Release Date: August 30-September 5
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By BETTY DEBNAM
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1986 Universal Press Syndicate
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Fact-a-Roonies
During his or her lifetime, the
average American makes about
50,000 trips in cars.
Now that September is here,
millio~s of kids are making the trip
to and from nearby schools.
Three out of four car accidents
happen close to home (within 25
miles).
Buckle up and take care whatever
way you go.
States with safety belt laws
Child safety seats
are required in all 50
states and the District
of Columbia.
The 26 states with safety belt laws are shaded.
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England
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Hawaii
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94 percent
Australia
92 percent
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The District
of Columbia
has a belt law.
Oklahoma's law
starts Feb. 1, 1987.
Indiana's law starts
July 1, 1987.
Look for more automatic seat belts and air bags.
A new government law says that one out of every 10 of the new 1987
model cars must have automatic seat belts or air bags.
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34 percent
We are behind some countries, but the percentage of Americans buckling up is growing.
What about school buses?
Automatic seat belts
Air bags
When you get in the
Air bags fit in to
front seat of a car with
steering wheels or
an automatic seat belt,
dashboards. Sensors
you don't have to buckbuilt into the bumper
le up. A shoulder belt
can tell when a car traveling at
is automatically pulled more than 12 miles per hour hits
across the passengers. something. The impact sets off a
can of special gas that inflates the
Source for information and figures: u.S.
air bag. In less than a second the
Department of Transportation
bag inflates and deflates.
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Kids often wonder why school
buses don't have safety belts. Some
people think they are needed.
Because school buses have so few
accidents, other people don't agree.
Only about 75 school systems have
added belts to some of their buses.
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Kid Vid Is Getting Bigger!
Kid
Vid
Tips
Kid vid - videotapes
especially for kids - is
becoming more and more
popular.
Videotapes are played on a
videocassette 'recorder (VCR)
hooked to a TV screen. About
one in three U.S. homes owns a
VCR. VCRs can also be rented.
Hundreds of videos for kids
'a re available. Disney titles are
very popular. So are the
Muppets, Rainbow Brite, Care
Bears and My Little Pony.
About one in six videos sold is
"kid vid." Most kid-vid tapes
cost around $25 . Rental costs
about $2 a night. Some libraries
Video stores, such as Erol's in Washington,
loan videotapes for __________________________________________
free.
D.C., have opened special kid-vid sections.
Martha
Dewing, a
kid-vid
expert, recommended these
videos for older Mini Page
readers. She publishes Children's
Video Report, a newsletter for
parents, teachers and librarians.
Fiction:
• "The Journey of Natty Can"
(Walt Disney Home Video)
• "Molly's Pilgrim" (Phoenix
Film and Video)
• "The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe" (Vestron Video)
Non-Fiction:
• "Autobiography of M iss Jane
Pittman" (Prism)
• "Little League's Official How
to Play Baseball by Video"
(Master Vision)
• "Magic Secrets" (Video
Associates)
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How to Choose a Video
Many children's
videos, such as "The
Mirthworm
Masquerade," have '
animated characters.
This kid vid will be
available in stores
this month.
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How do you decide what video to choose?
Children's Video Report gave the Mini Page some
pointers. Before you choose a video, ask the librarian
or salesperson these questions:
CAN 'fOU HELP
1. What's the story?
ME PICK A
2. Is it good for kids?
VIDEO?
3. Is it worth my time and money?
Parents and teachers: For more
information and prices about the
Children's Video Report newsletter,
write to Martha Dewing, Woolworth
Building, Suite 3715, 233 Broadway,
New York, N.Y. 10279.
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Mini Page Exercise Tip
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Banana Rock
(Abdominal strength)
Lie on your back with your
arms at your sides. Keeping your
legs straight together, lift about 6 inches off
the floor. At the same time,
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Rock back and forth 10 times then roll left
and right 10 times.
This exercise has been recommended by the President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Words about seat belts are hidden in the block below. See if
you can find: TRAFFIC, SAFETY, LAW, CAR, BUS, SEAT
BELT, BUCKLE, STRAP, SAFE, LAP, SHOULDER, BODY,
ACCIDENT, METAL, CLICK, FASTEN, RESTRAINT,
ADJUST, PROTECT, COMFORTABLE, LOCK.
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reference. This 22-by-28-inch poster is illustrated with reproductions of the
.official engraved portraits of each of the 40 presidents . To order, send check or
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checks payable to Andrews, McMeel & Parker.
Alpha Mouse knows he should buckle up inside the car,
but first he must find it! Help him find his ride to school.
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A MILK SHAKE:?
TAKE IT TO A
SCAR'f MOVIE .
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Hutch. Hutch who? Bless you!
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Q: Where do sheep go to get their
hair cut?
Go dot to dot
and color.
Mighty Funny: The baa-baa shop.
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the animal is called a weasel. When the coat IS
white, it is called an ermine.
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there? (Sunshine Walla, Hagerstown, Md.)
