Solon accuses drug firms of price fixing
Rep Holifield accuses five drug firms of collusive practices and price fixing in polio vaccine sales of 13 million dollars to the government. A House investigation claims prima facie antitrust violations and urges Justice Department and FTC review. Health Service officials say prices were fair.
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Washington
Oct
Rep
Holifield
D. Calif
House
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Public Health Service
Reid M. Hovey
The
Health Service
Clarke Banta
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Reece
R-Tenn
Reed
Democratic National Committee
Fountain
D-Nc
James Naughton
Citizens Council Caucus Calls For Trend Reversals
A nine hour White Citizens Councils meeting in Jackson Mississippi drew members from ten states. A three man committee issued a statement pledging to reverse a trend toward a race and classless society and to educate on the NAACP. Louisiana Senator Rainach said voter qualifications were discussed but changes in voter laws were not. Medgar Evers charged large numbers of Negroes had been disqualified in Mississippi.
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Jackson
Miss
Citizens Councils of America
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
Oklahoma
Citizens Council of America
W. M. Rainach
Summerfield
Rainach
Louisiana Legislative Committee On
Medgar Evers
The
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
Citizens Councils
NAACP
Supreme
Wilson Plans Major Cut in Armed Forces and Boost in Defense Spending
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson announced tentative plans to reduce U S armed forces by 100000 or more next year while increasing defense outlays by over 2 billion dollars He also noted Adlai Stevenson has conditional proposals to end the draft and halt H bomb tests Stevenson urged ending the draft at the earliest safe moment and to consider stopping tests if Russia does the same Wilson said final manpower and spending decisions should come by December 15 and warned against politically popular but impractical moves
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
U. S
Tne
Adilal E. Stevenson
Wilson
Eisenhower
Congress
Stevenson
Russia
United States
Vatican music luminary Msgr Lorenzo Perosi dies at 84
Vatican reports the death of Msgr Lorenzo Perosi 84 a leading authority on sacred music and director of the Sistine Chapel choir. He was renowned as a composer. In Chicago Pure Oil Co said it discovered offshore natural gas from a new deep Eugene II formation.
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Vatican City
Msgr
Lorenzo Perosi
Sistine Chapel
Chicago
Pure Oil Co
North Central Law Fair Judged At Fortieth Showing
Old timers recall the North Central Louisiana Fair's start as judges crown dairy beef and swine champions. Caldwell La Salle Catahoula Winn and Grant parishes send entries. Friday featured children’s day and live stock judging with a record hog show. The junior dairy entries rose, beef entries grew with farmer support, and the Jersey grand champion cow topped the junior dairy show.
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Frank Noonan
World Farm
Olla
Oldtimers
Louisiana
Caldwell
la Salle
Catahoula
Winn
Grant
LaSalle County
H.D. Gaddis
LaSalle
Gaddis
Jersey
Franklin Parish Chosen for National Rural Development Pilot
Franklin Parish is among three Louisiana parishes selected for a national pilot rural development program aimed at raising farm family income. About 50 civic, business and farm leaders met in Franklin to endorse the program led by the Extension Service and joined by the Farmer's Home Administration and Soil Conservation Service. Leaders described four channels for raising economic levels, including on the farm education and local resource counseling.
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Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Louisiana
Franklin Courthouse
Louis Borman
Extension Service
Baton Rouge
Franklin
Lantz Womack
Joe G. Richard
Ag Extension Service
Farmer's Home Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Beating Of Recruit Supply Corporal At Parris Island Is Found Guilty
A Marine court martial convicted Cpl. Richard J. Bille of simple assault for slugging Pvt. Donald Hamisfar at Parris Island on Aug 23 after Hamisfar failed to say sir. Hamisfar, 20, from Norwalk Ohio, was hospitalized for a hernia operation. Bille faces up to six months, pay forfeiture, or reduction to private.
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Parris Island
S. C
Noncom
Cpl
Richard J. Bille
Erie
Bille
Donald Hamisfar
Norwalk
Ohio
Hamisfar
Miami
Fla
Marine Corps
Pvt
Thomas L
Bastrop Man Dies While Driving and Wife Hospitalized
A 69-year-old Bastrop man, Joe William Parker, died of a heart attack while driving on S. Washington, causing a crash that left his wife with a broken leg and arm and shock. Their two hospitalized children and Mrs. Vernland Wallace, shocked by the news, are also mentioned. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blackwell.
