Manufacturer Accuses Drug Firms Of Overcharging Public
Seymour N. Blackman executive secretary of Premo Laboratories testified before the Senate Anti-Trust subcommittee that the pharmaceutical industry overcharges the public by at least 275 million dollars annually for prescription medicines. The claim targets major drug houses.
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Washington
Senate Anti-Trust
Seymour N. Blackman
Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories
South Hackensack
N.J
Oil Firms' Sideline Quiz Pushes Probe Into Accessories
Washington investigators press a House subcommittee inquiry into whether major oil companies use monopolistic practices to coerce service stations to carry tires, batteries, and accessories. Witnesses name Texaco, Gulf, Cities Service, Skelly, Sunoco, Conoco and others amid claims of a nationwide coercive system and large rebates to captive stations.
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Washington
Up ‘House
House
Rep
James Roosevelt
Dcalif
Harold T. Halfpenny
Automotive Service Industry Association
Congress
Texas Co
Firestone
Goodrich
Naming Cities Service
Gulf, Mobile
Standard of Indiana
Skelly
Texaco
Sunoco
Conoco
Library Bans Space Books as Peril to Young
SYRACUSE N Y yester day Url All books dealing with rockets rocketry and missiles were ordered removed from public school libraries here. Miss Margaret M Dwyer supervisor of libraries and Everett M Ferris supervisor of science departments said they learned some of the books contained information about rocket fuels and propellants that should not be placed in the hands of children. The books will be kept out of circulation until approved by the science department. The officials said that because of the training needed to handle the propellants and firing of rockets schools must be extremely careful in their choice of books on the subject.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Margaret M. Dwyer
Everett M. Ferris
Douglas Agent Held in Fraud Case
Saul Pollock a former purchasing agent for the Douglas Aircraft Co was arrested by FBI agents on a nine count federal indictment. He allegedly took kickbacks from subcontractors to induce military contract orders between 1955 and 1957. Pollock 45 of West 78th Place Los Angeles is held on 25000 bail.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Douglas Aircraft Co
FBI
Saul Pollock
West 78Th PL
William W. Burke
Pollock
Hartwell Dies During Surgery at Letterman Army Hospital
Lt. Col. Francis A. Hartwell aged 63, director of selective service for Southern California, died yesterday during cancer surgery at Letterman Army Hospital. He had served as assistant deputy state director of selective service since 1943.
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San Francisco
Francis A. Hartwell
Selective Service
California
Letterman Army Hospital
U S Halts Sale of Poultry Treated With Cancer Producing Hormone
Washington reports say the government and industry halted sale of poultry treated with stilbestrol a synthetic growth hormone linked to cancer in animals. Flemming urged households to buy with confidence noting residues are confined to organs and payments may reach ten million dollars to purchase affected birds for reprocessing.
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U.S
Washington
UPI
Flemming
Arthur S. Flemming
American Farm Bureau
Charles B. Shuman
Chicago
Harold M. Williams
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Curtice Hunt Killing Accident at Canadian Island Preserve
In Sombra Ontario coroner's jury ruled the death of retired GM VP Harry W. Anderson an accident. Harlow H. Curtice testified briefly after two days of testimony. The shooting occurred on St Anne Island on Lake St Clair. Curtice said he may hunt again if invited and that a weight has been lifted.
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Sombra
Ont
UPI
General Motors
Harlow H. Curtice
Harry W. Anderson
E. S. Drysdale
St. Anne Island
Lake
Lind voters ban draw poker in narrow 520 452 vote
In Lindsay Lind residents approved banning draw poker by a 520 to 452 margin. The game had been the only permitted form of gambling in the town prior to the election.
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Tulare
Lindsay
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Blackman
Subcommittee
Premo
Rand Dixon
Merck& Co
Augustus Gibson
Merck
Louis Lasagna
Johns Hopkins University
Lasagna
Merck Company
Philip S. Hench
Mayo Clinic
Hench
Kefauver
John T. Connor
Connor
George Merck
Senate
Johns Hopkins University Division
Conical Pharmacology
Douglas
Brotherton
Farm House Restaurant
Pasadena
Mondeys Neo Liquor
Agriculture
True D. Morse
Morse
Agriculture Department
The
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Ture Department
Curtice Hunt
Ashburn’s
Ashburn
Salem
Shburn
Colorado
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