Santa Gift Shortages Hit Christmas 1978 Toy Market
United Press International reports a broad toy shortage this Christmas driven by electronic games and Star Wars items. Industry officials like FAO Schwarz and Toys R Us managers cite limited supply, high demand, and production constraints. Kenner and Mattel executives acknowledge deliberate scarcities and record demand for electronic games and football and basketball toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Toy & Hobby World Magazine
Simon
UPI
Ian McDermott
FAO Schwarz
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Baltimore
Toys ‘R’ Us
Shelly Geisser
Milton Schulman
Toy and Hobby World Magazine
Texas Instruments of
Dallas
Schulman
Kenner
Milton Bradley Co
Michael Moone
Milton Bradley
Longmeadow
Mass
Mattell, Inc
Hawthorne
Calif
Word Puzzle Clues From 1930s Themed Page
A compact set of cryptic style clues and answers spanning noble tropical fish and Russian sea references. Includes names like FDR promise and Dean Martin film with cross references to places and objects across a vintage crossword grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Across
Noble
Dear Abby and the blue marlin take over our living room
Cryptoquote and Dear Abby column items fill this note. The piece includes a cryptoquote attributed to C B Johnson and multiple Dear Abby letters about a mounted 865 pound blue marlin, a forthcoming marriage under pressure, and readers asking for advice on reactions to wedding plans. It closes with subscription and carrier details for Norwalk area readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Ralph
Florida
Washington FDA delays stall medical marijuana aid for cancer patients
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports FDA bureaucratic delays block state approved medical marijuana plans for chemotherapy patients in New Mexico. Despite initial OKs and White House statements supporting legitimate research, New Mexico remains stalled as officials cite federal policy and bureaucratic rewrites.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
New Mexico
White House
Food and Drug
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Goldstein
FDA
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Donald C. Brown Jr
United Press International
Dean Martin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
Joseph
Athirst
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Crete
Pittsburgh
Thames
Deon Aobby
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WML MX
LYZ
C.B. Johnson
Abigail van Buren
Howard E
Howard
P.S
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Ohio Newspaper Association
Norwalk
Milan
Monroeville
Wakeman
North Fairfield
Greenwich
New London
Willard
Huron
Erie
U.S
Beethoven
Chaemanee
Lairy
Orwalk
Ohio
Amour
Desmond
USS
United States
Bataan
Corregidor
Congress
Immigration Service
Philippines
Immigration
Justice Department
United
General Services Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
West Coast
Walnut Creek
San Francisco Bay
Ceeananen
GSA
Kent Carter
Commission
San Francisco
Bay Area
Realty
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Kirby
Wiggers
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