European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 27,1s86 Price drop saved Drivers billions los Angeles a american motorists saved $25.55 billion on Gaso line this year As pump prices dropped 30.1 percent but such a Bonanza in t Likely 10 be repealed the Oil Industry s Lundburg letter said Friday. N addition the sharply lower prices were accompanied by a 3.2 percent in crease in consumption 10 109.8 billion Gallons the report said. In a year of tumultuous change in All Energy sectors internationally . Motorists have enjoyed what amounts to a monumental loan from the world s crude Oil producers the newsletter said. Gasoline prices last week averaged 84,8 menu nationally a decline or 36.6 cents for the year earlier Price of$1.2l.4 the newsletter concluded however that 1986 s Price drop is not Likely to be repealed in 1987. Prices Are stabilizing fixed costs to marketers remain High or arc on the in crease and pressures mount for production agreements by the organization of Petroleum exporting countries the let Ter said. The weekly newsletter surveys More than 15,000 service stations nationwide. Ferraro reportedly quits group Over endorsement new York a Geraldine for Raro has split with the coalition of Halo american associations Over what she called a sexist endorsement by the group in november s elections according to a published report. The new York daily news Friday re ported Ferraro the unsuccessful 1964 democratic Candi Dale for vice presi Dent resigned from the group because she was angry the coalition backed incumbent re. So sch Dioguardi Over democratic challenger Bella Abzug. How dare you use the mailing list and stationery to endorse Joe Dioguardi she wrote tothe group s president William Fugazy in a letter obtained by the news. Obviously the fact that he had a Ferraro i Iii qualified competent and effective legislator who happened to be a female and Bella Abzug to Boot running against him moved you to act she said. Don l want anyone to think i endorse the sexist actions of your  Abzug represented a congressional Dis till in new York City during the 1970s. Her failed bid for a congressional scat representing suburban Westchester county was seen As an attempt to make apolitical comeback. The news also quoted a letter i which Fugazy responded to Ferraro s charges. I m sorry you be chosen to assume that we were sexist in choosing a Quali fied italian american male As opposed Toa qualified non Lilian american female Fugazy wrote. We obviously Don t agree but please consider putting these differences aside for the Long rang goal of advancing Lilian americans both men and  Calls to both Fugazy and Ferraro were unanswered Friday morning Hung up on Christmas a photo on month old Anthony Dpi Nylon Cap and put in the stocking by a terse makes Rood stocking Truffer at a who turned him into a temporary oru Hospital in new London Conn. Ancho men by holding him against the Hwy prematurely born was dressed in a Pital s Christmas trn. Button batteries pose threat to kids doctors warn Chicago up tiny batteries Hal Power watches calculators and toys Are potentially hazardous to children who Are natural explorers Given to Tak ing things apart and putting them in their ears nostrils and Mouths doctors warn. The Button shaped batteries can be dangerous because they corrode and leak acid capable of burning sensitive tissues drs. Gregory Landry and m. Bruce Edmonson of the University of Wisconsin Center for health sciences reported. But fortunately they said physicians do not need sophisticated medical instruments to remove the miniature Bat teries from children s facial orifices. A magnetized screwdriver worked very Well the two doctors wrote thurs Day on a Case study described in a letter to the journal of Trie american medical association. These Button batteries Are becoming More and Mere common. A lot of watches and calculators and a lot of those hand held games children play with have these batteries Landry said. The batteries also Are found in photo graphic equipment and hearing aids and Range in size from As Small As a Collar Button to As Large As a Nickel. Small children typically get hold of the Liny disks while taking apart their toys or their parents calculators and watches and seem naturally inclined to stick them in their noses and ears Landry said. Children Are natural explorers he said thai s How they get into a lot of poisons that s How they get electrocuted and that s Why they play with their faces and stick things into it. In one Case a 9-year-old girl was brought into Landry i office with a toy watch Battery lodged deep in her a Flat ear by her 5-year-old playmate. After trying unsuccessfully to remove the disk with forceps Edmonson suggested a Magnet. A maintenance employee supplied a magnetized screwdriver which Success fully and painlessly removed the Bat Tery the report said. Cases such As this Are not Freak occurrences and Are reported More and More frequently Landry said. Earlier this year another Ama journal article reported 10 such cases and noted 225 incidents of Button Battery ingestion have been re corded. Landry said parents should not try Touse a magnetized screwdriver to remove the batteries themselves particularly if it is lodged in the car canal where it can be pushed into the eardrum. If the Battery is stuck in a nasal Pas Sage however it s quite Safe to have a child try to blow their nose if they know How to do that that s How we got the raisins out of my own child s  Landry said. Parents should at least be aware i those batteries arc around Landry said. They can be ingested and should be kept out of kids reach. And if there is a problem they should gel help immedi  dad keeps Promise buys son Sherman tank Saticoy Calif. A Little boys of Alt Ages May fantasize about the ultimate toy but 6-year-Oldritchie. Alegre and a Friend got his father to buy one a genuine 70,000-Pound. World War ii Sher Man tank in working order. Dick Alegre 57, a Farmer apartment landlord and self described tinkerer was known among youngsters in this Community for not finishing what he set out to do. A tree House for daughter Deborah now 10, was never quite completed. So when Ritchie started pressing for Alan his friends were sceptical. For two years Alegre recalled it was we re going to get one. Dad huh huh?1 and then one Day one of his Little friends said to me or. Alegre Why do you keep telling Ritchie you re going to buy him a Lank if you re not going to " that did it when Ritchie spotted an and in a used air plane Magazine from a Fulleton Man who had a Sherman tank for Sale the part time Pilot flew his family Down for a look. Alegre and seller Frank Haider a military vehicle collector won t say How much Money changed hands. Bill Barker a member of the military vehicle collectors club said Sherman sell for $20,000 to $70,000 each. About 20 belong to american civilians he says. So far Alegre said he s driven the tank Only a few Hundred feet on his Avocado farm 50 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles. I can t Tell you what a Ball we be had with it he says. We pretend we re driving through buildings said Deborah. I m the gunman. Ritchie drives