Conviction of 3 Drug Companies
Three major drug firms American Cyanimid Bristol Myers and Charles Pfizer and Co were found guilty of anti trust. A US district court jury convicts them of restraint of trade conspiracy to monopolize and monopoly over broad spectrum antibiotics from 1953 to 1961. Potential fines and treble damages loom as civil suits by major purchasers arise.
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New York
American Cyanimid Co
Bristol Myers Co
Charles Pfizer and Co
U.S
Pfizer
Cyanimid
City Acquires ORC&B Building for Renewal Site in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids completes purchase of the five story Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen building at First Avenue and First Street E for 260000. ORC&B will vacate by Oct 1. taxes are waived for 1967. ORC&E to assume management in lieu of rent as plans for Civic Center renewal advance.
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Icivic Center
Cedar Rapids
Don Salyer
Urban Renewal Agency
Orc&b
First Avenue
First Street
Salyer
Orc&e
Clyde Lane
the Gazette
Orce&b
Civic Center
Second Street
Morris
Riverside Man Gets 16 Years in Prison
Riverside resident Loren Walsh, 27, received eight years on each of two manslaughter counts to run consecutively, plus a year and fines for drunk driving. Police say he admitted driving the car that killed two 12 year old girls on a county road near Riverside last November 18. The deceased were Mary Gerot and Linda Simon, daughters of local farm families.
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Washington (Ap
Loren Walsh
Riverside
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Harold Fleck
Walsh
Mary Gerot
Ted Gerot
Linda Simon
Vince Simon
Chuckle Patience Idle Your Motor Line
The line compares patience to idling a motor rather than forcing gear changes. It humorously notes wishing to strip gears when under pressure. The quip plays on automotive jargon to evoke frustrated perseverance.
Tenement Blaze Claims Four Children in Newark Fire
A Newark tenement fire on Friday night killed four children as two others escaped down a third floor fire escape. Police said the mother Lucille Bush, 27, separated from her husband, was in a tavern on the first floor when the blaze started.
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Newark
Lucille Bush
Two High School Teachers Die in Illinois Plane Crash
West Union mourns as North Fayette math teachers C. T. Wright 30 and Chuck Wieland 23 die in a light plane crash near Murphysboro Illinois. The NA vion apparently suffered engine trouble and burned after clipping a tree in a wooded ravine. Autopsies ordered as FAA and state police investigate.
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C. T. Wright
Chuck Wieland
North Fayette High School
West Union
Murphysboro
Ill
Florida
Bahamas
Wright
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Raymond Dillinger
Federal Aviation Administration
Garrison Disability Claim Ties To 1951 Army Discharge
WASHINGTON AP physical disability is cited by the Defense Department as the reason for New Orleans District Attorney James Garrison's 1951 Army discharge. The Pentagon says it has faced inquiries after a Chicago Tribune report claimed Garrison's records show he was under care.
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Washington
Defense Department
New Orleans
James Garrison
Army
Pentagon
Garrison
Warrens Commission
Lee Oswald
Kennedy
Chicago Tribune
Vermonters Faced With 300 Million Dollar Highway Error
Governor Hoff disclosed a $300 million accounting error in Vermont's highway department raising the cost of the 10 year arterial road program from $142.7 million to $457 million. He plans a one cent per gallon gas tax hike in 1968 and warns of up to nine years of project delays.
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Montpelier
State Highway Department
Vermont
Philip Hoff
Hoff
Holf
Republican Committee
Elbert Moulton
Moscow No Spot To Run into Emergency
A downed power line left residents with no emergency response for two hours. A Soviet journalist Melnikov phoned officials, then the electric crew lacked wire and refused Melnikov’s help. Residents consider buying a fire engine for self help.
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Moscow
Melnikov
Ivan Ivantsov
Melnikoy
Pontiac recall flags steering defect in nearly half million cars
Detroit AP reports about 479,470 Pontiacs built from September 1964 to October 1965 recalled for possible steering idler arm failure. GM Pontiac division says the issue can cause a pull to the right when brakes are applied and advises owners to return cars for free inspection and part replacement.
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Detroit
Pontiac
General Motors
Rights Case Pen Term to Klan Leader
Seven men including Ku Klux Klan leader Samuel Bowers were sentenced to prison on civil rights conspiracy charges tied to three murders in Mississippi. Other defendants received varied terms while appeals are planned. judges imposed limits and parole rules as the case heads to higher courts.
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Neshoba County
Billy Posey
Philadelphia
Horace Doyle Barnette
Shreveport
Jimmy Arledge
Meridian Steel Firm
Jimmie Snowden
Meridian
Justice Department
Bowers and Roberts
Posey
Price
Cox
Federal Parole Board
Michael, Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Quake Rumor Ends as TNT Blasts For Roadwork
Denver reports sparked by two tremor readings were traced to highway 40 construction blasts. Seismographs noted a minor tremor on Thursday and a smaller one on December 22, but experts disagreed on epicenters until Prof. John Hollister of the Colorado School of Mines linked the activity to TNT explosions used in roadbuilding.
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Denver
John Hollister
Colorado School of Mines
GIs kept pets in Vietnam jungle shows
Bob Hope recounts service mascot stories at CAM RANH BAY and Phan Rang. monkeys, dogs, and a cat named Spike accompany soldiers. Mascots Roscoe and Snoopy draw crowds, while pilots rely on luck and a dog with a Purple Heart for morale. Hope notes locals’ danger to animals and the human need for companionship.
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Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
Weetland
LBJ
Gen. Scott
Sgt
Red Daniels
Suiliffe
D.C
Alfie
Phan Rang
Spike
Butch
309Th Air Commandos
Bombay Clashes Injure Thirty in Industrial District
In Bombay's industrial district on Friday, communist and noncommunist mobs clashed injuring about thirty people. Police dispersed the violence using tear gas.
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Bombay
Gunmen Shot Policeman and Son in Saigon Attack
A police officer and his 7 year old son were wounded critically on Saturday when two gunmen on a motorbike opened fire. The attack occurred in Saigon as the officers pursued suspects. Police launched a manhunt for the assailants.
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Saigonap
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