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California IN BRIEF : ANAHEIM : $89 Million Pledged for Ill Children

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

More than $89 million was pledged during the weekend in a national telethon for hospitalized children, and organizers said it was the most money ever raised in such a broadcast. The Children’s Miracle Network said after the event’s finale televised from Disneyland that the $89,456,007 in pledges brought the eight-year total to more than $336 million. Organizers said the telethon was carried by 180 TV stations, and the funds pledged in each community will remain there to be donated to 160 participating hospitals.

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