ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Thursday, August 1, 1996 TAG: 9608010075
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-8 EDITION: METRO
Playskool recalls infant carrier
WASHINGTON - Playskool Baby Inc. is recalling 38,000 ``Fold N' Travel'' lightweight plastic carriers for infants because babies may fall out of them, the government said Wednesday.
The company has received 10 reports of children falling from carriers, including seven infants who suffered serious head injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
Children's products stores sold the carriers nationwide for about $35 each between April 1991 and April 1993, when the Northvale, N.J.-based company stopped manufacturing them.
Consumers should stop using the carriers and return them to the store where they were bought for a full refund, the safety commission said.
For information, contact Playskool at 1-800-447-7707.
- Associated Press
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A woman from the Washington, D.C., area is expected to become the third woman cadet marching at The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C., this year, a college spokesman said Wednesday. The unidentified woman has been accepted although she is still trying to raise money to attend.
The former executive director of the American Parkinson's Disease Association was sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the charity. Frank Williams, who headed the organization for 14 years before he resigned in 1995, was also ordered Tuesday to repay what he stole.
The rap star Notorious B.I.G. has been arrested on weapons and drug charges. The rapper, whose real name is Christopher Wallace, was arrested July 23 after police searched his home and found marijuana and firearms, investigators said.
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