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oThe Fleer Corp. will
continue to produce
gum and candy at a
plant in Mississippi.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The
ompany that manufactured the
irst batch of bubble gum ever
iold is closing the plant that has
urned out the gooey pink stuff
mown as Bubble Bubble Gum
or more than 65 years.
The Fleer Corp. becomes the
atest in a string of companies
hat have abandoned factories
ind towns they called home for
decades and moved their produc-
,ion elsewhere.
Just last month, Unilever, a
Netherlands-based conglomer-
ite, closed the Breyer’s ice
ream plant in Philadelphia,
where William A. Breyer hand-
hurned his first batch of ice
ream. And many in the city still
noum the loss of the Whitman’s
Chocolate factory, which closed
in 1993 after a competitor
bought the name and moved the
operation to Kansas.
Fleer employees reporting
for work Monday found the
North Philadelphia plant roped
off and locked up, said Barry
Fields, secretary-treasurer of
Local 6 of the Bakery Confec
tionery and Tobacco Workers
International Union.
Fleer executive vice president
William H. Hardie said the com
pany decided to close the plant
— which also cut and packaged
sports and collectible trading
cards — to focus its effort on the
marketing of the cards.
The company sold $38 million
worth of gum and candy in 1994,
but it sold $245 million worth of
trading cards.
Bubble Bubble and other can
dy will be made in an existing
Fleer factory in Byhalia, Miss.,
Moyer said. Its workforce of 70
will not be expanded.
The Philadelphia workers
will be paid through January,
Moyer said.
Boy sold to drug dealer
to settle debt, police say
DETROIT (AP) — A 15-year-old boy who was missing for at
least six months had been handed by his mother over to a drug
dealer to settle her $1,000 crack cocaine debt, police said after
finding the boy Tuesday.
Investigators sorted through conflicting accounts of whether he
went voluntarily, sold drugs, was used as a sex slave or was forced
to smoke crack himself when he was hungry so his captors could
save on food.
Acting on an anonymous tip, police found the boy in a small, run
down house in a neighborhood thick with drug dealers and prostitutes.
His grandmother said he appeared addicted to crack. He had lost
a lot of weight but seemed otherwise OK, she said.
Inspector Michael Hall said although police believed the boy was
sold to settle his mother’s debt, “We have an indication that at some
point, he became a willing partner in drug dealing.”
The boy appeared in juvenile court and was charged with deliv
ery of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and tru
ancy. His next court appearance was scheduled for Dec. 13.
The 33-year-old mother was already in jail on an unrelated bur
glary charge and could face charges over her son.
A man found with the teen-ager, described by police as a drug
dealer with a long record, was arrested. He wasn’t identified by au
thorities, but police said the mother gave her son to a different deal
er, who was being sought.
The boy denied his mother sold him to settle a $1,000 crack debt,
but other evidence indicated it was true, Hall said.
The boy had been living with his grandmother until he disap
peared, but the mother had custody. The grandmother said she
planned to ask the juvenile court to give custody to her. Foy said the
whereabouts of the boy’s father were unknown.
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department between Nov. 20-27:
Misdemeanor Theft
Two bicycles were stolen
from various locations.
Burglary of Vehicle
Parking Area 88 - A compact
disc case containing 15 CDs
was stolen from the victim’s
1991 Nissan pickup truck.
Parking Area 62 - The pas
senger’s side window of the vic
tim’s 1990 Nissan Sentra was
shattered and a Pioneer, Model
305, CD stereo player and three
compact discs were stolen.
Burglary of Coin Operated Ma
chine
Two snack machines were
forcibly entered, and the snack
items and cash were stolen.
irglary
Walto;
1 alton Hall - A Magnavox CD
player and a MCI pager were
stolen from the victim’s room.
Criminal Mischief
Aston Hall - An unknown in
dividual set fire to a fourth floor
door decoration resulting in ap
proximately $115 in damage.
Bus Stop Snack Bar - The
distributor of a local newspaper
reported his wooden newspaper
boxes were being damaged by
people stapling fliers to them.
Parking area 96 or 32 - The
victim discovered a large dent in
the hood of her 1993 Honda Civic.
False Alarm or Report
Zachry Engineering Center -
An unknown person activated a
second floor fire alarm pull sta
tion. No evidence of fire or
smoke was found.
Various Campus Locations -
An anonymous caller advised that
he heard an individual say that
six bombs were going to be deto
nated at six different locations on
campus. Three of the locations
were identified by the caller. The
areas were checked and no explo
sive devices were found.
Driving While License Suspended
Wellborn Road - A motorist
stopped for a defective headlamp
was found to be operating a motor
vehicle with a suspended license.
Harassment
Spence Hall - The victim was
the recipient of an obscene tele
phone call.
Driving While Intoxicated
Wellborn Road - An intoxicated
motorist was arrested and incar
cerated in the Brazos county Jail.
Public Intoxication
Parking Area 32 - An intoxi
cated individual was arrested
and incarcerated in the Brazos
County Jail.
Burglary of Building
Langford Architecture Center
- A Silicon Graphics, Indigo,
Model R4000, computer was
stolen from a fourth floor com
puter laboratory.
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