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Article: WEIGHT WATCHERS SCALES AT ISSUE

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November 14, 1991
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Also ran B7, West Lake and a shorter version ran B8, Porter County.

Are the scales that weigh Weight Watchers International clients subject to the same regulations - and state inspections - as those at the butcher shop? A state official thinks they are, but she'll have to go to court to prove it.

Indiana Weights and Measures supervisor Loretta Townsend said Tuesday a court injunction is needed to force Weight Watchers to let her inspect their scales.

Townsend, whose agents make sure commercial scales and gasoline pumps in Vanderburgh County are accurate, said she has received nearly 30 complaints in the last five years ...

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