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Wednesday, October 31, 1990 / University Daily Kansar
Police, hospital officials urge inspections of trick-or-treats
By Courtney Eblen
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence police and area hospital officials are urging parents of young trick or treaters to inspect collected toys, more allowing their children to eat
Although Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Lawrence police have no record of previous injuries from tainted Halloween candy, both are promoting safety during and after trick-or-treating.
Judith McFadden, community relations director at the hospital, said it would not X-ray Halloween costumes. "We're going to give people a false sense of安全."
"X-rays pick up only metal," McFadden said. "There can be lots of other things there."
She said that although the hospital had no record of any Halloween
Catherine Kelley, with the Lawrence police, said that each piece of candy needed to be inspected by an adult before being consumed
candy-related injury, other hospitals across the nation had reported cases in which children bit into candy tainted with ground glass or poison.
"Look for anything that's been tampered with," Kelley said. Pre-wrapped candy with gouges or unseven snails should be avoided. Children also should homemade treats. Apples or oranges should be washed, then cut or segmented before being eaten.
Kelley, whose birthday falls on Halloween, accompanied McGruff the Crime Dog to a Halloween safety party Monday night at the hospital, attended by about 50 ghosts, princesses, witches, walking pumpkins.
miniature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their parents.
“Are we going to eat any candy before we get home?” Kelley asked the costumed children seated around her.
"No!" they replied collectively.
"As much as we hate to admit it, there are some mean people out there," Kelley said. "We're going to let our parents check the candy first or our grandparents or another adult."
Brenda Haack, the hospital's community education coordinator, said that the Halloween safety party was in its fourth year and that it centered on promoting responsible trick-or-treating.
"Halloween isn't quite as wild as it used to be," Haack said. "I don't think a lot of kids get to go trick-or-treating anymore."
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Krueger, created by Wes Craven and played by actor Robert Englund, invades the semiconsciousness of an unborn child, torturing her mother
Probably not the kind of guy you'd want to have over to the house. Unless, of course, you're Mrs. Krueger.
Ellen Krueger, who is married to the Fred from Charlotte, said her husband doesn't look anything like the star.
"I got a good-looking husband with blue eyes and dimples," she said. "There's no resemblance."
Another Mrs. Krueger, Florence, lives in Tamaqua, Pa. and gets a lot
of sily calls. It bothered her at first, she said, because she thought one was playing a cruel joke by her husband. He died 28 years ago.
After she and a friend figured it out, Florence Krueger decided to counter with a trick of her own.
"Is Freddy Krueger there?" a caller will ask.
"Yes, he. Is hang on," she'll reply.
"The then I put the phone down and walk away," she said, with a sinister laugh.
Most of the Freds, and the Mrs. Freds, are good-natured about their namesakes. But sometimes people go too far, they say.
Fred Krueger of Norfolk, Va., gets tons of calls, according to his 17-year-old son Phlin.
"We get mostly little kids calling
up. but we did get one guy that said he was Jason from "Friday the 13th," who said he was going to kill us," Philin Krugere said.
information operators are willing to provide phone numbers of Freddy Kruegers, although occasionally they express incredulity.
"Yeah, right, Fred Krueger," said a Pennsylvania operator, sarcastically.
"You're kidding, right?" asked an operator in Atlanta.
Another Fred Krueger was listed in Chicago. But the woman who answered the phone was not amused.
"I don't believe this. There's a Freddy Krueger listed," said a New York City operator.
"Look lady, I could care less," she said, before hanging up. "I'm tired of the prank calls."
Eight-year-old Jessica Diffley, Lawrence resident, cleans out the inside of a jack-o'-lantern she carved for Halloween. Jessica, who was carving on her front porch yesterday afternoon, said she was looking forward to trick-or-treating in her '50s costume, complete with poodle skirt.
Happy Jack
A bit of Halloween history
The spirits and ghosts
The 2,000-year-old Celtic Feast of the Dead is probably the source of today's Halloween celebration. The feast began on Oct. 31, the eve of winter and of the Celtic New Year. The Celts thought this night a "crack in time" when the dead could revisit the living.
The tricks or treats
In the ninth century, the church Christianized the feast by naming Nov. 1 the Feast of All Saints (or All Hallows) and Nov. 2 the Feast of All Souls. Children would go "a-souling," or begging for sweet soul cakes in return for prayers for the dead.
Soul, soul, for a souling cake
I pray, good missus, for a souiling
Apple or pear, plum or cherry
Any good thing to make us merry
Because the alternative was to sing them,
because they were so beautiful.
