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Wednesday. October 31, 1972
500 Toys Called Unsafe
By KEVIN MORAN
KansanStaff Reporter
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a special holiday issue of the banned-toy list, according to Pat Weiss, educational and research director of the Lawrence Consumer Protection Association (CPA)
The list, which is updated throughout the year, contains more than 500 toys that have been declared potentially harmful by the CPSC.
"Most of these toys are small infant toys such as dolls," she said recently.
Weiss said that some dolls came with bows in their hair that were attached by straight pins and other dolls' heads or arms. The buttons on the ears the sharp edges inside the doll exposed.
Not only are the dolls themselves potentially harmful, but many of the accessories that are available for them can be equally harmful, she said.
Rattles made of cheap plastic that can easily shatter, squeeze toys with plastic plugs in the bottom that can be easily pulled out and swallowed and a new quick-drying toy. All the products eyeshirts eyeshirts are all products cited by Weasx as containing potential dangers for children.
Unfortunately, many people aren't aware that they can be attacked. They are, they don't take cognizance. Weasel
"People don't take this list seriously until something happens to their own child."
When buying a toy for a child, Weiss said, a person should consider the appropriateness of the toy in relation to the child's age. Several toys such as chemistry and ecology sets contain chemicals that might be harmful if handled by a child too young to understand the dangers involved, she said.
Weiss also suggested that before buying any toy consumers should check for any potentially dangerous pieces that might be swallowed.
Weise said that last year the CPA found more than 300 items on the banned-toy list on the shelves of several Lawrence merger companies, and that businessman wasn't aware of the list or
because he thought that the wholesaler had deemed the toys saf for marketing, she
However, this year Weiss has informed retailers of the list. It remains to be seen, she said, how the retailers will comply with the list.
Weiss, who teaches a liberal arts and sciences course in consumer education, said that several of her students had suggested she send them many towels how many tows on the list were being sold.
If an item is banned by the federal government it is supposed to be recalled. However, the government doesn't consider Lawrence big enough to recall these items, therefore many of them go unnoticed, she said.
Corbin Gets Bomb Threats
Two bomb threats were received at Corbin Hall last night, according to B. L Ellison, captain of KU Security and Parking.
At 7:45 p.m. a false fire alarm went off and the residence hatch was immediately opened.
As students returned inside, a telephone
call was answered by Cheryl Taylor, Virginia Beach, Va., freshman and Corbin desk assistant. Taylor said that at 7:52 an unidentified threatangered that bombs would go off at 8:00 p.m. A second threat was received five minutes later.
Ellison said a brief search was made and no bomb device was found.
Weiss said that originally the banned toy list was compiled and distributed by the Food and Drug Administration, but that so many complaints had been received concerning potentially harmful toys, the CPCC said in a handle such matters on a full time basis.
According to Weiss, there was a general notion that the cost of making safety additions to toys would have to be borne by the consumer. Weis disagreed with this idea. She said that several items that had been banned by the list were made safe and placed on the market again without any price increase.
Weisse said that businessmen who weren't aware of the list should find out about it as soon as possible and that consumers should buy Christmas toys for their children.
A copy of the CPSLIST is available at the CPA office for anyone who wants to see it, she said. Those who want their own copy can write the Consumer Product Safety Commission at 1007 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo.
Weiss also encouraged people who think that a toy or any consumer product to be potentially harmful to report their findings to the CPA.
A new job placement service sponsored by the class of 1974 will help seniors find information on jobs available to them after Pete Komarz, Topope a senior.
By BILL JONES
Napanee Staff Reporter
New Job Service to Aid Seniors
Kanazar, chairman of the placement program, Work Force '74, said he expected that approximately 900 seniors would use the program to find jobs after graduation.
Kansan Staff Reporter
Other cards will be sent to 1,200 Kansas businesses and 150 unified school districts. These businesses and school districts are able to provide information with information about available jobs.
Letters and resume cards have been sent to all seniors who have purchased senior class cards. The student, if interested, can call the office and send it back to the senior class office.
We sort out the cards from the
businesses according to their needs." Kanatzar said. "We also sort out the cards from the seniors according to their job interests."
THE PLACEMENT service will then send seniors information on companies, jobs, who to contact and any other information the student might need about the job be is
"We send information to businesses for their convenience, but we stress that it is up to the student to follow through in getting the job." Kanatzar said.
The placement service is getting its mailing lists for the Kansas businesses from the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce, and the Chambers of Commerce for Lawrence, Wichita, Topeka and greater Kansas City.
