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Buyers Corner on Sewage Grants and Poison Safety
Community financing for sewage treatment is discussed as 150 municipalities await Federal grants. $50 million allocated to Pennsylvania with $2 million already allotted. A Sanitary Water Board will determine eligibility and priority for grants. Readers are urged to prepare plans and be on the priority list. A 1954 poison prevention manual from the American Academy of Pediatrics lists 549 hazardous home products, funded by Johnson and Johnson, with guidance for doctors and families. Keep medicines locked, dispose of outdated prescriptions, and store poisons separately from foods and cosmetics. The piece also covers a Pennsylvania Newspapers Association push for Supreme Court review of a court ruling banning news pictures outside courtrooms and during recesses, noting a split decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and arguments about courtroom photography.