The jack-o'-lanterns
Jack-o'-lanters have various origins. An old Irish tale goes like this: There once was a mischievous man named Jack who was barred from heaven for his stinginess and from hell for his practical jokes on the devil. He was condemned to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Dav
In northern England and Scotland, the term
in Northern England and Scotland, the term
lack-0-lantern was used to describe the night watchman
A story from rural England tells that long ago the menokl would go to the annual fall fair and get too topsy on cider to find their way home. The womenkl would make lantens from pumpkins, or "punkies," and set off in the night to find them.
Crowd leaves mess after Rocky Horror
Bv Debbie Mvers
Knight Ridder-Tribune News
9. The plastic lining around the movie screen in the Kansas Ballroom last night was an unnecessary preparation for a tame crowd of about 130 who attended the first of four showings at the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Marc Parillo, feature films coordinator for Student Union Activities, said he was pleased with the turnout at the 8 p.m. showing of the film last night but that he expected a sellout midnight tonight. The movie was be at both times late night and will be shown at both times tonight.
Kansan staff writer
"Honestly, I'm expecting the midnight crowd to be much rowdier and throw about 10 times more stuff and
cause about three times more cleanup." Parillo said.
The movie, which has grossed $150 million since it first was produced as a screenplay, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month, said Dave Gilligan, the Applause Video, 1401 W. 23rd St. It will be released on video cassette夜 80.
Parillo said packets filled with toast, rice, newspaper and other items that Rocky Horror viewers traditionally threw at the screen during certain scenes would be available at the Union for $1.
"It lets people who aren't familiar with Rocky Horror to still have fun, to engage in the mess," Parilo said. He said he thought that the tradition of having responses and throwing objects at the screen had developed because
SOURCE: U.S. Naval Observatory; World Book
"I think it's just that the movie wasn't supposed to be taken seriously in the first place, and then over time we started to realize that these nutty things to do," Parallo said.
the movie had been seen so many times by so many people.
He said that in previous years it took 30 to 45 minutes for SUA workers to collect about three or four large bags of trash after each show.
Nina Bay, St. Louis, M.o., sophomore, said her favorite part of the movie was dancing to the song "Time" when she rushed up and rushed up near the screen to dance.
"You look around and everyone's doing the same thing, and it's just kind of cool to think everyone's doing something." Bay said. "You never feel stupid
yelling things or throwing things because everyone's doing it."
Angela Short, St. Louis, Mo,
sophomore, attended the midnight
showing last night with Bav.
"I like the group participation, and you can always tell if the people are having a good time." Short said. "It's a party an activity or a party. It is a party."
Lally said viewers would enjoy the movie more at the movie theater than at home watching it on video cassette.
"They're not going to get the same reaction because the whole crowd gets into the program," Lally said.
Parillo shared Lally's opinion.
“It’s not going to be popular, I don’t think, at all,” Parillo said. “Who wants to trash their house?”
Detroit authorities prepare for arson rampage
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Police and firefighters were on alert yesterday, a curfew was in place and patrols by residents toting fire extinguishers were organized. A fire station in Detroit's annual pre-Halloween rampage
Koyton said that every Devil's Night she paced from her front door to the back, ready to protect her two-story home next to an empty lot where a house burned two years ago.
"I'm afraid," said Mildred Koyton, Detroit resident. "It's like you a prisoner in your own cell."
"All you can do is hope for the best." Koyton
Last year, the mayor's office reported 223 fires from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31, 115 of those on Devil's Night, the night before Halloween. There are about 60 fires on a normal night in Detroit.
The worst Devil's Night was in 1984, when 810 fires set during the three-day rampage left dozens of houses burned.
said. "But sometimes faith can be weakened when you see so much going on."
Police arrested 154 youth Monday night for violating the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, compared with 160 arrested during the first night of the curfew last year, said police spokesperson Officer John Leavens. The curfew is for people under age 19.
In one effort to keep would-be firebugs at home, the Southeast Michigan Cable Association this year decided to unscramble television signals to non-subscribers. That made available last night's "Gung Ho" with Bruce Willis. "Gung Ho" with Michael Keaton, and "The Mupets Take Manhattan."
To reduce the number of targets, the city knocked down about 5,000 abandoned homes during the fiscal year from July 1, 1989, to June 30, according to the latest city records available.
Mayor Coleman Young last week unveiled a "My Heart Is with Detroit" campaign that urged residents to take pride in the city and increase the number of anti-arson patrols.
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