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Chubbles (left) could outsell last year's rage, the Cabbage Patch Doll.
Cabbage Patch meets competition
New doll here for the holidays
By Michael Hooper
Staff Reporter
Chubbles could be the next Cabbage
Patch doll of the Christmas season,
according to a UNL assistant professor
of marketing.
"Chubbles could sell as well as the
Cabbage Patch doll if the advertising is
done right," said Ronald Hampton
Chubbles is a doll that giggles when
the light around it changes.
Chubbles, made by Animal Fair, is a
creamy yellow, furry creature about
eight inches long with golden eyes.
Sue Alby, toy buyer for Miller and
Paine, said she hasn't seen much
demand for the doll yet.
"We've had them for a couple of
months," she said. "When Christmas
nears and more advertising is done on
it, I'm sure we'll be selling more," she
said.
Gene Lahenbauer, director of sales
in the Montgomery Ward toy depart
ment, said the doll hasn't been selling.
"As far as I know there has been no
demand for it at all here," Lehenbauer
said. Of nine department stores contacted
in Lincoln, only Miller and Paine had
Chubbles in stock. However, Lehen
bauer said Montgomery Ward expects a
shipment soon.
Chubbles costs about $20 and comes
with a story about it: "Chubbles come
to you direct from Chase-ATail Dale,
near Firefly Forest. They are caring lit
tle creatures whose mission is to bring
cheer to beings of all ages.
"Chubbles live on love and need no
special care. You don't even have to
feed them. Changes in the light around
them make the Chubbles respond. The
firefly in their nose lights up and they
chiggle. This is an amusing sound
that's something like a giggle. So, tell
your troubles to a Chubble. They have
no mouths so they can never, never tell.
If you keep your Chubble near, you'll
always have love and lots of chubble
cheer."
Reagan keeps child poverty out of U.S. spotlight
COHEN from Page 4
Report after report documenting a
worsening plight for the poor and,
especially, for black children, have
either been denigrated by the White
House or dismissed out of hand. It is
both symbolic and typical that when
the Children's Defense Fund outlined
the plight of poor black children last
June, the White House's response was
to say it had no response not even
shock.
In both the lexicon and the ideology
of Ronald Reagan, the individual is at
the center. He or she is the one who is
supposed to make a difference and yet,
when it comes to childhood poverty
and even hunger, the president has
chosen to make no difference at all. He
has announced no social program,
offered no bills, appealed to no con
sciences. He has saved his indignation
for Nicaraguans and his money for the
Great Edsel in the Sky, the Strategic
Defense Initiative.
A president works the national spot
light. The current one puts the light on
budget deficits, the Russian bear and
the now you-see-it, now-you-don't tax
reform bill. But all over the country
kids are growing up deprived and
angry. Only episodically does someone
the media, Congress put the light
on them. Most of the time, the country
looks where the president does and he,
as poor kids can testify, prefers to look
away.
1985, Washington Post Writers Group
Cohen writes an editorial column for the
Washington Post.
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RESEARCH from Page 1
People are questioned about the
safety of their community from crime
and their financial prospects.
Alter each survey, UNL faculty mem
bers compile reports which cover sub
jects like alcohol abuse programs,
effects of the recession in Nebraska,
volunteer groups and Nebraskans' atti
tudes on taxing and spending.
David Johnson, co-director of the
bureau, said some faculty members use
the data for their own purposes. Others
believe the information is important
and should be available to Nebraskans,
he said.
Lynn White, an associate professor
of sociology at UNL and author of sev
eral reports and articles from NASIS,
said the articles reflect areas of special
research interest to the writers. She
said they volunteer to do the work
because "research is fun."
Booth said students and faculty mem
bers use the reports for study and
research papers; clergymen use the
reports in sermons; and legislators use
the data for government actions.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Com
mission, Boys Town, the Nebraska De
partment of Health and UNL depart
ments either have bought time or
access to the survey data.
Organizations or individuals can buy
access to the results from a single
question for $10, or results from the
entire survey for $500, Booth said.
An organization also could put a
question on the survey for $2,250 for
each minute of interview time. In
return for the fee, he said, organiza
tions will receive the data from their
own question and 20 other questions.
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