Consumers push for full ingredient labeling and open dating
Federal agencies report consumer demand for ingredient percentages and open dating on foods, with calls for mandatory labeling beyond vitamins and minerals. The review notes interest in calorie counts fats and breakdowns, plus fortification debates. it also cites the Consumer Product Safety Commission data that bicycles caused about 500000 ER visits in a year.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Agriculture Department
Indi
Cate
Focus on Dangerous Toys Under FTC Rulings
The report lists the skateboard as the next most dangerous toy with 140 000 serious injuries, followed by roller skates with 85 000 and snow toys sleds toboggans and snow disks with 50 000 injuries. The FTC bans misrepresenting toy performance and misleading container depictions.
Ellis YMCA January activities tease at Galena trip and classes
January offerings at the Ellis YMCA include a ski trip to Galena Illinois on Friday January 12 from 7 30 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. Sheltered by limits 35 seats for students and adults with $18 member and $20 non member fees. Also cheerleading for grades 1 6 and an adult exercise class. A coed volleyball league and a women's league begin Mondays with fees for members and non members, plus father child guides orientation January 11. The Y opens Sundays to members 1 1 to 4 p.m. Revised notes show morning and evening classes spread between Ellis Y Harrison and Fillmore sites.
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Ellis Ymca
Galena
Ill
Ellis Y
Coolidge School
Central Y fitness classes expand next week
Central YMCA announces a 1979 lineup of mid winter fitness classes for men and women led by Larry Bush. The schedule runs from 7 15 a m dawn patrol to 7 p m evening with noon and 5 30 times and a women's slim and trim program twice weekly plus pool aquacises. Telephone registration opens this week with classes beginning January 8 or 9.
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Central Ymca
Larry Bush
Bush
Central Y
Fountain pen inventor Bramah patents 1809
English inventor Joseph Bramah patented the fountain pen in 1809 calling it the fountain of the perpetual principal of writing. The note marks Bramah as a key early figure in fountain pen history.
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Joseph Bramah
Should blind teacher be allowed to teach in public schools
A 22 year old blind education graduate faced district policy excluding blind teachers. The court ruled the policy an irrebuttable presumption of incompetence and required the district to allow Alice Morgan to demonstrate teaching competence. The ruling cites evidence that some blind persons can teach successfully. 10 years ago Nixon proposed Ellsworth Bunker stay as ambassador to South Vietnam.
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Alice Morgan
Alice
U.S. Court of Appeals
Nixon
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
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