The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced that a final judgment was signed late yesterday by the Honorable Charles E. Stewart, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, which prohibits the F.W. Woolworth Co. and its President from violating CPSC's ban on the sale of Tris-treated children's wearing apparel. The judgment followed the filing of a complaint yesterday morning by Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, acting on behalf of the Commission alleging that Woolworth's had continued to sell Tris- treated children's wearing apparel in violation of the Commission's April 8, 1977 ban on the sale of such garments.
According to CPSC Chairman S. John Byington, the Commission conducted a nationwide investigation late last week which disclosed that Tris-treated children's garments were still being sold by twenty-five (25) F.W. Woolworth and Woolco department stores through-out the country. The twenty-five stores, as set forth in the judgment are as follows:
| Woolco Department Store 6700 Richmond Highway Alexandria, Virginia F.W. Woolworth 1231 Good Hope Road, S.E. Washington, D.C. F.W. Woolworth 4001 South Capital St., S.E. Washington, D.C. Woolco Department Store 4166 Buford Highway, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia F.W. Woolworth Co. 755 7th Avenue New York, New York Woolco Department Store Redbird Mall Dallas, Texas Woolco Department Store Woodhaven Mall Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania F.W. Woolworth Co. 18 N. State Street Chicago, Illinois F.W. Woolworth Co. 2684 Mission Street San Francisco, California F.W. Woolworth Co. 306 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Woolco Store 3600 Youngfield Wheatridge, Colorado Woolco Department Store 1300 N, Scottsdale Road Tempe, Arizona F.W. Woolworth Co. 3rd and Pine Seattle, Washington | Woolco Department Store 1959 Stewart Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia F.W. Woolworth Co. 1691 Sunrise Highway Bay Shore, New York Woolco Department Store Big Town Shopping Center Mesquite, Texas F.W. Woolworth Co. 11th and Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F.W. Woolworth Co. 211 S. State Street Chicago, Illinois Woolco Department Store No. 6115 12420 South 71 Highway Grandview, Missouri F.W. Woolworth Co. 898 Market Street San Francisco, California Woolco Store 7777 W. Jewel1 Avenue Lakewood, Colorado Woolco Department Store 3130 E. Thomas Road Phoenix, Arizona F.W. Woolworth Store 2730 East Lake Street Minneapolis, Minnesota Woolco Department Store 1818 Pioneer Parkway Arlington, Texas F.W. Woolworth Co. Natick Mall Natick, Massachusetts |
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