 1 1 East on California 1 1 1 to Jackson St. in Indio South on Jackson to 62nd Avenue East on 62nd to Lincoln Street in Mecca South on Lincoln to 66th Street East on 66th to Box Canyon Road North on Box Canyon to Interstate 10 East on Interstate 10 to Mesa Drive in Blythe North on Mesa to Hobson Way East on Hobson to Riviera Drive East on Riviera to footpath East on footpath along Interstate 10 to Arizona-California border in the city where the line crosses, stopping traffic for a minimum of eight minutes, Please see RECRUITS, Page 25 OPEN MEMORIAL DAY 10-6 OVER INVOICE! actual invoice for prompt ning with his daughter, Maureen Reagan, and her husband, Dennis Revell, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said. "It was the first time that the Reagans as a family had had an opportunity to talk about it," Speakes said, "and they spent most of the evening talking about it." Speakes denied that the reversal was an attempt to soften the impact of Reagan's remarks earlier this week to high school students that hunger in America results only from "a lack of knowledge on the part of people as to what is available." "The Reagan family will do its part," Speakes quoted the President as telling aides.

Buoyed by Announcement An anonymous donor will make contributions on behalf of the 225 people it will take to reroute the Hands Across America line around the circular driveway of the White House to link up with the Reagans, who will stand on the north portico. Because of security considerations, the line will be composed of White House staff members, Secret Service agents and reporters. Reagan will make a $10 contribution for himself and each member of his family, Speakes said. Buoyed by the President's announcement, coordinators and promoters of the event expressed increasing optimism Friday that they might be able to pull off the 16-state link. At Hands Across 0 Show me one example of love in this town and I'll eat your hat.

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