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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
Funeral Services
Held Monday For
Earl L. Terman, b8

Funeral services were conducted
Monday of last week from Lukens
Funeral Home for Earl L. Ter
man, 68, former missionary to
China and teacher. He was a ma
tive of Perry County, a member
of the Methodist Church and
Masonry including the Shrine.
The Rev. Ray Cochran of Co
lunbus officiated. Burial was in
Kirkwood Cemetery.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Lucille Fitzgerald Terman,
two brothers: Roy, Mansfield and
Ira of Laura, Ohio; and a sister,
Blanche Terman, Mansfield.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
Four Area Roads To Get
Improvement This Fall; All
Surface Changes At Bid

The bid notices specified that
the minimum wage to be paid the
labor shall be in accordance with
the prevailing hourly wages appli-
cable to the State Highway De-
partment. Bidders in all cases
must submit certified checks to
meet the requirements of the de-
partment, and all bids are to be
in at least ten days before the
opening date. The notice indicated
that bids will be received until
September II at 1000 am.
Bidders interested must obtain
proper forms and clearance by the
Department of Highways in order
to become qualified bidder.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
London Gridders
Get Practice For
Fall Games Now

The London High School foot
ball squad started its fall practice
August Goth, 1857 under the di-
rection of Coach Jim Bowlus and
assistant coaches Ray Chadwell,
Lee Cochran and David Mcclure.
About 55 Gridders reported for
the two-a-day practice sessions.
Only thirteen letter men are back
from last years team that won 9
and lost only 1. Returning backs
are: Gary Miller, Gerald Arrick,
Andy Hart, Harold Scurry, and
Jerry Roberts. Linemen letter
winners are: Richard Abner, Will
liam Duffy, Don Fugett, Bud
Tingley, Steve Wicker, David Bell
Larry Ch c ese m a n and David
Fades.
Season tickets for the six home
games this fall are available al
several downtown outlets. The
price of the six game ticket i:
$3.50 which includes a reserve
seat privilege in the west stands
Football fans can purchase the
season ticket at any of the fol
lowing locations: Nabergall Bar
Der Shop, Swick & Hill Barber
Shop, McNeal Barber Shop, Geel
Barber Shop, Cannon's Cigar
Store, Hume & Mabe, Siegel's
Mems Store, Days Drugs, Strine's
Drugs, Florea's Drugs or at the
High School Building.
The season will get underway
with a prevue game with xenia.
Woodrow Wilson High School
Friday. September 9Th.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27

Madison County's annual fair
and agricultural exhibition for
1857 was classed as one of the
best of recent years, according to
spokesman for the Fair Board.
Attendance was well above last
years according to gate receipts.
Outstanding in the success of
this years fair was the Junior
Fair Division with more than 1900
entries by the county's All and
FLA. and FILA. groups. The
County's Oranges, with only four
entries were also classed as un-
usually good exhibits, demonstra-
ting lot of work and planning.
The arrangement of exhibits
and shows, including the midway,
had been changed from the usual
locations to give the fairgoerS a
new taste in the different areas.
The Farm equipment exhibits
to show the latest improvements
were centrally located this year
for all farm and agricultural pur-
poses. A huge display of auto
mobiles also proved to be a major
attraction.
A new feature of this years
fair was the tractor pulling con-
test which drew many more en-
trants than had been expected. The
classes had been divided to put
all tractors of the same weight
group in battle with their equals,
and the crowd voiced amazement
at the total tonnages pulled on
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
Funeral Services
Held For Former
London Resident

Funeral services for George O..
Decker, 55, of 1928 Kent Street,
Columbus, a former employee of
The Madison Press Company, were
at the Evans Funeral Home in
Columbus, last Tuesday. Interment
in West jefferson Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Vaughn;
a daughter, Mary Esther Decker
and son Jack of the home; two
sisters and his mother-in-law, Mrs.
B. w. Shannon of West Jefferson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
Pvt. Young With Army
At Fl. Chaffee, Ark.

