Accordion-style baby gates banned in U S production
The Consumer Product Safety Commission persuaded manufacturers to stop making accordion gates due to eight toddler deaths and 23 non fatal incidents since 1975. About 10 million remain in homes or retailers and can still be sold. replacements use rigid mesh or different designs.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Stuart M. Statler
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Heckler pledges aid for AIDS blood testing centers
Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler said the government will help fund quick AIDS antibody tests to reassure the public and divert high risk individuals from blood banks to clinics. She noted the test will be used to screen all donations when available mid February and stressed accessibility through private doctors and public centers to prevent unsafe blood supply.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Margaret M. Heckler
Department
Financial difficulties force end of Georgia Gazette
The Georgia Gazette in Savannah will stop publication March 1 due to financial difficulties after Chatham County officials ended legal advertising revenue. Editor Albert Scardino, now with The New York Times, noted the loss makes the paper financially untenable despite a Pulitzer for editorial writing.
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Albert Scardino
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Gazette
Scardino
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New York Times
the Gazette
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