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Report overstates
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United Press International plagued economy Stumbled at
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government said Monday.
The Commerce Department
said the broadest gauge of the
economy, gross national pro
duct, got 1.9 percent smaller
from October through Decem
ber after inflation, a slight im-
. provement from the 2.5 percent
drop reported Jan. 19.
The major influence in the
fourth quarter was the steep rate
of inventory clearances of un
sold goods not replaced by new
production.
The $18.7 billion in inven
tory liquidation, mostly in auto
mobiles, and declines in exports
and business investment were
only partially offset by a 4.1 per
cent annual rate of growth in
final sales and increases in con
struction and government
spending, the report said.
The new figure did not
change the 1982 rate of GNP
decline of 1.8 percent compared
to all of 1981, the worst per
formance of GNP since 1946.
The fourth quarter to fourth
quarter comparison did im
prove slightly with the revision,
going to a decline of 1.1 percent
from the earlier reported 1.2
percent.
Court takes right of name
‘Monopoly’ now generic
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WASHINGTON — The Sup
reme Court Tuesday set off a
major trademark controversy by
permitting Parker Brothers to
be stripped of its 48-year-old
monopoly on Monopoly, the
famous real estate board game.
Without comment, the jus
tices let stand a ruling invalidat
ing the Monopoly trademark be
cause the term has become a
common descriptive name for
that type board game.
Critics say the ruling endan
gers trademark protections for
hundreds of brand-name pro
ducts from dish soaps to video
games. Trademarks invalidated
in the past because the names
fell into common use include
those for aspirin, cellophane,
cola, thermos and yo-yo.
The trademark for Monopo
ly, first manufactured by Parker
Brothers in 1935, was chal
lenged by a San Francisco State
University economics professor
who invented and marketed a
board game he called “Anti-
Monopoly.”
Parkers Brothers, a division
of CPG Products Corp., pro
tested Professor Ralph
Anspach’s use of its trademark
in his game’s title, saying it
would exploit the reputation
and success it built for Mono
poly.
Anspach retaliated by asking
the courts to cancel the Monopo
ly trademark, which gave Parker
Brothers sole right to use of the
title even though its patent had
expired.
A U.S. District Court twice
ruled for the manufacturer of
Monopoly and found Anspach
could be held liable for infring
ing on a registered trademark.
But in August 1982, a three-
judge panel of ihe 9ihli]
C lourt of Appeals in Califooj
dei hired the trial court wrocfl
ruled Monopoly had gainedl
common a meaning,like“sli
ded heat," whit li theSupri
Court in 1938 declared at |
generic it could notbecon!i||
led by one cereal maker.
The panel based its riilm((
part on a marketing suneu !
showed most consumen «t
motivated to buy Monopoly
cause they were interestedit
game and did not caret
manufactured it.
Actor ceases breathing,
dies after police scuffle
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LOS ANGELES — An auto
psy on Raymond Vitte, 33, may
reveal why the- actor, whose in
cessant religious chanting
prompted neighbors to call
police, suddenly stopped brea
thing and died in a police car
moments alter a scuffle with
officers.
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Vitte was pronounced dead
Sunday night at Sherman Oaks
Community Hospital, where he
was taken by officers after he
appeared to cease breathing
while in the back of a patrol car,
Lt. Charles Higbie said Monday.
The actor, who landed his
firstjobin 1971 as a hippie-Jesus
freak who meets Archie Bunker
in jail in an episode of “All in the
Family,” is survived by his bride
of seven months, Ernesta, who is
expecting a baby in June.
Coroner’s I nvestigator
Donald Messerle said there were
markings on the body that he
would not discuss in detail until
after the autopsy, which was ex
pected to be performed
Tuesday.
“I spoke to his mother and his
wife and there w as no indication
he was taking any medication
and they denied use of any
drugs,” Messerle said.
The actor had been hospital
ized for several days earlier this
month to determine the cause of
a lingering fever, but the diag
nosis was not known.
Higbie said officers, sum
moned by neighbors in the Stu
dio City apartment complex,
found Vitte in his apartment,
clad only in undershorts and a
shirt. He continued to shout and
chant, frequently using the
name of Mohammed.
Neighbors reported that Vit-
te’s religious shoutings began
early Sunday, Higbie said, and
after more than 12 hours of con
tinual shouting, they called
police.
Vitte, who was alone in the
apartment, ordered the officers
from the porch and placed a
curse on them, Higbie saitf.
Vitte suddenly exited his
apartment, lunged toward and
attempted to grab one of the two
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officers, Higbie said
Ronald Miller then struck 1
with his baton.
Vi11e then ran off, chased
Miller and Officer Douglai
pies, who sprayed teargasis j
te's face with no apparenttfe
and struck the suspect sfvfj
times on his arms and uppenj
so, again with no effect, I
lieutenant said. L_rr
The actor again ran ft Jieaci
officers, hut fell at the side? n<| rthe
building’s swimming pool. J where
was handcuffed and car anti-el<
screaming and placed inthetlSl^OO,
of a squad car for mentalevi® “Ot
tion at Olive View Hospital J nt th
Sylmai. ■‘ent <
En route, police observcd||randh
had stopped breathing and| ‘lamen
officers took him instead to j
Sherman Oaks hospital. |
Vitte appeared in the IS
“Car Wash," “Up InSmoke’f. 111 As
“9 to 5” as well as an am| || a Mgh
television roles, including
most recent role as Codvf
son in the canceled TVsk
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