Army Pvt. Orville Young Jr.,
18, whose parents live at 240
Church St, Plain City, Ohio, re-
Gently completed eight weeks of
advanced individual artillery
training at Fort Chaffee, Ark.
Young received instruction in
the fundamentals of artillery and
the firing of the los millimeter
hoWitZer.
He attended Plain City High
School.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
Funeral Services Are
Held For Mrs. Rector

Funeral services for Mrs. AL
vida Mae Rector, 80, who died
Saturday at her home in West
Jefferson, r. r. No. l., were Mon
day at the Blauser and Baker
Funeral Home, West Jefferson.
Interment was in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Henson and a granddaugh-
ter, Kathleen Brunson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
GETS PROMOTION

Airman third class Larry D.
Turvy, a 1857 graduate of Lon
don High School, has received his
first promotion and stripe in COM
munication and teletype work. The
presentation was made in cere.
monies at F E Warren Air Force
Base.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
RECOVERING FROM SURGERY

Supt. ]. ]. Hartley expects to
return to his home on West High
Street this week. He is recovering
following a recent emergency ap-
pendectomy at Mt. Carmel Hospi-
tai.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27
8 OUR
"a N10NWN

NA IOVVN
NEWS
A good way to see your
name in the newspaper is to
pretend that you never read
one.
RELIGION
The Lord provides us with
credit, cash and conscience
but most people give Him no.
thing but credit for having
given cash and conscience.
A Joke that needs an ex-
PLANTATION isn't a joke-neither
is a gift that requires one to
return a gift.
HOT ROD
A doctor now comes up with
the cause for hot-rod antics.
Saws he, "the antics of hot-rod
drivers is simply an attempt
of youths to express certain
sex symbols of potency"
SUCCESS
Our idea of successful man
is one who has worked hard
enough to take care Of his
business so that the govern
ment doesn't have to take care
of him.
PEOPLE
Every man is self-made but
only the successful ones will
admit 1t.
SAFETY
Suggested sign on a street
of prolific parents ;. Drive
Carefully Our Children
Don't Believe Us!'
JEWELRY
Fellow who owns a local
iewelry store has new gim-
mick to stimulate business
with each two-carat diamond,
he will furnish a bride!
PsYcHiATRY
Man dropped into psychia-
trist's office and told the doc
tor that he was in love with
an elephant. Doctor said,
"Why that's preposterous! No
body could be in love with an
elephant" Man replied with a
panied expression, We'll,
maybe so, but do you know
anybody who would be inter-
ested in buying an diversified
engagement ring?"
MODERN AGE
Nowadays a normal person
is one whose intake of pep
pills is offset by an equal num-
Der of tranquilizers except
that his head aches.
TAXES
In recent years we have
found that what we have left
after taxes is just about
enough to pay the next install
ment.
DAFFYNiTIoNs
Dark Ages: Knight Time.
Transparent: Trailer Owner.
Pleasingly Plump: Figure
Ate.
Funeral: Human Rites.
LIVING
And as one man put it :.
"The reason we see so many
children on the streets late at
night is because they are
afraid to stay home alone"
BLUES
A vacation is time Of year
when we get sick and tired of
getting up every morning sick
and tired. :
WlMMIN
When women want to sit
down and talk about lot
of things" it is usually about a
lot of things they haven't got.
HOME
No wonder all the new hous-
es are ''ranch-type" jobs--how
else can a juvenile Wyatt carp
or Hopalong Cassidy live
these days?
sPEcks
And it doesn't necessarily
follow that a person who
wears spectacles is trying to
see good in everybody. In
some people person would
have to wear microscopes!
BEST SELLER
One of these days we're 60
ing to publish a book that
should prove to be best sell
ler. The title? How To Break
Your Husband OF The Do-It-
Yourself Habit"
SAGA
Telephone rang in the mid
die OF the night and the hus-
band answered. Finally he
said, How in the hell should !
know? It's 487 miles from
here!" He then hung up and
his wife asked what the con-
versation was all about. Hus-
band said, "Aw! Some damned
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27

Machinery
SELL. THE Oh

SELL THE OLD AND BUY THE
NEW-that's what classifieds are
for. Quick cash with a want-ad.
Call UL 2-1616.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-08-27

ROBERT C.. WHEELER
HEAD, Eg#sPAPER BTvTsToH
oaIo STATE MUSEUM
c0Lgss8g ID, QHIo De c0aP
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
Z coldd, ever do them separays,

we ,coasp ever do them sepeEays'
4ysf rrTs.. qy-gAsssrss .ss5stsTsf =
Delegates will. tackle rnajoz
concerns facing the churches i,
ten warkshops dealing with, such
topics as public schools and Pro-
testant churches, Christian social
relations. Christian; missions in
teday's world, and Christian edu-
cation and youth.
. Among Southern churchmen
named to leadership roles at the
institute are: The 1T. Rev. M.
George Henry, Asheville, N. c.,
Bishop of the Western Carolina
Episcopal Diocese; and DR.. Ralph
Waldo Lloyd, president of Mary
vile College, Maryville, Tenn,
Continued on Next Page).
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
Churches Z
Meet SET June 2.

