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FILM TIME: 45 SECS
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Almost a thousand youngsters joined in a twenty- hike mile !I0MK around Arlington today in an 3 effort
to raise money for the March of Dimes. FILM IN - RUNS 45 SECS The rules were standard...Each marc her had a sponsor or sponsors who agreed to donate a certain amount of money for -I every mile covered. Five check- points were set up along the way, in case a kid felt inclined to judge MUNW9 the distance he had walked by the way his feet felt-. Some six hundred registered for the walkathon...but, as the march continued and the word got around, more joined in --bringing the total close to the thousand mark. In addition to the hikers -- the march had the backing of many Arlington individuals and organizations, among them the Jaycees and XJl Tarrant E E County Civil Defense's radio patrol group. March of Dimes officials estimated that between ten-and 15-thousand walkathon dollars would be collected before the IMCE a ded.