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Originally, it was an innocent enough marketing plan by the Topps Company. Buy the pink bubble gum covered by a thin layer of powder and it would come with five baseball cards. Such a deal. … ...
After ingesting 40 pieces of chewing gum, a young boy was rushed to the emergency room to have the gummy mass removed from his stomach.
On a nod from Sy Berger, a vice president of the Topps chewing gum company, the crew jettisoned some 2 million 1952 baseball cards that had been clogging up the company’s Brooklyn warehouse for ...
Mars Wrigley is spending millions of dollars in a bid to restore chewing gum to its former glory with consumers, starting with an international ad campaign that jettisons typical category promises ...
Within minutes of the recent passing of Sy Berger, the longtime Vice President for sports and licensing at Topps Chewing Gum Company, at the age of 91, ESPN.com and the New York Times posted long ...
Super Bubble and Fruit Stripe are no longer being manufactured, but some remaining supplies of the once-popular gums may still be available.
A council is seeking funding for equipment to remove chewing gum from pavements. North Yorkshire Council has applied for £27,500 from Keep Britain Tidy (KBT) for the machinery.
Topps was founded in 1938 as a chewing gum company. As the competition in the gum market exploded, Topps unveiled Bazooka -- with the added value of comics -- to help sell the brand.
Chewing on a glow stick can have harmful effects. The dog’s mouth, skin and eyes will become irritated as the fluid inside the stick leaks out.
SINGAPORE -- For years, Hidayat Osman got around this city-state's ban on the sale of chewing gum by picking up an occasional pack in neighboring Malaysia. So it was a pleasant surprise when the ...
Sy Berger, the father of modern day baseball cards, has died of natural causes at the age of 91. The news was announced Sunday morning by baseball historian Marty Appel on behalf of the family.
Topps was founded in 1938 as a chewing gum company. As the competition in the gum market exploded, Topps unveiled Bazooka -- with the added value of comics -- to help sell the brand.