Upwards Of 800 leaders Of
Protestant denominations in IL
Southern states will meet at
Lake Junaluska, N. c., the first
week in June for the prime pur-
pose Of finding ways they can
strengthen their work across de-
nominational lines. M
Using the theme, "Our Unity
in Christ the second Ecumenical
Institute will be sponsored by the
National Council of Churches
through its Southern office, DR..
j. Mcdowell Richards, chairman
of the Southern office advisory
committee, announced day.
Clerical and lay representatives
of at least IL. Protestant church
bodies in the South will attend
the six-day institute, which opens
at the Junaluska Methodist con-
ference center, June 2, he said.
DR.. Richards, who is president
of Columbia Theolibical Seminary
Decatur, Ca, hailed the institute
as Having a significance far bee
yond the numbers attending" He
declared:
s'The first ecumenical institute
held last year was 50 successful
that delegates urged it be made
an annual event. Something new
and inspiring in Southernechurch
/ life, the institute offers strong
evidence that church cooperation
lis a living and growing move
ment in this part of the country.
From it comes sure conviction
that we Protestants can do many
! things together far better than
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES
PETAL-HARvEY BAPTIST

1G1Ak.1ANVG4 0AE4lSI
CHURCH,
Services will begin with Sum
day School at 9:46 am, Pat
Rogers, Supt.
Rev. Sam w. Waggener, Pas
tor, breaches at IL am. and 1880
pm.
Training Union meets at 6:45
pm, G. E. Richardson, Director.
Mid-Week Prayer meeting il
held at 7:30 pm. Wednesdays at
Richton Road and Harvey Mis-
sion prayer meeting is held 1880
pm. Thursdays.
Song services are under the
direction ofaMr. Charles Caulkin:
Mrs. w. H. Chairman, Organist,
and Mrs. Maize Nell SMITH,
pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend; the nursery is epen
1T all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
CENTRAL AVENUE. PETAL

Services begin with Sunday
School at 9:45 am. I'enry
Hardy, Supt.
Rev. w. A. Richardson, Pastor,
breaches at II am. and 1880
pm.
Baptist Training Union m Is
at $50 pm. SundayA.
Mid-Week Prayer meeting is
held at TOO pm. Wednesdays.
Song services are under the
direction Of Mr.. Ford Parker;
Mrs. ]. M. Van Devender, pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. III fr
Nursery is open at al services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
PETAL METHODIST CHURCH,
MAIN STREET, PETAL

Services begin With Sunday
School at 9:45 am, w. G.
Mathis, Superintendent.
Rev. J. p. Payne, Pa stor,
breaches ct 1900 am. and 1900
pm.
WSCS meets at 300 pm. on
Mondays.
Mid-Week Prayer Meeting is
held at 7:00 pm. on Wednes-
days. Choir practice follows pray
or meeting.
Song services are under the
direction Of Mrs. B. L. Coulter;
Mrs. D. II. Halliwell, ST., Organ
ist.
The public is cordially invited
% attend. The nursery is open
q all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
PETAL PRESBYTERIAN
\ CHURCH

Services begin at 1000 am.
with Sunday School, II. L. Nors-
worthy. Supt.
Evangelist Howard s. Williams
breaches at 100 am.
Bible Class meets Sunday from
500 to TOO pm. Choir practice
is held Wednesday nights at Z $50.
Song services are under the
direction Of Mrs. D. L. Priest:
pianist is Miss Bernice Nors-
worthy.
~ A cordial invitation Il extends
Led the public to attend services
each Sunday.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
GREEN'S CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH,
OLD RIcHTON ROAD. PETAL

~ y
Services begin at 9:45 am.
with Sunday School, Rob ert
Powell, Supt.
@. C. Barrett, Pastor, breaches
at 1900 am. and 700 pm.
Prayer Meeting is 700 pm.
on Wednesdays -. following
prayer meeting all organizations
meet TWAS GAS, RA's,
WMU, Brotherhood, and Sum
beams.
Song services are under the
direction of w. G. Rainey, Jr.;
pianist is Miss Polly Morgan.
The public is extended cor
dial invitation to attend services
Nursery is open at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-05-23
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH.
JACKSON STREET, PETAL

