Publishers Hit At Secrecy Newspaper Demand Said At Peak
New York AP reports the American Newspaper Publishers Association citing that newspaper output and access to information remain strong amid debates over government secrecy. D Tennam Bryan of the Richmond News Leader defends mergers as not signs of decline while a federal laws committee critiques secrecy statutes and tax policy affecting publishers.
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New York
United States
D. Tennam Bryan
Lishers Assn
ANPA
Bryan
Richmond, Va
News-Leader
The
Times Dispatch
Senate
House
Association
Federal Laws Committee
M. W. Armi
Roanoke
Times and World News
Air Force
Government Information
John E. Moss
Calif
Committee On Taxation
Richard C. Steele
New York Herald Tribune
Morgan M. Moulder
D-Mo
Treasury Department
Fire Delivers? Firemen Wait As Train Backed In
A railroad freight car journal box caught fire on a New York Central freight train. A resident called in, police relayed the emergency by radio to the dispatcher, who telegraphed the train to back up toward waiting firemen. The outage shows rapid coordination via fire department, radio, telephone and telegraph. A second note concerns a legal notice in Butler County Ohio about St Constantine Greek Orthodox Church of Middletown seeking court authority to sell real estate for 22 500 to Tobias, Mary Tobias and Maclyn Tobias with hearing set after May 21 1960.
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Port Byron
N.Y
New York, Central Railroad
ST. Constantine
Church OF
Court OF Common Pleas
Butler County
Ohio
Middletown
Hayden S. Tobias
Mary I. Tobias
Maclyn H. Tobias
Butler
Anthony G. Kokenakis
Peter Laras
Chris Revelos
William Netsos Christ Pallas
Charles Demosthenes S. Hagias
Christy Crist
E. Pappas
George H. Elliott
Clinton D. Boyd, Jr
Jorneys Oe
Drug Makers Testimony On Oral Diabetic Drug Profits
Pfizer president John E. McKeen testifies the profit on a month's supply of the oral anti diabetes drug is about 15 cents, roughly a half cent per tablet, with average monthly patient cost around 4.50. The hearing by the Senate Antitrust subcommittee probes pricing practices of pharma firms. Upjohn president Dr Gifford Upjohn counters that Tolbutamide costs about 1242 cents per dose and denies monopolistic conduct.
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John E. McKeen
Charles Pfizer Co
Brooklyn
New York
Senate
McKeen
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Pfizer
Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Upjohn
Hunter Killer Sub Launched at Groton
The Tullibee, the United States first nuclear powered hunter killer submarine, launched as Admiral Taylor warned the Soviet Union threatens world freedom. The 273 foot vessel weighs 2600 tons and carries advanced sonar gear. Skipper Lt Cmdr Richard Jortberg leads 6 officers and 50 enlisted aboard.
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Groton
Conn
Navy
Cmdr
Richard l. Jortberg
Man Killed by Lightning in Girard Thunderstorm
Benjamin Richardson, 35, of Girard, was struck and killed by lightning while walking to the rear of a sandstone-filled truck during a thunderstorm. He was a father of six.
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Girard
Ohio
Benjamin Richardson
Richardson
The Night They Burned the Mountain Dr Tom Dooley Report
Reader's Digest May issue features Dr Tom Dooley from Laos with an inspiring account of healing the sick and a near fatal disease, amid tensions near the Red Chinese border. It highlights his hospital project and perseverance despite threats and maligned efforts by communists.
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Tom Dooley
Reader's Digest
Laos
Police Burn Dope Cache
New York police burned a cache of adulterated narcotics valued at about one million dollars. The seized drugs include heroin cocaine morphine marijuana and barbiturates from raids over the past 18 months. Pure narcotics are sent to hospitals for disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawyer Insane After Plan To Blind Fiancee
New York lawyer Burton N Pugach, 32, accused of a plot to blind his fiancée Linda Riss, has been declared insane and incapable of understanding a trial. Bellevue Hospital psychiatrists recommended commitment to a state hospital for the criminal insane.
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New York
Burton N Pugach
Linda Riss
Bellevue Hospital
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Ironing
Parkay
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Dillman’s
Buick
Verity Parkway
Guyler Buick, Inc
Middletown, Ohio
Syngman Rhee
Seoul Park
John Chang
Washington
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FBI
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Aol
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Oxfords
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CAPRI
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