Joe Namath Punts a Poisonous Pin!

More on the saga of the poisonous pins! One newspaper story reported that television actress Kay Stevens had two of the poisonous pins in her possession along with a gold identification bracelet inscribed to "Broadway Joe", intended as a gift for Joe Namath. While staying in a hotel, those items along with an estimated $40,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from Miss Stevens room. The article describes that Miss Stevens was aware that the pins had been recalled, so I wonder why was she keeping them? Did she have plans for those poisonous pins? LOL!

I had to smile at another article which reported that an 10 year old girl had bought one of the pins for her mother. The mother's comment.. "I don't know what she will get me for Christmas now?" Soooo.. your young daughter has been walking around with poisonous jewelry and your concern is what you are going to get from her for Christmas? LOL!

By 5 days after the recall notice from Sears, the FDA reported that all but 252 of about 19,000 pins had been recovered or accounted for throughout the nation. Most of the pins, about 15,000 were initially in the possession of Sears, but 4,500 were in the hands of 33 other distributors around the country.

Here's a bit more specific info about the pins. The beans are shiny and egg shaped and are red or orange with black tips. The pins were from 1" to 2" across. They were imported from Japan by Alster Importing Company in New York. Apparently not all of the pins made had the poisonous beand. Each box of pins had 48 pins, with 12 in each box having the poisonous beans.

Shown below is a sample of the recall notice that was placed in
newsapers and another pic included in one of the news stories. (click to enlarge)