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tlic (Eattt Wednesday, November 18, 1987 Page 17 A 3 Safety important when buying gifts Second on her list was lawn darts, which are sold as a sporting item and used to toss at a large ring in a game similar to horseshoes. Children struck bv the darts have been injured and killed. "Lawn darts are not toys for children. Parents should not allow children to play with lawn darts." Daw son said. The only actual toy on her danger list was skateboards, which have been associated with more than 50,000 injuries in recent years, she said.

Parents should select a simple board based on the ability of a child, Graham said. Sparkle For The Holidays nun uie arrival 01 me laiesi lasmons ai IE said, 2 2 million unsafe toys were stopped at ports of entry by Safety Commission and Customs Service officials. But 35 children died last year in accidents involving toys and more than 100,000 were hurt seriously enough to require hospital care, Scanlon said. "The last thing anyone wants is for the joy of holiday gift-giving to turn into sorrow resulting from a tragic accident," Scanlon said at the annual toy safety briefing. Commissioner Anne- Graham stressed the danger of three items, two of which she noted are not toys at all, even though they are often used by children.

One of the most dangerous is all-terrain vehicles, those popular three-and four-wheel motorized cycles popular for off-road use. Hundreds of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries have been blamed on these machines, she said. The safely commission has urged that ATVs not be sold to youngsters and that smaller versions of the machines intended for youth be banned, but consideration of a recall has been stalled by the Justice Depart-ment. "I believe the only time they are safe for children is when they are out of gas," Graham said. WASHINGTON (AP) When Americans head for the toy stores this holiday season a toy train with 300 times the legal amount of dangerous lead in its paint won't be there.

Neither Mill a fuzzy white moose with loose bells that could choke a child, or a rattle with a long, thin, dangerous handle. Those toys were stopped by federal inspectors checking imported toys for safety. But the fact that millions of dangerous toys have been either called or halted at the nation's borders doesn't guarantee that everything on sale will be safe for youngsters. So the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission called for help Tuesday, asking parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, everyone buying toys for children, to keep safety in mind. "The commission can't do it all," Commissioner Carol Dawson said.

"We need the cooperation of individuals, parents, grandparents, babysitters and older brothers and sisters." Commission Chairman Terrcnce M. Scanlon noted that during fiscal 1986 recalls were announced covering some 2.9 million children's products, mostly toys. In addition, he 100 washable silk accented with sequins and beads and also knit fashions from the best of designers: ui ij k-ui i iliwi i wui no ai Sunny Leigh Silk Caravan Accessorize with brilliant rhinestone jewel-I ry, 14K gold at wholesale prices or with any l- ol our other unique jewelry pieces1. -ifS FREE GIFT WRAPPING GIFT CERTIFICATES 660 Philadelphia Indiana 349-4229 FAWN ENSHRINED Fawn 'Hall, who gamed noloriety as Oliver north's: secretary, is shown in this photo taken by Harry Benson of Vanity Fair. Hall has been enshrined in Vanity Fan's Hall of Fame in the magazine's December issue.

According to the mag. Hall was selected "Because she established a new standard for the American secretary, and because she kept her panty hose on." (AP Laserphoto) Western's Santa school dreates real Clauses a new vou for the The Essentials of Huntinj "If they say they just saw you somewhere else, everyone else is Santa's helper," said Lewis. "The reindeer are always on the First-time Santa T.J. Ellings-worlh, 33, of Philadelphia, hopes, there are st ill some children who believe in the magical and mystical grandfather character. "I remember when I was a kid and my Mom took me to see Santa," he recalled.

"I was a beautiful time. It was (ike a fantasy." CHOOSE THE FITNESS PROGRAM THAT SUITS YOUR NEEDS. PROVEN RESULTS WITH Nautilus Aerobics TANNING SESSIONS TOO! PHILADELPHIA (AP) Every year for the past 12 years, Richard Whitcraft has donned a red-and-white suit, a white beard and black boots, to the delight of thousands of children who share their Christmas "I love children, to "see their faces," he said. "It's a lot of fun to be around." The 35-year-old South Philadelphia bachelor was one of 15 joily Delaware Valley Santas who earned their white beards and graduated Tuesday. The class underwent an intensive train- hig session and learned all the do's anddon'tsofhowtoportraythe jolly old man from the North Pole.

"Our objective today is to convert you from regular men to. aspiring Santa Clauses into the real Santa Claus," said Dick Lewis, a marketing manager for Western Services, which sponsored the SchooL" "It's a great deal of work Lewis told the 15 costumed Santa prospec-tiv'es. "We want to make each one of you into the real Santa Claus." Western Services interviewed more than 50 potential Santa Clans look-alikes before selecting the 15 men who will work at John Wanamaker stores in Philadelphia and several other local offices. "We have a specific Santa interview that wc put them said Lewis. "They need to have the right voice and personality to portray the About 25,000 children are expected to visit Santa at Wanamaker's Santa Land this season, according to Lewis.

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"Some of them will come up with a Sears Roebuck catalog and go through 14 pages of it," said Lewis. "They're going to ask you Tor a Jaguar." But he warned, "don't make promises that parents cannot fulfill." Whitcraft, a self-employed businessman, has been asked to deliver animals, including an alligator, an elephant, new parents, new homes and Cadillac. Santa will also hear complaints from kids who didn't get everything they asked for the previous year, said Lewis. "Blame it on the hired help," he instructed. "Those elves goofed up again." Santas must also be prepared to answer questions from cynical and doubting children who will question if he's the real Santa Claus.

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