Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free october 1992 networks scrap crash test dummies Washington Post Washington Vince and the crash test have been totalled by the three major broadcast networks after becoming involved in a Headon conflict of the fictional stars of a Long running series of Public safety have been banned by the big three after their the department of bungled an attempt to turn the characters into product fictional duo Vince and Larry run Headon into conflict of interest Dot officials thought they had a Clever idea last year when they licensed Vince and Larry As a line of plastic Rashan smash action toys for what one Industry source said was less than the Federal Agency figured advertising placed by the toys Tyco toys would extend the message of the six Earold crash Dummy radio and to Campaign to Young not on your said the lbs and Abc have refused to accept a new series of Vince and Larry ads from the departments National Highway transportation safety saying that providing free Public service air time would be tantamount to hyping a commercial until the toys Are no longer were not running the said Janice a spokeswoman for we feel there promoting the a photo farm angry Over Low storm lobby of the National Campesino farm workers seize Union building on Day Mexico praised for policies associated press Mexico City hundreds of mexican farm angry Over Low seized a Union building yesterday in a bloody clash in the the protest came the same Day Mexico was being praised in Paris for economic policies viewed As a step toward Likely admission As the first latin american country in the organization of economic cooperation and two people were injured in a Bot to throwing Battle As about 300 sugar Cane harvesters seized the six Storey building of the National Campesino Centre and forced out several dozen police did not Cane cutters shouted Campesino unite As they stormed the ground floor smashing plat Glass windows and eventually occupying the entire the Recd depicted Mexico debt crisis As the Pivotal event in trans forming the country into the worlds 13thlargest the Mexico City about two blocks from the offices of the authoritarian institutional revolutionary which has con trolled Mexico since was the largest since More than Laid of f Oil workers transformed the vast Central the into a tent Campground in july and there have been marches almost daily by Campesino and others to protest Low the protests underscore the fact most of Mexico 81 million people remain born into Cradle to grave poverty that seems unlikely to be Drexel heritage live the dream now an unprecedented savings event this factory assisted Sale Means youll save More than Ever before on our finest Case goods and custom Sale ends save 3040 on All bedroom dining room series save 30 on All occasional accent items save 30 on All custom upholstery for this event Only 3 months interest free free delivery within 200 Miles please ask for Interior design assistance Fine furniture 2627 Portage and interiors 8888360 Matthew vice president of program practices at said airing the new Dot ads would set a precedent for other commercial the he regularly turn Down requests from advertisers that want free air time for Public service ads featuring commercial free air time is intended to support Public not sell even said neither Tyco nor Dot officials will reveal How much Tyco paid to License Vince and although Nitsa spokesman skip Calvert called it a has generated More than million in sales from the original crash test Dummy product and a slightly modified successor introduced after the original agreement with Dot expired earlier this according to a company Tyco is now licensing its incredible crash dummies line to marketers of puzzles and other the advertising a nonprofit organization that developed the crash Dummy ads and other Public service icons such As Smokey the Bear and Mcgurf f the crime warned Dot last year that a commercial licensing Deal could Compromise the Campaign and test the Good will of said Eva director of the and councils Washington she said the Public service ads continue to run on local to and radio stations and in Portage place upper level 9562431 Polo Park upper level 7833914 1 0 Days Only save Sheraton Hall table classic Bow front table with tapered legs and antiqued solid brass drawer Prev in Willitt to Muir club or the Bombay company our new fall catalogue is Here Call 18006681136 for your free starts this saturday the other Side of sports straight from the horses Mouth Lindor Reynolds takes an irreverent look at the world of sports every saturday in your free press sports Winnipeg free press ;