Word always adds paragraph numbers, or bullets, to the TOC if the heading includes them. What you can do is omit Heading 1 from the TOC and add the corresponding text with TC (table of contents entry) fields. See http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/TOCTips.htm#TCFields.

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