Lawyer Names 10 Worst Toys of 1976 for Christmas
Boston AP reports lawyer Edward M. Swartz lists ten toys deemed dangerous for children including Bazooka Blaster from Telmont World Toy, Wham-Wads from Centrable, Putt-Putt N People from Mattel, Flippy Submarine by Playco, Romper Stompers from Hasbro, and Fuzzy Fun Friends from Bipco. He criticizes lax federal rules and calls for safer design and labeling.
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Boston
Edward M. Swartz
Swartz
Massachusetts
Consumer Product Safety Commission
World Toy House
Telmont Corp
St. Paul
Tom Fish
World Toy
Centrable Toys Inc
Palatine
Ill
Tom Mayfield
Mattel
Hawthorne
Calif
Playco Products
Torrance
Hasbro Industries
Pawtucket
R.I
Hasbro
Donald Robbins
Oklahoma
CAN Toys
High Point Christmas Party and Community Inquiries
Citizens invited to the first annual High Point Theatre Arts Christmas party on December 19 from 3 to 5 pm at the High Point Theatre with a tree decorating ornament and a performance of The Boy Who Couldn’t Wait for Christmas. Community questions cover notary costs, old pottery value, wild game sales, and local parade reflections.
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High Point
High Point Theatre Arts
High Point Theatre
Jim Helgeson
Arts Council
H.P. Theatre
H.P. Arts Council
H.P. Community Theatre
Friends of the Theatre
Children’s Carousel Theater
M.A.L
France
England
C.S. A
John Bauckman
High Point Museum
Saudis Refuse OPEC Price Rise and Boost Output
In Doha Saudi Arabia rejects the 15 percent OPEC price increase and says it will raise production to hold the rise to 5 percent for a year. UAE joins with a 5 percent increase starting Jan 1, while 11 other members push for 15.5 percent total, with impacts on US gasoline and unemployment projections.
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Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
West
OPEC
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Iraq
Venezuela
Kuwait
Nigeria
Libya
Indonesia
Algeria
Gabon
Ecuador
Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
United States
U.S
NBC Most Violent Says Citizens Body
A citizens group led by the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting accuses NBC of the most violent fall TV shows led by Quest and cites Chevrolet as the leading sponsor. The report faults the methodology while Bowling Green professors estimate American children see about 13 400 killings by age 15.
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Washington
NBC
Chevrolet
Citizens
National Citizens Committee For Broadcasting
Quest
Cpc Sharkey
CBS
Chico and the
Citizens Committee
ABC
Kojak
American Medical Association
Federal Communications
Nicholas Johnson
New York
General Motors
Bowling Green State University
Ohio
Leslie J. Chamberlin
Norman Chambers
Gilmore To Recover From Suicide Attempt In Hospital
Convicted killer Gary Mark Gilmore regained consciousness and moved off the critical list at the University of Utah Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said he responds to questions and is in the ICU under guard after being found unconscious in his Utah State Prison cell a day before his scheduled January 17 firing squad.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
University of Utah Medical Center
John Keahey
Utah State Prison
Unidentified man leaps to death in Brisbane
Police responded as an unidentified man leaped from a downtown Brisbane building today. Officers attempted to reach him to deter the jump but he fell to his death.
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Brisbane
Australia
Swine Flu Immunization Program Near Dead End
Washington officials warned the swine flu immunization program may be dead even if the vaccine clears a link to Guillain Barré syndrome, which has risen to 107 cases with six deaths. HEW official Dr. Theodore Cooper said suspension could be permanent if a connection is found. otherwise, vaccination might resume, though public confidence has eroded and timing could limit effectiveness.
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Washington
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cooper
Hew
Senate Health Subcommittee
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Pregnant Woman Fails To Save Boys On Ice
In Kansas City Missouri two brothers James Lester Robinson thirteen and Kevin Lee Robinson nine drowned after breaking through thin ice at a park lake. A pregnant bystander Vikki Weis attempted to assist and alerted authorities as the Lee's Summit Underwater Recovery Unit recovered the bodies in about three hours from fifteen feet of water.
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Kansas City, Mo
James Lester Robinson
Kevin Lee Robinson
Lee's Summit
Jimmie Robinson
Sacramento
Calif
Robinsons
Robinson
Vikki Weis
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Notaries Public
Anon. A
Ernie Fleming
Anow
Newsroom
Christ
Jesus
Anon
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Citizens Body
James
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