D-N-D WIRENEWS (USA 0615AM EST) - PARK OFFICIALS ARE AGHAST AT THE
ASSAULT AND MUTILATION OF ONE OF THE SEVEN DWARFS IN AN ATTACK
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM THEME PARK.  THE ACCUSED
ATTACKER HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM A MENTAL FACILITY AND IS
CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL AT THE ORLANDO SHERRIF'S OFFICE. 
THE FIFTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD DWARF, NAMED "HAPPY", HAD BEEN POSING FOR
PICTURES WITH GUESTS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING BACKSTAGE
WHEN THE ATTACKER, IDENTIFIED AS MS. LORENA BOBBIT OF VIRGINIA,
CALLED OUT TO THE DWARF.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE DWARF APPARENTLY
DID NOT HEAR THE WOMAN.  THE WOMAN THEN, IN A FIT OF RAGE, RAN AFTER
THE DWARF AND ATTACKED HIM WITH A KNIFE.  IN THE ENSUING MELEE, A PART
OF THE DWARF'S BODY WAS CUT OFF AND THROWN INTO A CROWD AT A FAST FOOD
EATERY AT THE PARK, WHERE IT HAS YET TO BE FOUND.  THE ATTACKER WAS
SUBDUED BY WALT DISNEY WORLD SECURITY AND THE DWARF WAS RUSHED TO
ORLANDO GENITAL HOSPITAL.  HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT
GOOD, SINCE THE MISSING PIECE OF ANATOMY HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND. 
THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS VIDEOTAPED BY A PARK GUEST, AND COPIES OF THE
TAPE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE ORLANDO SHERRIF'S OFFICE, A LOCAL
TELEVISION NEWS STATION, AND TO THE EPCOT "WONDERS OF LIFE" PAVILLION. 

WDC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL EISNER, WHEN ASKED FOR A COMMENT, STATED THAT THE
INCIDENT WOULD IN NO WAY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY WITH BANKERS
REGARDING FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE EURO-DISNEY THEME PARK.  HE
TOLD REPORTERS OFF THE RECORD THAT THE DWARF WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE
RENAMED TO "STUBBY."

PARK OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING
METAL DETECTORS AT THE PARK.

** DND USA 0615AM EST ** ALL DISNEY NEWS FITTED TO PRINT ** EOT **