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Bastrop
Joe William Parker
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop Hospital
Vernland Wallace
John M. Parker
3Rd
West Monroe
St. Francis
S. Washington
Blackwell
Mild week end outlook for Louisiana and Arkansas
Forecast calls for continued mild, cloudy conditions with widely scattered showers today and Sunday. Arkansas remains partly cloudy and mild through the weekend. Selman Field reached a high of 85 degrees and a low of 60 on Friday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Selman Field
Radio Signals Spur Hope For 59 Americans
Distress signals from six planes spurred 92 search aircraft to the Atlantic near the Azores for a missing Military Air Transport Command DC-6 with 59 American service members aboard. Reports from pilots and bases suggested a possible SOS from life raft gear, with fixes placing the source about 150 miles north of the Azores and indicating survivors.
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London
Atlantic
Azores Islands
BOAC
KLM
Transcanadian
Lajes Air Force Base
Azores
U. S. Navy
Geiger
Lajes Air Base
Air Force
Military Air Transport Command
L Laneheath
England
McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
Navy
Third Air Force
Ruislip
Northeast State College Homecoming Weekend
Northeast State College celebrates Homecoming on campus with an open house and dance. The highlight is the coronation of a Homecoming Queen and the unveiling of a captured mascot in Brown Stadium. The Indians meet Southern State Muleriders at 8 p.m. in Brown Stadium as part of weekend activities.
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Brown Stadium
Southern State
Magnolia
Ark
Lewis C. Slater
Northeast
Southern
Maggie
Bobby Oden
Arkansas College
Brown’ Stadium
Monroe
North
Russian refugee denies US-born daughter’s Russia departure
British immigration officials evicted Russian refugee Alexei Chwastov and his crying American-born daughter Tanya from the Soviet liner Vyacheslav Molotov under a court order. The Detroit mother Elena Diaczok alleges the child was kidnapped and seeks Tanya’s wardship while the case proceeds. Moscow-backed authorities arranged the pickup by a Soviet embassy car.
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London
Alexei Chwastov
Russia
Elena Diaczok
Detroit
Chwastow
Tanya
Diaczok
Philadelphia
Chwastov
U. S
Vyacheslav Molotov
Soviet Athlete Convicted In Shoplifting Case
Soviet discus great Nina Ponomareva was found guilty in London of stealing five hats worth 90 cents each. The 27 year old, who faced charges amid international attention, paid court costs of 9 dollars and left for home aboard the Vyacheslav Molotov.
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London
Nina Ponomareva
Vyacheslav Molotov
Melbourne
Romaschkova
Clyde Wilson
Texas Newswoman Alters Paper Affiliation At Press Conf
A Texas woman and press correspondent attended a presidential press conference claiming to represent one Texas newspaper and later stating another. Over weeks, her shifting affiliations drew astonishment from the president who asked about the double representation.
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Texas
Young
LSU Race Issue May Be Decided At Meeting Today
President Middleton said LSU would require eligibility certificates from all students if demanded by the district attorney. The board meets with the segregation committee for a discussion on enforcement of the 1956 act aimed at keeping Negroes out of state colleges.
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Baton Rouge
Troy Middleton
Louisiana State University
Atty. J. St. Clair Farrot
East Baton Rouge Parsh
LSU Board of Supervisors
LSU
Sen
W. M. Ralach
Middleton
Sen. Rainach
Favrot
Morning World Jackpot Puzzle Sees No Winners This Week
After a $975 prize last week the Morning World Jackpot Crossword Puzzle reports no winners for the current $50 purse. Explanations of tougher clues from last week highlight puzzled readers. Clues across discuss miner miler waiter prices prizes mat and toga on, with stray notes on wordplay and minority meanings.
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Morning World
Britain France and Egypt Agree on Six Suez Principles
In a UN Security Council briefing Britain France and Egypt said they agreed on six principles to guide negotiations on the Suez crisis. The accord covers access sovereignty tolls dispute arbitration development funds and insulation of the waterway from national politics. Leaders plan further late October talks in New York and Paris after Hammarskjold guidance.
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United Nations
Egypt
Pineau
Britain
France
Hammarskjold
Paris
National Assembly
Lloyd
New York
Fawzi
Bernard Cornut - Gentille
U S Demands Russia Pay Damages for Downed Plane
The United States demands 1.36 million dollars from Russia for the 1954 shootdown of a U S Navy P2V Neptune over the Sea of Japan. Nine crewmen survived. one was killed when trapped in the fuselage. The attack occurred during a routine mission in international waters.
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Washington
United States
Russia
U. S.S. Navy
Sea of Japan
Moscow
U. S
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