"We're hitting a lot of the businesses that are too small to send people here to," he said.
Watergate...
From Page One
mission of wrongdoing" which showed "the partisan attitude that has characterized his work."
COX TESTIFIED that if he had been the source of a story in Tuesday's New York Times, he regittered it and that it was "an error of carelessness."
Gerald Warren, deputy White House press secretary, said Cox had improperly disclosed confidential details of his investigation.
THE APPEAL was halted and an out-of-court settlement was reached later in which ITT was allowed to keep the $1 billion settlement. The upstart up Canten Corp. and other holdings.
The story quoted sources as saying Kleiendienst told Watergate prosecutors Nixon called him about the antitrust case after Kleiendienst turned down a request from John Elrichman, former presidential bid, to drop appeal of an adverse court decision.
The White House called the story "distorted and unfair" and said Nixon withdrew his objection to an appeal when the case was explained in more detail.
IN OTHER Watergate-related developments yesterday:
Cox said he recalled one occasion when it was possible he had mentioned the ITT subject to persons outside his office, in connection with a call to D-Mass, and Sen. Phil A. Hart, D-Mich.
—The Senate Watergate Committee decided to attempt to renew a White House canceled agreement by which the committee would have had access to transcripts of Watergate-related presidential tape recordings.
The committee also decided to hear from Berl Bernhard, former president campaign director for Sen. Edmund S. Muskite, D-Maine, and Clark MacGregor, former committee for the Reelection of the President when it resumes public hearings today.
AND THE COMMITTEE unanimously agreed to introduce legislation designed to overcome a legal barrier raised when U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica dismissed the committee's suit to get the tape recordings.
- The White House soon will submit to Sirica a detailed analysis of the controversial presidential Watergate tape recordings for an item-by-item ruling of what portions will be withheld from the Watergate grand jury.
THE PROCEDURE, worked out Tuesday by Sirica with White House Counsel J. Fred Buzhardt, follows the Oct. 12 directive of the U.S. Court of Appeals that the judge may decide what parts fall in the categories of executive privilege or national security.
The CIA and its top officials were termed "unwitting dupes" in a report released by the House Intelligence subcommittee for supplying disguises for such improper acts as the burglary of Daniel Ellsberger's svachistria's office.
BUT CHAIRMAN Lucian N. Nedzi, DMIT, which it said difficult to assess how hard the CIA resisted efforts to involve in it the investigation into the September 17, 2012, Watergate break-in. Nedzi said assessment was difficult partly because of conflicting testimony from Deputy CIA Director Vernon Waters on October 19, 2012, greater than CIA involvement in the break-in.
Plans for contacting businesses in Missouri and Illinois have already been worked out, but are tentative because of a present lack of funding. According to Kanatzar, Missouri, Kansas and Illinois are the largest number of KU graduates.
KANATZAR SAID he hoped to open Work Force 74 to seniors who didn't hold class cards for a charge of 30 cents, said the program for each participating student.
Work Force 74 will cost* the senior class between $250 and $300, according to Kamarat, if the program is open only to students in grades 9-12, then opened to all seniors, the cost will be about $450, assuming that the total number of participants is between 900 and 1,000. The additional cost for the service to seniors at most card cards will be covered by the 30 cents.
So far, approximately 900 seniors have brought class cards and over 50 of these have returned the resume cards. Kanzhar Bedi has returned a resume card from 100 to 202 class cards, and expected 300 to 400 resume cards to be sent in after the placement program was opened to all
**WORK FORCE 774** is a reorganization of a job placement sponsored by the college.
It was known as the "Who's At KU," but it didn't generate too many job applications.
A book was published by the senior class which contained resumes of the participating seniors. Copies were sent to Kansas' businesses and the Kansas Unified School Districts. It was not very successful, Katanzar said, and only 28 job candidates were hired in 1971-72. "Who's Who at KU' cost $800 to $900 to print about 525 copies each year.
Ideas for Work Force 74, Kanatzar said,
came from many personnel
who had served as supervisors.
"It's their advice I've followed," he said. "I feel encouraged because they think this will work out well. It's simple, convenient and something they can easily respond to."
KANATZAR SAID employers were informed that the student was expected to take the initiative in finding the job. However, Kanatzar said that he expected a few businesses to send representatives to interview on campus.
"I would expect that some personnel managers will come to us because we may have been the only ones that have contacted them," he said.
We expect some firms to contact us to interview, but I don't anticipate many of them. But if you have questions, feel free to email.
As far as job prospects in the spring are concerned, Kanatzar said that "things were looking up" for engineering and business majors.
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