Warning on Baseball Pitching Machines by Health Agencies
Health and safety agencies warn against specific automatic baseball pitching machines from Commercial Mechanisms Inc for causing severe injuries. Models Blazer Champ Professional Range Pro-Trainer and Dudley Automatic Pitching Machine lack guards and can injure even when unplugged. Approximately 5,000 units distributed to schools clubs and athletic groups between 1963 and 1975. investigators seek locations.
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Office of Consumer Affairs Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Commercial Mechanisms, Inc
Spring Park
Kansas City
Olympia
Maryland
Current Best Sellers Compiled by Publishers' Weekly
Fiction titles dominate the weekly list with The Thorn Birds by McCullough Crash of 79 by Erdman Illusions by Bach Condominium by MacDonald Full Disclosure by Safire as key entries reflecting strong reader demand across genres.
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Thorn Birds
McCullough
Erdman
MacDonald
Full Disclosure
Safire
Gauges for Pressure Canners May Be Tested at Youth Fair
At the Frederick County Youth Fair this week, gauges for pressure canners can be tested by the Frederick County Extension Office. The testing device, built for this purpose, has served homemakers for over 25 years and was confirmed accurate in 1976. Only dial gauges on canners are testable. the test checks equal readings at 10 pounds pressure to ensure 240 degrees F and botulism risk is addressed.
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Frederick County
Pauline Baccary
VPI & SU
Walter Hunt and the invention of the safety pin
The piece notes Walter Hunt, a New York Quaker, invented the safety pin in 1825 and sold the idea for 400 dollars. It mentions food processing rules for pressure canners and lists vegetables that require pressure canning. A free publication from VPI&SU on Food Preservation will be available at the Youth Fair starting Monday at 4 p.m. via the Frederick County Extension Office.
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New York
Walter Hunt
Vpi&su
Frederick County
Restoring Alcoholics If You Really Want To Stop Drinking
Health Insurance Institute reports most problem drinkers want help and outlines options from Alcoholics Anonymous to private clinics. Treatments include psychotherapy, hypnosis, drugs like disulfiram, and employer rehab programs while health risks from alcoholism include ulcers cirrhosis heart and brain issues and traffic accidents. Insurance may cover disability during recovery with doctor supervision and the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information offers details.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
American Medical Association
Ralph S. Rybach
HEW
Public Health Service
George Dimas
National Council On Alcoholism
Health Insurance Institute
National Clearinghouse For Alcohol Information
Rockville
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