FTC Charges Chains and 11 Firms With Discriminatory Trade Deals
The Federal Trade Commission charged Giant Food Shopping Center of Washington and Food Fair Stores of Philadelphia along with 11 manufacturers including Crosse & Blackwell and McCormick with granting special allowances to the chains to promote sales. The firms deny coercion and say arrangements were legal and beneficial to consumers. The parties were given 30 days to answer.
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Washington
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Commission
Giant Food Shopping Center, Inc
Washington, D. C
Food Fair Stores, Inc
Philadelphia
Food Fair Super
FIC
Theso
TFC
FTC
Crosse & Blackwell Co
Pompeian Olive Oil Corp
WeCormick & Co. Inc
J H Filbert, Inc
Baltimore
Vhute Maid Corp
Jos Martinson & Co Inc
Tetley Tea Co
Atlanta Trading Corp
New York City
the Sweets Co of
America
Hoboken
Reed, Candy Co
Chicago
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase Dany
Washington, DC
Raymond Dicker
Giant Concern
Stein
Food Fair Stores Inc
Charles P McCorrmid
Ins Spite Company
Montgomery Police Seek Two For Fraud
Montgomery County police report they have counted five of seven men indicted for conspiring to defraud the State Roads Commission. Capt Linthicum pledges efforts to arrest Basiliko while several co-defendants face Rockville court appearances. The seven allegedly inflated real estate values by false pretenses and devices in a grand jury indictment.
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Rockville
Mid
Montgomery County
State Roads Commission
G Y. Linthicum
Constas (Gue) Basiliko
Washington
Ben du Pre
Commission
Mexco
George Hasiitko
Constas
Ma. Offenberg
Marin
Linthicum
John B. Hudson
Hyattsville
Robert J Rosenfeld
Bethesda
Jennny Goldberg
Silver Sprmng
Rosenfeld
du Pre
Roads Commission
Offenberg
Basishkas
Mexico
Grand
Democrats Call for Higher Farm Parity in Parity Plan
The Democrats advisory committee on agriculture urged restoring farm price supports to not less than 9 percent in parity, criticizing the Eisenhower price support system as painful to farmers and consumers and noting farmer bankruptcy risks amid the program’s failures. It frames farm issues as a top political concern.
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Washington
Democrats
Special Advisory Committee On Agriculture
U S Must Boost Secondary Education
New York November 24 The National Manpower Council reports a broad view from 169 experts that to win the technical race with Russia America must strengthen its secondary schools. Industry labor unions and local communities should foster technical skills, with schools building strong fundamentals and reading writing arithmetic while avoiding narrow vocational training. The council, funded by the Ford Foundation, published the discussion summary from a five day session at Allen House led by Columbia University, aiming to shape national manpower policy.
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New York
National Manpower Council
America
Russia
Alaén House
Columbia Soversity
Harriman
Dwight D Eysenhower
Columbia
Fora Foundation
Armed Services
United States
Bull lure ends in failed theft at Pueblo packing plant
In Pueblo Colo a plan by local cowboys to trap a high value bull escaped from the Western Packing Co plant. Five of the ranch’s best horses were released as part of the ruse but the attempt failed and no animal was recaptured.
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John Knepper
Johnny Knepper
Mid-Atlantic States
Zell Smitth
Walt Sheldon
Frederick
Pueblo Colo i
Western Packing Co
Thex
Absent Psalm Alphabet Tale Triggers Herd Panic
In Frederick Maryland on a Friday in November 1953 a dubious incident involves abecedarian Psalms described as causing a bull to rampage through a residential area. Reinforcements corralled the animals and returned them to the yards for slaughter after a Pied Piper like episode.
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Montgomery
Iup
SOLAR
Noy 24
Ndia
Dre
K N Mathur
India
National Physical Laboratory
U. S
Prescription
Chevrolet
C.F
Key
Chevrolet Sales, Inc
East Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Monument
Axgiar
Emmert BR. Bowlus
Realto
Edward D. Farnsworth
Rep
W. Church
Hassox
Crawford
Hassex
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