FTC Sues Nine Firms for Payola Ties to Djs
The FTC charges nine companies with payola and suppression of competition involving radio and TV disc jockeys. RCA, London Records and Bernard Lowe Enterprises named as manufacturers. Chips Distributing, David Rosen, Universal Records, Sparks Music, Main Line Cleveland and others are listed distributors. Two KYW Cleveland DJs fired. a spokesman for Barsky comments on competition. FTC and TV industry actions noted with potential hearings.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Edward Si Barsky Co
Philadelphia
Television Board
The
National Assn. of Broadcasters
RCA
London Records, Inc
New York
Bernard Lowe _ Enterprises, Inc
Barsky
Chips Distributing, Co., Inc
David Rosen, Inc
Universal Records Distributing’ Corp
Sparks Music Distributors, Inc
Main Line Cleveland, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
KYW
Joe Finan
Wes Hopkins
Finan
Hopkins
Main Line
RCA Victor Recordings
Earl E. Kintner
Louisville
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House
Tobacco Cancer Link Sparks AMA Tobacco Debate
Fresh medical evidence at the AMA meeting links cigarette smoking to lung cancer and to abnormal lung tissue changes. Dr. Oscar Auerbach and colleagues cite 17 597 tissue samples from 402 deceased men, while the Tobacco Research Committee challenges the findings. The dispute highlights conflicting views on payola and industry influence in research.
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Dallas
Tex
American Medical Assn. Fiiday
Tobacco Research Committee
Oscar Auerbach
Veterans Administration Hospital
East Orange
N.J
AMA
Auerbach
New York Medical College
Arthur Purdy Stout
Columbia University
E. Cuyler Hammond
American Cancer Society
Eisenhower Receives Gifts in Florence Art Galleries
Ike visits Florence gifts in art galleries including a Gatti Annibale oil painting of George Washington and Lafayette. Gronchi receives a pen desk set and an American camera. Large crowds greet him as he travels to the Villa Medici and later meets Segni Pella Gronchi and others at the Quirinal Palace.
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Florence
Eisenhower
George Washington
General Lafayette
Gatti Annaballee
Gronchi
Villa Madama
iQuirinal Palace
Segni
Pella
Thieves Ransack Home of $15,000 Valuables
Bel Air couple returned from an evening out to find thieves had ransacked their home, missing a $5,000 mink coat, $1,500 fur stole, $1,500 diamond ring, and $500 earrings. Sidney J. Block, 11330 Thurston Circle, noted a $7,000 burglary last April after returning from Las Vegas. entry likely through a rear door.
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Bel-Air
CNS
Bel- Air
Sidney J. Block
Thurston Circle
Block
Las Vegas
Twin Coast Newspapers 1886 72nd Year Publication Notice
The 1959 calendar entry marks the 72nd year of Twin Coast Newspapers Inc with publication details at Pasadena California. Subscription rates listed include per month and per year by mail or carrier.
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Twin Coast Newspapers. Inc
Colorado Blvd
Pasadena
California
Tfe
FAA imposes 60 year age limit for airline pilots
The FAA orders pilots to retire at 60 starting March 15 amid debate. The Airline Pilots Association blasts the rule as whimsical and capricious while the Air Transport Association defends it as reasonable. FAA chief Quesada cites medical risks rising after 60 and notes about 40 of 14,000 active pilots would be grounded.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
E. R. Quesada
Quesada
AFM Lets Recording Artists Reclaim Impounded Funds Near 2 Million
The American Federation of Musicians agreed to release nearly 2 million dollars held in trust to recording artists. AFM General Counsel Henry Kaiser told Local 47 members that union officials are prepared to pay the disputed funds and avoid prolonged litigation.
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Hollywood
CNS
American Federation of Musicians
Henry Kaiser
AFM
Edge of Steveiay and multiple repeats in theater schedule
A dense list of movie showtimes across theaters like ACADEMY BIG SKY COLORADO CROWN EL MONTE HASTINGS LYRIC OAKS RIALTO STARLITE TATE UNITED ARTISTS UPTOWN WASHINGTON and neighboring venues. It lists titles such as Yesterday's Enemy Timbuktu Anatomy of a Murder and The Wreck of the Mary Deare with times spanning afternoon to late evening, plus notes on call theater back and printed times.
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Academy
Edge of
Steveiay
BIG Sky
Timbuktu
Colorado
Bos
Melephant
CROWN
EL Monte
Thundering Jets
Rialto
Starlite
TATE
United Artists
Uptown
Washington
Ann Frank
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Ag 'San Gabriel
Winc
Tunas
Monterey
Coruonet
Alhambra
God's Little Acre
Main
Atlantic
Antarctica
Peck
Molnar Play Comes to Pasadena Playhouse Stage
Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar brings a sophisticated continental farce The Play's The Thing to the Pasadena Playhouse on Thursday December 10. Directed by Thomas B. Henry the production features Elissa Palfi and guest star Hugh Marlowe as an opera singer and her former lover whose affair is overheard by her fiancé. Our Town by Thornton Wilder runs through Sunday as a contrasting Pulitzer Prize drama at the same venue.
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Ferenc Molnar
Pasadena Playhouse
Thomas B. Henry
Elissa Palfi
Hugh Marlowe
Marlowe
Miss Palfi
Thornton Wilder
Plane Crash Near Milan Killed 68 in Gas Tank Explosion
Investigators from Italy's defense department said a gasoline tank explosion caused the TWA airliner crash near Milan on June 26, killing 68 people. The report is preliminary and officials are still investigating the cause of the blast.
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Rome
IUPI
Department of Defense
TWA
Milan
Ex-mobster Cohen held for grand jury probe
Cohen and Miss Hagen plus Claudine Hashagen faced subpoenas as the grand jury probing a homicide case prepared for a full hearing next week. Detectives released Cohen after a two day jail stay while the others were freed due to the case's complexity.
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Homicide
Claretta Hashagen
Miss Hagen
Claudine Hashagen
First
Los Angeles
Bud Pitts
S. Barrington Rd
Brentwood
Parker
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