Saving lives of children Mr. Yuk replaces the pirate CHICAGO (AP) - A child who sees a skull and Many of these deaths could be prevented by the use poison center said crossbones on a container ol poison may think pirate of new warning symbols like Mr. Yuk. according to a In Illinois, the state is experimenting with a different food is inside, say researchers who want to replace the study by Kenneth C Schneider, an assistant professor of symbol to replace the skull and crossbones It Is a green traditional warning symbol with "Mr Yuk " marketing at SI Cloud State University in Minnesota snake with fangs bared and was chosen after interviews Mr Yuk has a scowling green face, with his eyes Schneider's research was published in the University of indicated the character was the one with which children scrunched closed and his tongue sticking out. He was Illinois' Journal of Consumer Research would be most afraid to play bom In 1971 in Pittsburgh, where pirate symbols are asso- Schneider concluded that the skull and crossbones The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission ciated with the city's professional baseball team symbol has lost much of its significance and reported has given the state a grant to test the program in "In the last five years, there have been no deaths in that some children believe the once-frightening symbol Springfield An educational packet, including snake sti- Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) from accidental inge- designates "pirate food." ckers, poison antidote charts and classroom lesson plans stions," said a spokesman for the National Poison Center using puppets and familiar products, has been distributed Network, which is based at Children's Hospital in Pitts- He also found that children seem to be more at- to schools and day-care centers burgh tracted to white containers than black or red ones, to The network estimates that between 1,000 and 5,000 square containers and to those with an odor — even those If the pilot project works, it may become part of the children under 5 years of age die each year of accidental with unpleasant or antiseptic odors state Department of Health's statewide poison prevention poisonings nationwide. Mr Yuk is used in about 20 Eastern cities now. the program The Daily Register VOL. 100 NO. 154 SHREWSBURY, N.J. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1977 15 CENTS Eye other positions Rumson mav lose j two school people By DAVID TURNER 14. to appoint a permanent board appointed a principal RUMSON - Both the su- principal for the school, even from outside the district perintendent of schools and though Dr Bartley was re- "I wouldn't stay with the the acting principal of the portedly prepared to recom- system. I would look else- Deane-Porter School are con- mend that Mr. Giachino be whert for a principal's job. or sidering leaving the local appointed to the post 1 would get out of the field of school system for jobs else- Dr Bartley said that there education I would not go where.The Dally Register has was a "mutual interest" be- back into teaching," he said. learned tween herself and the boards Mr Emery said that Mr. Superintendent Mary Lou of education of some other Giachino is "a serious candi- Bartley said last night that districts, including one in date" for the principal's job. she has applied for jobs in New Jersey and one in New "He doesn't have particular other districts, but that she York reason to be disheartened at has not received a "definite She declined to identify any this point," he said. offer at this point " of the districts in which she According to Mr Emery, PRIME MINISTER MENAHEM BEGIN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT James Giachino, the acting has applied for a Job the board is reopening its se- principal, said last night that She is reportedly one of lection process to give the he will leave the school sys- four finalists for the position board more time to evaluate tem if a permanent principal of superintendent of the River Mr. Glachino's performance is appointed from outside the Dell Regional School system, and to compare him with oth- Now the summitry success district which includes the towns of er candidates The Board of Education re- River Edge and Oradell, in Mr. Giachino was appointed fused, at a meeting on Dec Bergen County acting principal at the school When asked to give reasons last July over the protests of for considering leaving her some board members must translate into action present post, Dr Bartley mentioned the board's recent By LARRY THORNTON rael's military representative cult task in their political and of the Palestinian Day after refusal to appoint a per- Associated Press Writer at the recessed Cairo