A: There are about 200,000 different
kinds of flowers. They are found everywhere on ~
earth except the Arctic, the Antarctic and the
open seas.
____ Alpha Betty's ABC Fun Book ($1.00) - Contains
puzzles, dot-to-dots and other games to teach
uppercase and lowercase letters.
____ The Mini Spy Mystery Fun Book ($1.00) Practice with words and numbers by unscrambling
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Seat Belt
36-4 (86)
ID IQuiz-a-Roo I I Seat [D IBelt
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History
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True or False
1. If a shoulder belt
crosses your face or
neck, you shouldn't
wear it.
o True
0 False
2. You don't have to wear
safety belts in town, only out on
the road.
0 True
0 False
3. You should remind your
parents to buckle up.
o True
0 False
4. You don't have to wear a
safety belt when riding in the
back seat.
0 True
0 False
Answers:
1. False. The
shoulder belt should
be placed behind your
.f
fl \ back after the belt is
fastened. Sit in the back seat if
your head would hit the dash.
2 . False. Most accidents (three
out of four) happen within 25
miles of home.
3. True. Politely remind them.
4. False. While the back seat is
a little safer, seat belts are still
needed.
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The ideas in this block are from the New York
Coalition for Safety Belt Use.
Mini Spy
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1885
Seat belts are
used on some
horsedrawn
carriages.
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1910
First safety
belt used on a
U.S. plane.
1922
Racer Barney
Oldfield used
:~::irst safetY~belt
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How to Become a *KISS
*Kid Into Seat Belt Safety
• Always wear the lap part of your safety
belt low on your hips, not across your tummy.
• "Do all of you have your belts on?" Get in
the habit of doing a belt check before you start
your trip.
• Dig out all the safety belts in your car,
both front and back.
• Help buckle up younger brothers and sisters .
• Why not pla~ a safety belt project for your
class or school? Hold a contest to see who can
come up with the best poster or play.
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Safety belts
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required in
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'open-cockpit commercial planes.
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1949
A carmaker
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first factory-installed seat belts.
1970
Australia passes
the first seat belt
laws.
Buckle Up Bear is on a
contract that younger
kids and their parents
sign when they agree to
buckle up.
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Mini Spy and Basset Brown are going back to school.
Rookie Cookie is giving them a safety lesson today.
See if you can find: from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam C> 1986 Universal Press Syndica te
• coffee cup
• television
set
• label
• ice skate
• house
• pizza
slice
• necktie
• needle
• whistle
• word
MINI
• paperclip
1984
New York becomes
the first state to pass
a sa~ety belt law.
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Stuffed Franks
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1986 Uni versal Press Syndica te
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You'll need:
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• 8 large hot dogs
• 1;4 cup onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
• 2 cups herb-seasoned stuffing mix
• % cup water
• 14 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon pickle relish
What to do:
1. Make a lengthwise slit in each hot dog, almost to
end.
2. Cook onion in butter till soft.
3. Mix stuffing, onion, water, ketchup and relish.
Pu t in to hot dog slits.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Serves 8.
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Teacher's
Guide
For use by teachers and parents at home and at
school.
For use with issue: Safety Belt Fact-a-Roonies
Main idea: This issue is about safety belt facts and figures. The following is a list of
activities to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the easier
pre-reader assignments listed first . Ask the children to do the following:
1. Find the following pictures: race car, U.S. map, airplane, school bus, car with air bag.
Count the number of pictures of people wearing safety belts.
2 . Talk about wearing safety belts. Do you wear them in a car? Do your family
members? Why do you think it is important?
3. Design a safety belt poster.
4. Find your state on the map showing states with safety belt laws. Does your state
have a safety belt law? Do your school buses have safety belts?
5 . Less than half the people in the U.S. wear safety belts. In the next few days, notice
whether or not people wear them. Look at the cars around you. Look on TV.
6. Answer the following questions:
a. What percentage of cars will have automatic seat belts or air bags in new 1987
models?
b. In what year was a safety belt first used in a car?
c. How many car trips does the average American take in a lifetime?
7 . Circle the following numbers: a number larger than 10,000, a year, a number
divisible by 5, a number less than 15.
8 . Talk about the different types of graphs: circle graphs, bar graphs, line graphs and
picture graphs. Make up an example of each one. Which types are found in this issue?
(Note to Editor: Above is the Teacher's Guide for Issue 36.)
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Supersport: Michael Jordan
Gold medalist, All-American,
NBA All-Star ... all describe the
Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan.
Since turning pro in 1984,
Michael has been named Rookie of
the Year and played in two AllStar games.
At the University of North
Carolina, Michael was College Player of the Year.
He also played on the 1984 Olympic basketball
team, which won the gold medal.
Michael grew up in Wilmington, N.C., the fourth
of five children.
He likes to play pool, listen to music and play golf.
(Note to Editor: Above is copy block for Page 3, Issue 36, to
be used in place of ad if desired.)