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March 9, 1979
Bench Grinders To Be Repaired
Montgomery Ward & Co., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today announced that it is continuing a voluntary repair program to correct a potential shock hazard in certain Wards' Powr-Kraft model TGB-5102A six-inch bench grinders. This additional notice of the voluntary repair program is being issued in hopes of receiving a better consumer response. The program was first announced by the manufacturer, McGraw-Edison Co., on August 29,1978.
Remedy:

The grinder should not be used until it has been inspected and reworked. For instructions on having the units checked and repaired free-of-charge, owners of the grinders should write to: Bench Grinder Repair Program, C/O National Service Manager, Portable Appliance and Tool Group, McGraw-Edison Co., 2nd and Vine Sts., Boonville, MO. 65233.

To verify the model number, consumers may contact CPSC's toll-free Hotline at 800/638-2772.
February 5, 1979
Toy Cork Gun Recalled
Eagle Family Discount Stores, Inc., Opa Locka, Fla., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today warned consumers that about 5,844 double-barreled toy cork shotguns sold in their stores during the 1976 and 1977 Christmas seasons may present a hazard of eye injury to a young child.
January 18, 1979
Fly Control Devices Recalled
Pestolite, Inc., Lancaster, Pa., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product, Safety Commission (CPSC), today announced a voluntary recall of 1,005 Commercial Fly Control Devices, model SK-4, because of a possible fire hazard.
January 11, 1979
Mattel Announces Toy Replacement Program
Mattel, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today announced that it has voluntarily initiated a "Missile Mail-In" campaign to reduce the possibility of accidents which might occur in connection with four of its "Battlestar Galactica" space toys.
December 12, 1978
Armour Replaces Safety Caps On Thyroid Tablets
Armour Pharmaceutical Company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced that Armour will replace the child-resistant caps on approximately 140,000 100-tablet bottles of prescription thyroid tablets. Efficacy and safety of the tablets themselves are not in question and no recall is involved.
December 11, 1978
Riviton Sets Voluntarily Held
More than 125,000 toy construction sets manufactured by Parker Brothers are being voluntarily held in inventory in two company warehouses in Salem, Massachusetts and Des Moines, Iowa, after the company announced its voluntary recall of 900,000 Riviton sets. A Parker Brothers spokesman told the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that 27,000 of the Riviton construction sets have now been returned.
December 8, 1978
Mattel Puts Safety Labels On Toys
Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, California, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced that it has initiated a voluntary program of attaching labels on warehouse inventories of certain of its Battlestar Galactica line of space toys.
November 24, 1978
Warning Issued On Portable Air Tanks
Citation Mfg. Co., Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), today issued a warning that some portable air tanks manufactured by the company, may rupture or explode because of defects in the metal tank casing.
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