Consumer Questions on Canned Goods and No Iron Fabric
Margaret Dana answers readers on can safety noting bulging or leaking cans are unsafe, explains varying package weights due to machinery, and cites the Fair Packaging Law. She also discusses polyester fabric care for a Swiss tablecloth and price considerations, inviting more consumer questions.
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Food and Dry Administration
FDA
Q. I
Switzerland
Britain
Canada
Margaret Dana
Record
Fattest Cat In Miami Doing Nicely
In Miami a Siamese cat named Toots enjoys a pampered life funded by the late Hazel Mathein’s $50,000 estate. Her guardian, supermarket clerk Genevieve Herborn, worries a rival could claim the fortune. Attorney James W. Pritchard notes the matter hinges on Toots remaining alive and cared for by a cat-loving keeper.
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Miami
Fla
Genevieve Herborn
Toots
Hazel Kurrus Mathien
Mathein
Censoring in early Kansas City and rising film laws
An Associated Press survey traces the rise and fall of local and state film censorship in the United States from early city boards in Kansas City to widespread boards in eight states by the 1920s. It notes industry self censorship led by Will Hays and Eric Johnston and the 1952 Supreme Court ruling affirming films as protected speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Hollywood
Kansas City
Kan
Fire Department
Memphis
Chicago
Buffalo
Walt Disney
Associated Press
Nickelodeons
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Virginia
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Ohio
Will Hays
Hays
Eric Johnston
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Supreme Court
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