European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 4, 1978 warning hazards to kids lives Washington a Money balloon Sand toys can be hazardous for children a government study directorate for Hazard identification and analysis epidemiology listed 9,017money-related injuries in 1976 to Ameri can children under 10.more than 40,000 . Children suffer in juries associated with Small objects each year usually by choking according to the 113 death certificates investigated balloons accounted for 18 fatalities the most of any single category. While action to Lessen the danger fro Money May be impossible for the govern ment the consumer product safety com Mission is taking aim at the second largest category in the Hazard study children products. They include toys marbles crayons and other children s items and they a no Stream of traffic the Only vehicle on the flooded Road at new Egypt n.j., is the Canoe fro which John Doerr foreground and Eddie Miller Are stepping. They rowed in 5-foot-deep Waters running through the Center of town. An overflowing Creek caused evacuation of 50 resident from the Low lying area. Up Short of National emergency counted for an estimated 7,246 injuries during the year studied. Commission action is expected in sep tember with emphasis on toys with accessible Small parts intended for children under age 3. These tots suffer nearly half of All injuries from Small parts and almost 80 per cent of the commission staff has recommended a ban of such items As cheap Busy boxes toys with numerous Small dials levers and other knobs intended to keep tiny Handsbury. The most common Hazard according tothe study was for a Small object to be come lodged in the child s of the victims in these cases were unable to breathe and lived Only because an adult was present to remove the object before the victim suffocated the report said. Some items were inhaled and hospitalization was required in every Case studied. One victim died All had breathing impaired and in some cases portions of the lung had to be , Small objects became lodged in ears and noses with potentially serious consequences. The study of 113 death certificates Dis closed that 101 fatalities resulted from objects lodged in the Throat. Nine of the deaths involved children swallowing Sharp objects which pierced internal organs an three followed inhalation of objects into the accounted for the largest num Ber of deaths 18 while 11 deaths were caused by nails carpet tacks and screws. Cigarettes cigars pipes plastic wrap Ping products paper products and toys also accounted for several deaths of Chil Dren. Carter Hatfield deny judgeship was offered for vote on Gas measure Washington a both the Whitehouse and sen. Paul Hatfield have strongly denied a published report that president Carter sought to strike a Deal in which the senator would get a Federal judgeship if he voted for the embattled natural Gas pricing Detroit news quoting an unidentified Energy department official reported in its saturday editions that the White House offered the judgeship to Hatfield Montana Democrat Defeated in that state s june 6 primary. The newspaper also said that a Whitehouse source whom it did not identify confirmed the offer. It did not say Whethe Carter personally Oriade the offer. Hatfield through aide David Turch called the report absolutely untrue an said the allegation May be an attempt to intimidate me on this important House press Secretary Jody pow Ell termed the report just ridiculous an said the White House did t even know there was a Federal judgeship available i Montana. The Detroit paper had quoted the Energy department official As saying the of Fer was extended to Hatfield in Exchange for his vote on the natural Gas Bill. If he accepts the judgeship we assume he will vote for the James Bishop the department s chief spokesman said saturday that the news paper report was an outright lie there s absolutely no basis to it Bishop said. Powell said that Hatfield had been forthe natural Gas Bill All along but the Sena Tor said in a statement i have thus far made no commitment to vote for or against the natural Gas a recent Survey by the associated press counted Hatfield As being among senators who Are leaning in favor of the Bill. The newspaper also reported that Turc was asked whether Hatfield had been offered a judgeship. It said the aide at first denied any offer had been made noting that there were no vacancies in , however Turch conceded the senator had been contacted about filling the seat of judge Russell e. Smith the newspaper said. Smith has announced he plans to retire from the . District court in Montana atthe end of the year but he has not yet submitted an official letter of asked about the report saturday Turch said that s absolutely untrue. The senator has not been contacted and have never said that he the newspaper also said that when Turch was asked whether Hatfield would accept the judgeship the aide replied that s a ridiculous question to ask about someone who has spent 27 years As a judge served As chief Justice of the Montana supreme court sat on the Senate Judic iary committee and will be unemployed however Turch claimed that when remade the comment he was responding to a question of whether he thought Hatfiel was qualified for a judgeship. Turch is serving both As Hatfield s special assistant and press Secretary. Hatfield appointed to the Senate by Montana gov. Thomas judge after the death of sen. Lee Metcalf last january was Defeated in the primary. In his statement Hatfield who was fish ing in his Home state on saturday said president Carter is a moral and ethical Man. His legislative programs will Stander fall on their merits. I believe this press Story asserting a Deal May be an attempt to intimidate me on this important Issue. Will not be intimidated Carter says he opposes wage Price controls Washington up president car Ter believes the majority of americans would prefer mandatory wage and Price controls but he is philosophically opposed to them and will not impose restraints Short of a National emergency. He also thinks he has broader support i Congress for a phased approach to nation Al health insurance rather than the comprehensive plan of sen. Edward m. Kennedy an interview with the International i Abor press association that was release for labor Day Carter was asked about inflation. His answer whatever we might do in the future it would be Short of mandatory wage and Price would guess that a majority of the american people would prefer to have mandatory wage and Price controls. I am philosophically opposed to it and would no impose such controls unless our nation faces a very serious emergency or said the Only Way of dealing with inflation is by very Tough management of government getting control of the bureaucracy and support of business an labor. Labor leaders say Carter s health plan Falls far Short of his past promises and Back Kennedy s Universal program devel oped Over the past 10 years. Carter who criticized the unions for no pushing hard enough for his Hospital Cost containment Bill said he is strongly in favor of a comprehensive and Universal health insurance , he believes it can Only be passed if the Congress and the american Public Are convinced it can work that it can be administered that it will have a net saving for a Given level of health care com pared to what they presently have and that Overall costs can be the president said that As he puts Forth his proposals for illness coverage i would have the full support of senator Gaylord Nelson a wis and senator Kennedy for instance who would prefer one Bill implemented at one time in its totality without the involvement of the Pri vate insurers and with a Price tag that would seem to be very think my approach is a better one and on most of the elements of our proposal senator Kennedy and i think the United Auto workers were both in agreement he said. It is just a matter of political judg ment he added. I doubt that you could find any appreciable portion of the Mem Bers of the House or Senate who would favor a single proposal implemented All atone with a substantial Price tag on
