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Tuesday, February 18, 1986 Page 2 Daily Nebraskan Do m News est nson Si Johnson io si ling c NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. Johnson & Johnson on Monday announced that it will no longer sell any capsule products directly to the public because it cannot control tampering blamed for the cyanide-poisoning deaths of one woman this month and seven people in 1982. The announcement was made at a news con ference by company chairman Jim Burke, who said Johnson & Johnson has "no plans to re-enter this business for the foreseeable future." He urged users of Tylenol capsules to instead switch to coated oval-shaped tablets known as "caplets," and said that Johnson & Johnson would replace free any capsules now in the hands of consumers or stores. The decision to remove capsules from the market was made to "protect the public," Burke said. He said the company was confident that consumers would accept the tablet forms and keep Tylenol "the most preferred" brand of painkiller in the country. He said that Tylenol came back after the 1982 cyanide scare and pledged, "We will do it again this time." Consumers were urged to return unused portions of their Tylenol capsule products to "Tylenol Capsule Exchange, P.O. Box 2000, Maple Plain, Minn., 55348." In exchange, con sumers will receive a coupon good for the purchase of the same size bottle. The replacement program will cost the company $150 million, Burke said. Earlier, federal officers said that a ban on sales of over-the-counter drugs in capsule form is premature. The ban was suggested Sunday by Andrew P. O'Rourke, elected executive of Westchester suburban area wnere apsoies Diane Elsroth, 23, died last week. Investigation also turned up a second bottle containing tainted Tylenol in the same town where the bottle containing the fatal dose was purchased O'Rourke suggested the federal government control production and sale of all drugs in capsules, but federal Food and Drug Administra tion spokesman William Grigg said the govern ment is not advocating such a ban. Grigg said he expected representatives of the over-the-counter drug industry to discuss the issue during a meeting of the Proprietary Association in Washington this week. Courtto rule if 'proof was in pudding' County, the New York rfZf f3 wrm fcJ u I a J bj tJ s a tk ttM tM Q rT" r- ONE WEEK SPECIAL a LINCOLN Did Robert Michael Rich was charged, and, at his trial, Rich of Lincoln pull a chocolate pudding Masonbrink said he had acted suspi- caper, or did convenience store owner ciously during previous visits 4,0 her Kay E. Masonbrink let her imagination store by slowly wandering through it, get the best of her? Those questions will be presented to the Nebraska Supreme Court during oral arguments March 3 on Rich's appeal of his 1985 misdemeanor theft conviction. Rich was found guilty by then-Lincoln Municipal Judge Jack Under, and the conviction was upheld by Lancaster County District Judge William Blue. Rich's lawyer argued that the judges erred because the evidence was insuf ficient to convict his client. Rich was charged in a March 1985 incident at the One-Shop Inc. in which he allegedly eyeballed a box of Dream Whip to check the price, picked up a box of chocolate pudding, wiped his brow with his handkerchief, paid for some pop and left. Masonbrink testified that the pud ding was wrapped in the handkerchief when Rich returned it to his pocket. Masonbrink didn't confront Rich with her suspicions, but called police before he left the store. However, Rich was gone by the time an officer arrived, and when he later was located and searched by police at a bus stop, no chocolate pudding or any other kind of pudding was found. Nslrayskan 34 Nebraska Union 100 P St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448 Editor Managing Editor News Editor Assoc. News Editor Editorial Page Editor Editorial Associate Wire Editor Copy Dosk Chiefs Sports Editor Arts & Entertain ment Editor Photo Chief Asst. Photo Chief Night News Editor Assoc. Night News Editors Asst Art Director Art Director Weather General Manager Production Manager Asst. Production Manager Advertising Manager Marketing Manager Circulation Manager Publications Board Chairperson Professional Adviser Readers' Representative Vicki Ruhga. 472-1766 Thorn Gabrukiewicz Judi Nygren Michelle Kubik Ad Hudler James Boners Michiela Thuman Lauri Hopple Chris Welsch Bob Asmussen Bill Allen David Creamer Mark Davis Jeff Korbelik Randy Conner Joan Hezac Kurt Eberhardt Carol Wagener UNL Chapter. American Meteorological Society Daniel Shattil Katherine Policky Barb Branda Sandi Stuewe Mary Hupf Brian Hogiund John Hilgert. 475-4612 Don Walton. 473-7301 James SennetL 472-2588 The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday in the fall and spring semesters and Tuesdays and Fridays in the summer sessions, except during vacations. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact John Hilgert, 475-4612. Subscription price is $35 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE 68510. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 19SB DAILY NEBRASKAN TAKE A CITE CUT CF v i l9?9Ttie.iuen'nf Ccnetl often buying only one item. Because of such behavior, she said, she was watching him from her dar-' kened office when the pudding pilfer age allegedly took place. She also testified that there was a box missing from the Jell-0 display after Rich had been there, but she later acknowledged on cross-examination that "it may have been sold ... the night before," Moore says in his brief. Masonbrink also testified that Rich had a bulge in his pocket "like the size of a box of pudding." "The truth of the matter is that she never saw Mr. Rich take anything, but instead was the victim of her own imag ination," Moore argues. D RRPP lltov Pnn u v With the purchase of ANY PIZZA from the D D 0 75 JE: PIZZA PLACE 1601 P St. 475-5173 This coupon is good with all the other coupons we offer, Expires 22186 3 C3 E3 E3C3C3 0 I MM i f j it rr. n mm JS3 E3 ca E3 G3 DMEDtf CAN PSOVirE BOTOX SSNICB, Da you Km noisy guffler? D. Strange rattles under the carl Squeaky brakes? DCar pulls to the left or right? 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