Congressman charges drug firms with price fixing
Representative Vaughan Gary of Virginia accuses the Eisenhower administration of unwillingness to probe alleged price fixing and monopoly practices by major drug manufacturers. He cites delayed federal action, noting the Justice Department agreed in 1958 to study the case but offered no decision after months, with prices for ointments and identical drugs varying wildly.
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Washington
UPI
Vaughan Gary
Eisenhower Administration
Stanlay
Aeion
Wwe
Flo
Richmond
Nii
United States
Ife
Exeh
Justice Department
Garry
Almanac Today December 19 in History and Notes
Almanac entry marks Saturday December 19 1959 with 12 days left in the year. Highlights include Franklin starting Poor Richard's Almanac in 1782 Washington winter encampment at Valley Forge in 1777 Cobb birth in 1886 Green elected AF of L president in 1924 Indochina war breakout in 1946 Eisenhower named NATO commander in 1950 and Wendell Wilkie quote on sovereignty.
Car Truck Crash Near San Francisco Kills Two
SAN FRANCISCO AP A car truck collision on the Bay Shore Freeway killed two people and seriously injured four others. The drivers were identified as Anita Regina Jionojosa 33 and Frank L Hawkins 28 both residents of South San Francisco. Witnesses reported alcohol involvement. The crash halted traffic for about 40 minutes as responders cleared debris and a passing student recounted a sudden impact.
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San Francisco
Aly Acadon
Bay Ji Shore
Anita Regina Jionojosa
Frank L. Hawkins
Honojosa
Shree
Hawkins
Uiese T
Vuelaga
Aivae Tatao
William Neto Use
Thomes Brown
California College of Arts and Crafts
Berkeley
Court Action Threat Told by Steel Union
In Chicago the United Steelworkers Union warned it could seek contempt citations if steel companies refuse to negotiate. The union, after sending a revised settlement proposal to 95 firms, indicated bargaining would be conducted company by company. A federal court order was cited to warn against individual-basis refusals to bargain.
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Chicago
UPS
Unitedi
UAW
Ol Reunion
Kaiser Steel
Joseph
F. Finnegan
Washington
USW
Steel Labor
David J. McDonald
Party Line Hog Fined for Disrupting Doctor Emergency Call
WILLBURN New Jersey AP report states a housewife was fined after a party line telephone disruption prevented a doctor from responding to an emergency. Magistrate Bilton Freiman imposed the fine Friday as testimony detailed the attempt to obtain an elderly heart patient’s aid. Witnesses described calls and threats to involve police if the line was not restored.
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Willburn
AnyjElstirate
Mssistrate Bilton Freiman
Zéclp
Mes. Zelinski
Sacramento Milk Prices Set for Regional Areas
The Agriculture Department announced milk price increases: Sacramento area 23 2 to 24 6 cents per quart and 46 cents per half gallon, Sutter Yuba 24 and 47 cents, Golden Triangle including Amador El Dorado Nevada Calaveras and Placer counties 22 and 48 cents. Drive in dairies may sell at 2 cents extra per quart in Sacramento area and 1 cent per quart in other areas.
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Sacramento
Tiarist
Maryatille
Jackson
Agricuure
Sutter-Yuba
Golden
Placer Counties
Sacramento Arcs
Hyo
Escaped Felon Sentenced to Death in Gas Chamber
Elmer Davis Jr. was condemned to die after an all white jury found him guilty of the rape and murder of Fay Belle Cooper whose body was found in a mausoleum at Slaywood Cemetery. Davis, an escapee from Slaywood County prison camp, had been serving a robbery sentence. Defense menople asked for 45 days to appeal.
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Charlotte
Nepro
Erican Lodie
Elmer Davis Jr
Davis
Fay Belle Cooper
Slaywood County
Ehnwood Cemetery
Four Die in Fiery Pileup Near Salinas California
Four people died and two were seriously hurt in a two car crash two miles south of Salinas California Friday night. Witnesses said the car carrying the four victims was preparing to turn left when struck from the rear. The vehicle was hurled 100 feet and burst into flames. Dying occupants included Joseph Quinlama of Gilroy and John Anrayeda of Salinas both 18.
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Salunas
Hames
Salinas
California
Oaka
Joseph Quinlama
Gilroy
John Anrayeda
Quintama
Mira
Yella
Auto Train Crash Kills Eight in Michigan
A two car collision at a Shoom Crossing near Flowerville Michigan killed eight people including a family of four from Fenton and multiple others from Howell and Grand Rapids. The Pere Marquette passenger train traveling at 65 mph crushed the car, tossing bodies beside the track as witnesses recalled the car crossing signals blinking. The Grand Rapids to Detroit train was delayed two hours for engine damage.
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Flowerville
Mich
Michigan
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Shoom
Cisci¢le
Batlard
Bertha
Keith
Fenton
Albert Simpson Sr
Albert Jr
Mildred Cameron
Howell
Mien
Dawn
George Copeman
Grand Rapids
Grover Lamport
Grafxil Rapids
Mich. _ L
Nikita Lifts Iron Curtain For U S Pair
A Chicago couple awaiting a Khrushchev decision learned their two Lithuanian children Regine Leonas 20 and Tomas Leonas 17 will soon join them in Chicago. The Leonases fled in 1914 from Fila hia and lived in Germany England and Canada before settling in Chicago as displaced persons in 1953. They became naturalized citizens in January.
