BOSTON (AP) — A stuffed bunny is on the list, 20 is New Born Baby and the Get Along Gang. are 4mong items-a consumer advocate has put on his worst toys parents that injury and death’can lurk in the cute and cuddly this Christmas. The list released recently by Edward Swartz at a news conference marks the 14th Christmas season the Boston lawyer has warned the public of dangers in children’s toy boxes — dangers that include sharp spikes, suffocating parts and strangling cords. “The toys are different, but the risks are the same,” said Swartz, a personal injury lawyer and author of the 1971 book, Toys That Don't Care. Swartz has taken a new step this year, circulating a “wanted poster” for the Play Family, small plastic figurines sold by Fisher-Price Toys. Swartz contends the toys are being sold even though they have been linked to the deaths of three children who swallowed them and the near-suffo- cation and brain damage of a fourth. The lawyer has brought suit against Fisher-Price on behalf of the parents in one of the cases. Carol Blackley, a spokesman for Fisher-Price, said the toys “meet all standards set by the industry as well as the federal government,” adding that 45 million of the figures have been sold. The toys on this year's 10 Worst List are: © Technic Mobilo Starter Pack, produced by Playground Supplies Ltd., an Australian company. Swartz said the small plastic building set contains parts that a child could swallow and choke on. © Straight Kick, a padded plastic foot that can be propelled forward on an accordion-like device. Swartz said the toy serves no other purpose than “to encourage hitting each other.” e Rabbit Plush Toy, made by Well-Made Toy Manufac turing Co. The stuffed rabbit's 76-centimetre scarf and easily removable nose and mouth present the threat of strangula tion and suffocation, Swartz said A company spokesman, who would not identify himself, fade” SAO i He said there have been no reports of injuries. © New Bera Baby, made by Portoplay Inc. Swarts said the infant doll comes with a tiny pacifier that can be swallowed. @ Ronnie's Musical Recker, sold by Lovee Doll and Toy Co., is a small plastic horse that comes with a drinking and wetting doll. Swartz said the rocking horse has severe “stability problems.” Lenny Roth, president of Lovee Doll, said: “We've been selling this for three years and I haven't gotten any complaints yet.” © Get Along Gang Play Figures, sold by American Greeting Corp. Swartz said the heads of the small, stuffed figures can be easily removed, exposing a sharp metal spike. Larry Gonick, a sales manager for ican Greetings, said 60 pounds of effort is needed to remove the head, twice the foree listed in government regulations. “No child could ever, ever take it apart,” he said. © Bloodsuckers from Marchon Inc. The pen resembles a flying insect and gives the appearance you are drawing blood from someone's arm. Swartz said children may throw the sharp object through the air. © Dungeon and Dragons Poseable Player Characters. The toys come with a pointed plastic spear that presents a danger to children's eyes, Swartz said. “It's the first time I've heard any criticism of the product which has been on the market for several years,” said Anthony Gatto, senior vice-president with LJN Co. of New York. Missile Tank. Swartz said the rubber tips on missiles fired by the toy tank can be easily removed and swallowed. Swartz could not name the manufacturer e Soft Triplets Crib Gym, manufactured by Johnson and Johnson. Swartz said this and other toys strung across the top of cribs with elastic presents the threat of strangulation. “More than two million have been sold without serious accident or without consumer complaint concerning entanglement,” said Bob Niffen, a spokesman for the company. LEA SEES A NEW ORDER IN B.C. POLITICS By CHARLES LA VERTU VICTORIA (CP) — Graham Lea stares out his second-storey office in the Parliament buildings at the posteard-picture waterfront and dreams the impossible dream. He sees a new order in B.C. politics, an end to the confrontation and bickering that has divided the province for years. Lea, who represents the north coast riding of Prince Rupert, recalls that when he was highways minister in the short-lived NDP government of the early 1970s his office was one storey above. Now he covets the west wing suite of Premier Bill Bennett. Lea quit the NDP this year to sit as the only independent among 33 Social Credit and 23 NDP members after finishing last among six candidates seeking to replace Dave Barrett as opposition leader He is staking out the middle ground and advocates a pragmatic approach. He has titled his weekly newspaper column The View from the Middle Gone are the jeans and open-necked shirts worn when he was a cabinet minister. And polyester has been replaced by three-piece pinstripes. Also gone is the beer belly as the body is honed along with the image. Lea remembers the birth of Social Credit in this province 32 years ago when then-Conservative W.A.C. Bennett, father of the current premier, crossed the floor of the house. “It’s amazing, I wasn’t politically aware — alive but not aware — in the early 1950s when this happened before,” Lea said Today he contemplates a new political party — a decision he will make in March or April so it won't be too late to prepare for the next provincial election expected as early as 1986. “It looks to me like that’s what the people want,” he said,-adding that his supporters feel that the existing parties are not dealing with the realities of the '80s in terms of resource management, the economy and social programs. LACK VISION “They don't feel that the other parties have a vision of the future, that they have makeshift programs based on the solutions that they devised for the problems of yesterday but not today.” Lea, 50, a member of the legislature since 1972, said the people he has been talking to prefer the “dogma of the middle” to the dogma of the right or left. But the middle of the political road is potholed in British Columbia. Liberals and Conservatives have not elected a member since 1978. Lea said it will cost at least $1 million to start a new political party but he sees a source of funds in the small businessmen and corporations he says have been neglected by the Socreds and NDP. To revive British Columbia from the recession, Lea said the province must start making the shift to an economy based on the sale of expertise and techniques rather than products. This means that eduction has to be a hgh priority so people can be trained to do the research and development for an economy based on skills and knowledge rather than lumber and ore. “In the short term, we're going to have to talk about sharing — work sharing, resource sharing. We're going to have to act as a community and be coneerned about our neighbors as we struggle to help each other get through these bad times and invest in the future.” Lea said the NDP and Socreds are making a major mistake dealing with current though they are temporary economic problems as Youngster helped Ethiopians VANCOUVER (CP) - While other children enjoyed a day off from school, 12 year-old Genevieve Creight on of North Vancouver spent her day working for children going to Oxfam's Vancouver office for the Ethiopia relief fund. “We had three crews with 12 kids,” Genevieve said. “I organized it myself and we drive, which lasted three hours, ranged in age from four to 13 years. Some parents donated their time as drivers. “We made $130. People didn’t have bottles and want ed to help.” Genevieve said she learned how poor people were in Ethiopia from watching tel evision. in Ethiopia The Grade 7 student at Highland Elementary Sehool, organized her own bottle drive with all the proceeds just went around and knock ed on people's doors to see if they had any bottles we could cash in.” She said her friends on the that had bottles were more than happy to give them to us. There were a lot of bot tles. We also got about $8 in money from some people who “My mom told me about it too. 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