Consumer's Question Box: Home safety and labels
Reader questions cover carpet cushioning flammability standards and underlays, detergents and phosphates, Sanforized cotton pre shrunk fabrics, testing for DDT pesticides in foods, mayonnaise ingredient labeling, choosing motor oil, and a referenced Popular Science Monthly report. Margaret Dana guides consumer clarity and directs queries to her box.
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Market Edges Higher as Prime Rate Cut Lifts Banks
Wall Street opened with broad slight gains led by banks after Chemical Bank of New York cut its rate by six points. The Dow rose 0.47 to 838.44 in the first half hour with more than 300 issues advancing on the NYSE. Bankers Trust, Taft Broadcasting, Lear Siegler and others showed mixed early moves.
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Chemical Bank of New York
New York Stock Exchange
Bankers Trust of New York
Taft Broadcasting
Lear Siegler
18 Year Olds Ineligible For Leniency In Court Ruling
Paterson New Jersey Superior Court judge Louis Schwartz rejected an appeal and held that an 18 year old charged with a crime cannot expect leniency due to age. Michael Henderson of Paterson received an indeterminate term in the New Jersey Reformatory for Males. The judge cited federal voting age changes as opening Pandora's box and said eligibility to vote implies adult criminal responsibility.
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Virginia Community Colleges Lead Freshman Enrollment
Virginia's 16 community colleges enrolled over 14 000 first year students with 97 percent Virginia residents. Fall quarter total enrollment reached 27 938, up 26 percent from last year. Northern Virginia Community College led with about 6 000 new freshmen. Southside Virginia had 181. Lord Fairfax opened in Middletown with 866 students, eighth in enrollment.
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Husbands opens in New York with Cassavetes Gazzara Falk
The Cumbia Pictures drama Husbands began its New York premiere engagement December 9. Written and directed by John Cassavetes the film follows three men on a week long escape from reality.
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Cumbia Pictures
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Peter Falk
John Cassavetes
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