LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from Aug. 17, 1986

Thomas J. Kalinske, Mattel Inc. president and member of the company’s office of the chief executive, is additionally assuming the role of Mattel U.S.A. president, the Hawthorne toy manufacturer said.

Kalinske was president of Mattel U.S.A. until he was appointed to the office of the chief executive last December.