New toys mirror front page news in industry rush
A Times News Service report notes toys parody current events and social issues with items like Dirty Water Board Game and V I P Theater. It highlights a turbulent 1970 toy market with shifts toward traditional, affordable items and pockets of poor profitability across the nation.
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New York
America
Urban Systems, Inc
Ritar, Inc
V.I.P
Nixon
Agnew
James Bond
Davy Crockett
Five dead in New York gas explosion at Ryan's Cafe
Firemen recovered five bodies from the rubble of the 19th century Ryan's Cafe in lower Manhattan with a sixth death in hospital. A missing person remained unaccounted for as 54 others were injured. Mayor Lindsay and Fire Commissioner Lowery described a gas buildup that exploded at 2 pm Friday.
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New York
UPI
City Hall
Lower Manhattan
John T. O’hagan
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Robert O. Lowery
Nationwide search for honor Boy Scout in New Canaan murders
Connecticut authorities joined New Hampshire and New Mexico police in a nationwide manhunt for 17 year old John Rice Jr known as Captain Crunch. Investigators fear he killed four family members and is armed with a .22 pistol and a pump shotgun. He planned to receive Eagle Scout this Friday and drives his grandmother’s 1965 tan Chevrolet.
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UPI
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Captain Crunch
John Rice Jr
Rice
Chevrolet
New Canaan High School
Henry E. Keller
John Rice Sr
Hamden
Flu epidemic climbs in New England and Midwest
The CDC reports pneumonia influenza deaths near epidemic levels in New England and the Midwest with overall U S deaths above seasonal expectations. The agency notes no confirmed influenza outbreaks, cites a Dec 8 state survey, and warns it is too early to forecast heavy national flu activity. A Lebanon Oregon plague death is reported, the first in the U S this year. Paris pickpocket activity rises with jumbo jet arrivals.
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UPI
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Center For Disease Control
CDC
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Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Lebanon
Ore
United States
Paradise
Paris
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