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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 12, 1990                   TAG: 9007130006
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Tammy Poole
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

WOULD-BE AUTHOR SEEKS `PRESUMED INNOCENT' AUTHOR

Q: Do you know the address of Scott Turow - the lawyer/writer? I'm writing a book to be titled "Thirty-eight years at the bar," and I would like to get the name and address of his publisher. Thanks. - Richard Myers, Tampa, Fla.

A: You can write to Turow in care of the law firm of Sonnenschein Math & Rosenthal, 8000 Sears Tower, Chicago, Ill., 60606. If you'd like to call his office, the number is (312) 876-8163. His publisher is Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 19 Union Square West, New York, N.Y. 10003. Toys get warning labels

Fisher-Price of East Aurora, N.Y., a division of Quaker Oats Co., has agreed to place warnings on packages that its Little People figures present a choking hazard to children, the New York state attorney general said recently.

The toy have been linked to the choking deaths of at least five children nationwide and left one child severely brain damaged, Attorney General Robert Abrams said.

The company agreed to place labels on all packages containing Little People beginning next month and print warnings directly onto packages by next year.

The company's packages already bear a warning that the product is not intended for children who still put objects in their mouths, but the new labels will warn consumers about the choking hazard.

The figures, hollow and often less than one inch in diameter, are marketed for children aged 2 to 6 years. The toys meet federal safety guidelines.

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