4 JACKSON STREET, PETAL
Services begin with Sunday
Schoo, at 9:45 am, Bill Bar
low, Supt. Preaching at IL am.
and 7:15 pm. by Rev. Justin
Garrett, pastor. Baptist Train
ing Union meets at 6:15 pm.
.Mid-week Prayer meeting is
neld at 7:30 pm. on Wednesday.
GAS meet after school on Mon
days, and RA's meet before pray
er meeting on Wednesdays. Song
services are under the direction
of O: U. Barlow. Mrs. Jack Fixes,
pianist.
Church nursery open, at all
services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-15

derson cause complications
when they. try to interfere
with Buds romance.
$3.50, WMAL (7)-Navy Log:
"The Saga Of Irving Cohen. "
drama Of the sailors who
sailed the Rhine in World
War II. George Conrad,
Ralph Reed.
$500 WRC, tN-Kraft Theater
(color): Roger Hirson's 1.-THE
Glass Wall" poses the prob
lem Of a man who remarries
after his first wife has been
declared incurably insane
and who is later cured by new
drugs. Kim Stanley stars. "A
sincere show. touching at
times" Tv key reports.
$500. WMAL (7)-Ozzie and
Harriet: David is hired for a
temporary job as a night
Waterman.
$3.50, WTOP (9)-I've Got q
Secret: Members of the vari-
GUS branches Of the services
are guests.
$3.50, WMAL (D-Ford Thea
ter: The Gentle Deceiver''
concerns q mixup involving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-15
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

$500, WASH-FM-In the Con-
cert Hall: Won Suppe. Poet
and Peasant Overture; Ko-
daily. Peacock Variations:
Brahms, Symphony No. /.
$500, WMAL-FM-Concert No.
4 in G Major: (Beethoven)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eu-
gene Ormandy. conducting.
$500. WTOP = Baseball: Balti-
more Orioles VS.. the Cleveland
Indians.
$500, WWDC-Baseball: WASH
ington VS.. Chicago.
$500, WOL-Paul Hume's Good
Music Time: The complete
Romeo and Juliet" by Ber-
lioz.
800. WGMS-FM-The Deems
Taylor Concert: Wagner, Die
Meistersinger: Prelude to act
/: Bach, Toccata and Fugue
in D minor.
1905, WMAL-FM-Opera High
lights: Licia Albanese. Robert
Merrill, Jussi Bjoerling, The
Rome Opera House Orches-
ira.
1880. WOOK - Baseball; Mil
waukee VS.. Brooklyn.
Baseball Tomorrow
$500, WTOP - Baseball Balti-
more Orioles VS.. Cleveland
Indians.
$500, WWDC-Washington VS.
Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-15
TODAYS TV
HiGHLIGHTS

1900, WRC (4)-The Last OF
the Mohicans: Hawkeye and
Chingachgook are suddenly
surrounded by armed war
riers in hitherto peaceful
territory.
TOO, WTTG (5)-Long John
Silver: Purity decides to give
a poor relative a helping hand
in THE Fishwife."
1880, WMAL (7)-Disneyland
"Antarctica Past and Pres
ent"; documentary Of the
South Polar Exploration.
"One Of Disney's best docu-
mentaries." TV key reports.
$500, WTOP (9)-The Arthur
Godfrey Show (color)
Films Of Godfrey's trip to
the African jungles.
500, WTTG (5)-Baseball
Washington VS.. Chicago.
$3.50, WRC (4)-Father Knows
Best: In THE Art of Ro.
NANCE" Jim and Betty An.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-15

an eccentric millionaire who
poses as q hobo. keenan,
Wynn.
10000. WTOP (9) - Twentieth
Century Fox Hour: A printer
forced into retirement con-
ceives of a daring plan to re-
turn to work in 1.-THE Great
American Hoax" Ed Wynn
Walter Abel. Conrad Nagel. A
lightweight" script. TV key
reports. But Ed Wynn Is a
Real Charmer."
10000. WMAL (D-Boxing: Bob
by Boyd fights Willie Vaughn
twho subs for Rocky Castel-
lamb.
l1:15, WTOP (9) - The Late
Show: In House of Fear,
Sherlock Holmes investigates
a murder club (1945).
1920, WMAL (7)-Night Show
1.-THE Great Dan Patch" story
Of a great pacing horse Of the
early 1900s. Dennis OKeefe
Gail Russell (1040D.
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The people's voice., 1957-07-12
Attention Users
Nol-Highwuy
Gasoline