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Chicago
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
Regine “Leonas
Tomas
Pattlius Leonas
Khrushchev
Des Moines
Léonas
Leonas
Germany
England
Canada
Chuckles In The News Chuckles In The News
State Welfare Director Mary Gorman and Highway Safety Director J Grant Keys examined data and found several Ohio drivers receiving welfare aid listed as blind. A 80-ton crane delivers six cups of coffee daily to workers dismantling a downtown building 180 feet high. Milwaukee police say they nabbed one of the youngest traffic violators after seizing a Go Cart from a 10 year old with no lights or horn and no license. The retirement of John L Lewis as UMW president is described on page nine of AFL-CIO News. Mrs Weissinger rescued a 50 pound bear cub deemed doomed by officials, asserting the animal would adapt with her pets. FDIC News defines a chelot as a woman lucky in love.
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Columbus
Qchico
Mary Gorman
J. Grant Keys
Ohio
Newark
UPI
Milwaukee
Wis
Theodore Weissinger
Hoo Boo
Weissinger
Ben- Boo
Rockefeller Ends Journey From Nationwide Camp to Polls
New York AP Nelson Rockefeller ends a six thousand six hundred mile six day tour through seven states. He says the trip was heavy traveling and he will do little more in researching his presidential prospects. He admits polls will influence his decision and plans to decide before the New York Legislature convenes on January fifth. He spoke after arriving from Miami and spending time with relatives in Millbrook.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Miami
Millaroak
Niy Rockefelter
Newsaton Ia
Richard W. Nixon
News York
Florida
Nixon
B.C
China
Castro Executions Mark First firing Squad Since June
Ex Sergeant Jose Morili Reyes and ex Corporal Luis Lara Crespeark were executed by firing squad at Rivers Army Camp in Pinar del Rio for promoting an uprising against Fidel Castro. Lara, age 21, had a prior death sentence and escaped. Morili Reyes was 14. The executions bring the unofficial total under the regime to 507 since last summer.
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Pinar del Rio
Luis Lara Crespeark
Jose Morili Reyes
Rius
Rivers
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Lara
Morist
Michigan Wins Fight To Bolster State Treasury
In Lansing Michigan lawmakers wrapped up a 7 million dollar revenue package amid a marathon tax fight. Gov Williams urged action as both parties backed a stopgap plan to lift the general fund from red. The measure retasks veteran benefits funding and expands taxes on liquor tobacco and beer with hopes of a constitutional sales tax hike on a future ballot.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
G. Menneir
WTI
Plund
General Fund Treasury
Vottors
Senate
Three Children Die In Duplex Fire In San Luis Obispo
A duplex blaze in Move del Mar killed Jimmy Knowles age four and his sisters Becky three and Pumki two while they slept. Their parents Ernst and Mrs Knowles were away. Firefighters found Jimmy in rubble and Sayre and the girls died en route to a Morro Bay clinic. The Woolsey family escaped unharmed as the building collapsed. Fire officials suspect an electrical short sparked the fire.
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San Luis Obispo
Move
Morro Bay
Jimmy
Knowles
French Hospital
Colin Woolsey
Woolsey
Woman Gets Her Revenge
Charleston Virginia AP reports Pelly Foster 25 claims her husband Benjamin abused her and she called police. Officers found a moonshine stash behind a linoleum and bed in the house after she guided them. Foster was charged with moonshine possession and posted a $1 bond, with court set for December 3.
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Charleston
Caf
Patlceman
Pelly Foster
Benjamin
R. L. Walters
George Morgan
Walters
Morgan
Foster
Death notices for Miguel Beralta and Maria Peralta relations
Death notices: Miguel Beralta of 1621 Ave San Leandro died December 18. Maria M. Peralta, daughter of the late, survived by brother and sister in Los Angeles. Funeral from Sorensen Chapel 1140 Bo St Hayward Monday December 21 at 8:30 a.m. to St Alphonsus Church for Requiem Mass. Interment Holy Sepulchure Cemetery Hayward.
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Beralta
Miguel
Ave
San Leandro
Maria M. Peralta
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Sorensen Chanel
Bo St. Hayward
St. Alphonsus
Chures
Holy Sepullohre
Hayward
Beverly Hills Police Guard Factor Home After Threats
Police chief says a guard will be stationed at the home of John Jamie Merne Factor in Beverly Hills following a mailed threat connected to Roger Touhy's killing. Factor, a Chicago real estate operator, is suing Touhy in a libel case and claims the threat aims to intimidate him.
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Roger “Touhy
Associated Press
Albany
John Jatmieierme
Jake
He Barber
Anchorage
Alatlamin
Boston
Clinton Anderson
Buffala
Chicago
Cleveland
aDay
Roger
the Terrible
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Touhy
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Clear
Mono
Oklahoma City
Omaha
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Portland
Touhly
Ore
Richmond
St. Louis
Anderson
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
Washington
Fresno
Oakland
Joliet
Sacramento
Statewide Weather Across Regions with Scattered Showers
statewide weather notes scattered light showers possible south to San Francisco tonight or Sunday. otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy, cooler in northern interiors, variable coastal winds. Bay area and valleys partly cloudy with little temperature change, mild winds. snow flurries possible Mt Shasta area, cool Sunday. temperatures 33 to 63 across regions.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Mt. Shasta
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin
Salinas
Livermore Valley
Monterey Bay
Santa Maria San Luig
Obispo
Alta
Santa Clara Valley
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