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Section A THE SUNDAY OKLAUOMAN 4 October 24. 1982 Tylenol Poisonings, 'Copycat' Cases Causing Much Worry About Halloween night to outlaw trick-or-treating. "There's kind of a sick situation right now," said Bernard J. Wielock, the village chairman. "It is the atmosphere around the world.

It is sad." Trick-or-treating also has been banned In Shreve, Ohio, but for a different reason. Mayor Bruce A. Briggs ordered the ban in the northeastern Ohio town of 1,600 people because of the recent attempts to abduct two young girls in the area and the unsolved abduction-slaying of a child in nearby Marshallville last July. But Los Angeles police Lt. Dan Cooke said, "I don't know how you cancel trick-or-treating.

People are going to do it anyway." Sgt. Bruce Beauchamp of the police community resources department in Garden Grove, said, "Trying to legislate against trick-or-treating is like trying to legislate against prostitution. "It doesn't keep the girls off the streets." such as pins or razor blades, but not drugs. Officials in Lexington, have asked that trick-or-treating be restricted to two hours early in the evening of Saturday, Oct. 30.

Police also have advised children to check the wrappers of commercial treats for signs of tampering. Likewise, Mayor Mike DiNunzio of Lansdale, a short distance from the headquarters of the manufacturer of Tylenol, said, "We just instituted a program of local mayors to concentrate all trick-or-treater activities on Saturday evening. This way we can have our police forces aware of everything that's going on. "We didn't have Tylenol in mind when we did it. But I can see where what we've done would be, important." As for banning trick-orrtreating, he said, "You can't do that.

It's such a custom around here." In Dudley, Mass.j-however, village officials citing the Tylenol poisonings voted Monday The Tylenol murders prompted one to ban trlck-or-treating this Halloween out of fear of "copycat" poisonings and police in t' many cities are taking extra precautions, but V- most say you can't outlaw a tradition. would not allow my children to take candy this particular Halloween," Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne said on Tuesday. Other authorities concurred, and in many places, police planned stepped up patrols or increased inspection of Halloween plunder, Halloween often is dangerous. A Louisiana last year shot and killed a 13-year-old youth who showed up at his door wearing an Army costume and carrying a toy submachine 'Igun. Police in Muncie, found some lick-on stickers picturing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck that had been laced with LSD.

But the deaths of seven people in the Chicago 2 weeks ago, after they took Extras-Strength Tylenol spiked with cyanide, promptly ed warnings that this year could be worse. cautioning." "It's a cardinal sin for my kids to eat anything before I inspect it," added Diane Peets, president of the Meadows School PTA in Valencia, a Los Angeles suburb. "We don't want to cancel trick-or-treating because of the flakes out there," said Pittsburgh Police Sgt. Herman Mitchell, supervisor of community relations, "but we're going to be extra careful this Halloween." Pittsburgh police are expanding a Halloween candy check program that has been in effect for three years. Youngsters are urged to take suspicious candy to their neighborhood precinct station where police and health department officials can inspect it.

"We're beefing up the program this year," Mitchell said. "All our precincts will be open." In Cheyenne, Memorial Hospital of Laramie County has announced free X-ray service for bags of candy children collect. A spokesman said it would detect solid hazards "Bad things come out at Halloween," said Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner, who heads the task force investigating the poisonings. "This year has particular problems." Since the cyanide deaths, products such as mouthwash and eyedrops have been found laced with acid or poison in isolated cases in several states, including California, Florida, Ohio and Colorado. Fahner said many "very concerned" people have called the Tylenol hotline, worried about copycat poisoners.

He is writing to PTA groups and churches in the state suggesting they organize Halloween parties in churches or neighborhoods to "control what's given to kids." Mrs. Byrne said more than 1 million fliers will go to schools, libraries and churches, urging parents to accompany children on Halloween night and to examine carefully everything children eat. A California mother of two boys, ages 7 and 14, said, "All you can do is keep cautioning and Ex-Arkansas 'Boy Wonder' trying Again WE 40 OFF MFG. SUGG. RETAIL by 72 '-ase.

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