negotia- talks, centering on the Pales- Arabs." manent principal for Deane Blaze kills tions admits, "We must have tinian Arab problem. At the news conference be- Porter TEL AVIV - Prime Minis- many compromises. To tell Sadat described this ques- fore leaving Ismailia, Begin "You have to feel that you ex-Rutgers ter Menahem Begins de- you everything will be tion as the "core and crux" hinted that Palestinian Arabs are a professional and are clared success in summitry smooth, no. it will not be so." of the Mideast dispute and re- may join the political negotia- a one tions beginning in about three good being treated as one When with Egyptian President An- In the upcoming talks, de- ported In the "agreed- state- By JIM OSTROFF your recommendations are grid star way Sadat must be translated tails of Israel's willingness to ment" at the end of Ismailia weeks. In addition, Sadat said The day AFTER Christmas was a very good one too. for taken off the agenda, you PERTH AMBOY (AP) - into action if Israel and withdraw from most of Sinai summit Monday only that he saw a role for the United merchants and children of all ages have to start to evaluate your Authorities who returned lat- Egypt are to make steady will be discussed by Israeli "Egypt and Israel discussed States and the United Nations Mall parking lots were reportedly filled to capacity: small effectiveness If other places er to the scene of a blaze that progress toward peace. Defense Minister Ezer Weiz- differences." in the Jerusalem talks. store owners frequently did a "land office" business and even are interested In my ex- heavily damaged two homes The next stage calls for man and Egyptian War Minis- The Israeli proposal for Pa- Who would represent the pharmacy sales were up yesterday pertise, maybe it's time to here yesterday have dis- ministerial-level talks on mil- ter Abdel Ghani el Gamasy in lestinian Arab self-rule At Eatontown's Monmouth Mall motorists jockied around move," she said. covered the body of a resi- itary and political dis- Cairo. plainly was unacceptable to A news analysis the huge parking lot and even the parking deck in search for At the Dec. 14 meeting, the dent killed in the fire, police agreements, and the road Israeli Foreign Minister Sadat even though Begin, a spot to leave their cars before entering the stores, all of board amended its agenda to said today. ahead looks pretty rocky at Moshe Dayan and his Egyp- back home in Israel, said of Palestinians? This is one of which were open yesterday. delete "Appointment of Prin- The victim was identified the moment. tian counterpart, Mohammed the idea, "it is a great event the first questions the foreign "Traffic-wise, it was a phenomenal day." said an ex- cipal" from the Superinten- as Raymond Kinch. a 24-year- Gen. Avraham Tamir. Is- Kamel. will have a more diffi- in the history of this country ministers will have to handle. uberant Paul Kastner, the mall's spokesman Mr Kastrier had dent's Report old former lineman on the un- Holding their talks in the Is- no statistics to bear this out, but noted his estimates were "When the board endorsed defeated 1976 Rutgers football raeli capital may Indicate based an another barometer. my recommendation and said team, who was found in a sec- some success for Israel's pro- . "Walking. 1 walked around the mall and I tell you," he that he'd done a terrific job. ond floor rear bedroom. The Claim new Russian missile posal that the Palestinians be noted, "it was hard to get around at times with the crowds " but did not hire him. then roof apparently caved in on represented by people now Actually. Mr. Kastner said that yesterday's brisk business there is really something him during the fire, said po- living under Israeli occupa- was the continuation of a growing trend In recent years for wrong," she said. lice Capt. James Breef tion in the West Bank of the area residents to shop the day after Christmas for bargains, Board President John Em- After controlling the Mon- could strike at the U.S. Jordan River and the Gaza or to exchange gift items. ery said it would be "a dis- day morning blaze, firemen WASHINGTON (AP) - Af- ballistic missile and put the the missiles could strike tar- Strip. "I also saw many people shopping for next year— buying appointment" if Dr. Bartley had said there were no ter months of uncertainty, United States within its gets in the Middle East. If Egypt accepts this idea, the cards and tree trimmings at half price. In fact," he noted, left the school system. serious injuries and reported U.S. officials now believe that range. With their 3.000-mile range, it would be a big step away laughing, "I did so myself." "We've known for several that the occupants of the Russia has started deploying U.S.