Tris Treated Sleepwear Sparked CPSC Recall Drive
The CPSC recalled flame retardant sleepwear treated with Tris after NCI research and consumer-group concerns. Guidance notes some fabrics inherently flame resistant while others require chemicals. Laundering five times reduces surface finish but not flame retardance. contact CPSC or Congress with concerns.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
National Cancer Institute
Environmental Defense Fund
Athens County Extension Office
Verel
Dynel
SEF
Cordeland
Tris
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Washington, D.C
Continental United States
Contemporary Utopian Thought Series Set at Ohio University
The Living in Community series at Ohio University will host an Alternative Futures theme on April 15 and 16 with guest communities East Wind Community Tecumseh Mississippi Walden II Community and A Woman's Place Athol New York. Presentations include science fiction as future and futures in visual art with scholars and speakers Alex andra Aldridge and Anthony Grimaldi.
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Ohio University
East Wind
Tecumseh, Miss
B. F. Skinner
Athol
N. Y
Walden II
Baker Center
Alexandra Aldridge
University of Michigan
Anthony Grimaldi
United Campus Ministry
Ohio Zeta Day Brings Eight Universities Together
The Alpha Phi Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha hosts Ohio Zeta Day on April 23 with eight universities including Ohio University. Registration at 9 a.m. at Zeta House, 24 East Washington St. Remarks by district president Mrs. Emily Zack. Miss Kathryn Kay to speak on Fraternity Education with Music followed by a discussion. Buffet luncheon at 12:15 p.m. honors six 50-year members.
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Alpha Phi
Zeta Tau Alpha
Ohio Zeta
Ohio University
Baldwin Wallace
University of Cincinnati
Miami University
Ohio Northern
Ohio State
University of Toledo
Wright State
Youngstown
Zeta House
East Washington St
Kim Minder
Emily Zack
Province VI
Lois (Bright) Terkhorn
Alpha Pi
Kathryn Kay
Elizabeth Beatty
Marian Coe
Nada Bobo
Irene Hawk
Melvamade
Connie
Lois Terkhorn
Norma Daffin
Sue Williams
Zeta Day
Virginia Evans
Frances Bauer
Spring Carnival Planned at Waterloo School
A Country Store will be featured at the Waterloo School Spring Carnival in New Marshfield on April 30 to raise money for equipment and improvements. Activities include a 5 30 supper, bake sale, games, plant and craft booths, Spook House, bingo, and sale of engraved jewelry, Waterloo Rocket T-Shirts, silhouettes, books, records, and baked goods.
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Waterloo School
New Marshfield
Waterloo Rocket
Judy Radford
Sandy Coen
Pat Osavitch
Barbara Summers
Betty Mitias
Ted
Floria Adams
Patty Hanson
Marilyn Dickerson
Helen Horn
Waterloo
Lynn Peterson
Sesame Crunch Potato Bake and North Carolina Broilers
A recipe for Sesame Crunch Potato Bake with mashed potato flakes and sesame seeds. Also a North Carolina agricultural note from Raleigh via AP highlighting broiler production growth from 284 million in 1975 toward a 1982 goal of 368 million broilers.
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Marian Reeder
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina State University
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Maneuver to Aid Choke By Heimlich Technique
Over 200 people choked to death in Ohio last year and could have survived with 60 seconds of action. Tomto, head of accident prevention in Ohio Health, demonstrated the Heimlich Maneuver to Athens County residents as a lifesaving technique.
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Tom
Ohio Department of Health
Marty Bonnechio
Rescue Technique Emphasizes Abdominal Thrusts
An instructional excerpt explains a rescuer should wrap arms around a choking person and perform abdominal thrusts to dislodge the blockage. It notes variations for standing seated or lying positions and describes the cork out analogy for the blockage.
Choking the Sixth Lead Cause of Unintentional Death
Magoto outlined choking as the leading cause of accidental death for children under one and the sixth overall, noting autopsies in 1963 revealed 55 of 56 coronary victims died from choking. He urged thorough chewing and small pieces, warned alcohol impairs swallowing, and emphasized the Heimlich maneuver as critical within four minutes.
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Magoto
Athens County Cooperative Extension Service
Can't Tell Quacks From Counselors
A Dear Abby column discusses verifying marriage counselors and avoiding fraud. Readers are advised to seek recommendations from trusted professionals or organizations such as a family doctor, clergyman, Better Business Bureau, university psychology departments, or the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors for referrals. A second letter notes a hiring practice story about salt and decision making. A third asks who counts as immediate family, with New Yorker agreeing that it includes more than just parents and siblings.
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Better Business Bureau
American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
Yale Avenue
Claremont
Calif
Abby
Paul
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Marty Benvechio
Athens County
Alternative Futures
Area Club News
Broiler
the Athens Messenger
H.W.S
M.E.H
NEW Yorker
DEAR
L.A
Abigail van Buren
Patel
the Bank of the Century
Chestnut ST
Nelsonville
Ohio
W. Stimson Ave
Little Mink
Little's Jewelry
E. Main St
Logan
Cunningham Music Center
Stimson & Palmer
Athens
Totel
Baldwin
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