Nonhighway users of motor fuels
who wish to claim one cent a gallon
refund payable in the case of certain
uses of gasoline, diesel fuel and
special motor fuels may obtain an eX-
planatory pamphlet, IRIS Publication
No. 378, at local offices of the In
ternal Revenue Service, Frank J.
Healy, district director, Internal Rev
enue Service for Montana has an
nounced.
Under the Highway Revenue Act of
1856 the federal excise tax on gaso-
line. diesel fuel, and special motor
fuels was increased from to 3 cents
a gallon. effective July /, 1856. Pro-
vision was made, however, for the
Internal Revenue Service to refund
this 1-cent increase in the case of
motor fuels used otherwise than in
a registered highway vehicle. Transit
systems furnishing scheduled common
carrier public passenger land trans
portation service along regular routes
may also qualify for refunds within
certain limitations.
In general, those who qualify must
file a claim on Form 843 during the
3-month period July l to September
30. 1857, in order to obtain a refund.
Claims must be filed with the District
Director of Internal Revenue for the
claimants district. Refunds are limit
ed to motor fuels on which the in
crease in tax has been paid and which
were consumed during the 1-year
period July 1, 1856 through June 80,
1857, for nonhighway uses or by local
transit systems. Examples of nom
highway uses include fuels used in
stationary engines to operate pumps,
generators, compressors, ETC., and
fuels used in motorboats, aircraft,
and other off-the-highway vehicles,
such as bulldozers, earth movers, etc.
Publication No. 378 does not cover
the procedures for refund of the fed
eral tax on gasoline and other fuels
used for farming purposes. Farmers
who need help in filing for a refund
of these taxes should obtain copy
of IRIS Publication No. 308 from their
District Director of Internal Revenue.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
Congressdamps
Controls On Acc

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NRECA)
The Atomic Energy Commission
will be required to submit all part
nership' atomic power reactor prof.
ects to Congress for approval of such
use of appropriated funds under pro-
visions of a bill sent to the White
House for Presidential signature last
week.
The House and Senate gave quick
approval to bills introduced by Rep.
Carl Durham IN. c. and Sen. Clin-
ton P. Anderson IN. Mex.), chairman
and vice chairman of the Joint Atomic
Energy Committee, which, in effect,
give Congress veto power over the
Atomic Energy Commissions part
nership" program.
Three rural electric systems-Chu-
gach Electric Assn. of Anchorage,
Alaska; Rural Coop Power Assn. Of
Elk River, Mimi, and Wolverine Elec-
trio Coop of Big Rapids, Mich
have already appeared before the
Joint Committee to justify Acc as
sistance with their proposed reactor
programs.
Rural electric co-ops are watching
with interest the development of eco
nomic atomic power. Many expect it
to come in time to offset the growing
demand for more electricity on the
farm. Rural electrics' loads are doub-
ling about every five years.
The amendment to the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1854 is a result of charges
by Rep. Clarence Cannon (Mo.) that
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
SHORT WEIGHTS Cheat
MANY CUSTOMERS
for COOP NEWS SERVICE


of the packaged candy shortweight-
ed" Gordon said.
The Council on Consumer Informa,
tion recently published booklet by
Gordon, "Watch Your Weights and
Measures" In it. Gordon says, "Short-
weighing and short-measuring may
tax a family as much as $1.6O a
week-equivalent to an 80 sales tax
on food. Adequate enforcement would
cost only &c per person per year and
would represent a good investment" "
To correct this widespread cheat
ing, Gordon suggested:
Accurate test scales in food
stores so buyers can check weights;
Adequate state laws with teeth,
such as New York and Florida have
Wipe out weight tolerances since
scales can be made quite accurate to-
day;
-Federal-state cooperation.
State, city, and local officials reg
ularly attend annual conferences, and
this year they invited consumer repre-
sentatives, including the Cooperative
League. The U. S. Bureau Of Stand
ards sponsors the week-long meeting.
Gordon is on the bureaus advisory
committee.
At the conference, officials also
discussed the effect of do-it-yourself
on labelling. Amateur Wallpapers,
plasterers, carpenters, plumbers, and
painters need more information than
professionals.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
BY JACK T. JENNINGS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
Ever double-checked the weight CT
pre-packaged meat from your local
grocery? Do that sometime. There's
a good chance you were short weight
ed, says Leland j. Gordon, who di-
rects the Weights & Measure Re-
search Center at Denison University.
Gordon told the 42nd national
weights and measures conference
here, that customers are often cheated
when they buy pre-packaged goods
A 2-year study, financed by Con-
sumers Union, shows that inadequate
laws and lax enforcement are the
main cause, he said.
He cited frequent abuses in measur-
ing fuel oil and gasoline and weigh
ing candy bars, bread, packaged food,
prepackaged meats, fruits, and vege-
tables. In Auburn, N. Y, Gordon said
"about half" of the grocery store
scales and gasoline pumps had regis
tered inaccurately for years. ''The
inaccuracies were 2-to-1 against the
consumer, and losse to buyers were
as much as 100000 a year"
A federal-state mo mans land"
often exists. Gordon said. One state
official said he didn't have enough
money to check candy. Neither did
Food & Drug Administration. "Dur-
ing one Christmas season, a state of
ficial spot-checked and found 80ao