Cloth Mice Imports Stir Tariff Debate in Congress
A House subcommittee hears VO Toys Inc. argue that U S customs rules misclassify cloth pet toys. Officials seek a separate lower tariff for imported plush mice and ducks after examples where features like eyes and tails were treated as ornamentation. VO employs about 50 workers to assemble both imported and domestic toys.
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VO Toys Inc
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Pirates flop marks pay tv debut fail in 1983
The Pirates of Penzance, Universal's 12 million film, opened in theaters and on pay television the same day but flopped at the box office. Estimated US Canadian rentals linger around 15 million, well short of 20 million needed to break even, despite pay tv drawing a 10 percent share of 1.2 million homes and a higher audience age.
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George Rose
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Jerry Hartman
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Joseph Papp
New York
Wdiscing
Rohart Tapmille
Laemmle
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