Tranquilizer Conspiracy Charged by Justice Dept
The Justice Department filed antitrust actions accusing Carter Products and American Home Products of conspiring to fix prices and monopolize the meprobamate tranquilizer market. The suit seeks patent relief and basis to broaden manufacturing, tying to Senate drug price probes.
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New York
API
Justice Department
U. S
U.S
Carter Products, Inc
Miltown
American Home Products Corp
Senate
Carter
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Wallace Laboratories
Wyeth Division
American Home Products
Veterans Administration
Robert A. Bicks
Antitrust
Department
Weather Los Angeles Noon Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
The noon forecast shows cloudy conditions in some mountain areas this afternoon with mainly sunny skies across Southern California. Tonight and Thursday will be partly cloudy at times but sunny on Thursday with continued fair weather expected Friday despite a northern California storm. Temperatures will rise slightly this afternoon and become warmer in mountain and interior regions on Thursday.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Weather Bureau
California
Prototype Minuteman Missile Flight From Edwards AFB
A mockup of the Air Force Minuteman missile was fired successfully in a tethered test from Edwards Air Force Base. It rose 2000 feet from a 100 foot deep underground hangar and was recovered by an attached nylon cable at 9 45 a m net.
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Upd
Air Force
Harry Kendi
William Eldergs
Rose Swain
Kapoho
Tojlas
Vanden
Ka Jberg Air Force Base
Calif
Vandenberg
Air Command
Symington says intelligence estimates were juggled
Senator Stuart Symington charged the administration with manipulating intelligence estimates to exaggerate Soviet missile strength relative to the United States. He cited a bias favoring economy and said the administration downgraded Russian power while maintaining a big budget. He spoke at a news conference ahead of Senate sessions.
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UPI
Stuart Symington
Eee
Symington
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Missouri Democrat
Long
Senate
Youth found dead with necktie around neck in Montebello
A Montebello coroner’s deputy described a youth’s death as accidental after his body was found unconscious at his desk with a necktie knotted around his neck. The incident follows comments by Symington about space programs and postwar U.S. delays. The report notes comparisons to Russia in space developments and cites Eisenhower’s remarks on space conquest lacking military significance.
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U. S
Montebello
UPI
Mich
Russia
Afael Thuotte
Heiday
Dep
Eisenhower
President Eisenhower Heads to L A for Nationwide GOP Dinner
President Eisenhower flies to Los Angeles for his first major 1960 political speech to 100,000 Republicans at fund raising dinners across 43 states. The GOP plans a closed circuit telecast from Beverly Hilton tonight. The trip includes Denver layovers and a weekend with Mrs. Eisenhower. the GOP covers the flight.
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Washington
UPH
Eisenhower
California
GOP
Andrews Air Force Base
Los Angeles
John S. Doud
Sen
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Republican House
Charles S. Gubser
J. Arthur Younger
Joe Holt
James B. Utt
Edgar W. Hiestand
J. Allen Smith
Glennard P. Lipscomb
Bob Wilson
Craig Hosmer
Beverly Hilton
la Quinta
Palm Springs
Denver
Mrs
Quote Of Day: Teen Trapped In Bank Vault Squeaks Out
Glen Cove New York Henrietta Stein aged 18 was locked inside a bank vault. She unlocked it from within after following shouted instructions and called her mother to explain she would be late for dinner.
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Glen Cove
N.Y
Henrietta Stein
Eisenhower Diary Foundered On Sea Of Good Intentions
Washington report on President Eisenhower admitting he planned to keep a diary of his career but never filled many pages. He said he started the diary in Panama in 1921 and noted recurring fatigue and procrastination that kept him from recording events. He recalled occasional notes over five years before abandoning the effort.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
Democrats Open Civil Rights Talk Aims at House Floor
Northern Democrats opened a House civil rights talkathon challenging President Eisenhower to back a vote on a stalled rights bill. They reserved 14 hours and 10 minutes for speeches supporting a parliamentary move to force the bill from the Rules Committee. Chairman Emanuel Celler urged Eisenhower to win Republican support for a petition needing 219 signatures. about 190 lawmakers had signed by Tuesday night, including at least 30 Republicans.
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Washington
Eisen‘hower
House Rules Committee
Emanuel Cellar
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Police Open Fire In Algeria
In Mostaganem hundreds of Arabs protested French settlers defying government policy. Six injured, no deaths reported. De Gaulle's envoy praised settler courage as barricades remained, signaling ongoing defiance amid Algeria crisis. De Gaulle plans to address the nation Friday then visit Algeria on Feb five to meet rebellious settlers.
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UPI
Mostaganem
Mediterranean
Oran
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Mostaganer
Casbah
Paris
Roger Frey
Michel Debre
Growers Say Braceros Needed In San Joaquin
In a Fresno Senate hearing, Leo Giobetti of the Merced Eastside Growers Association urged braceros as needed in parts of the San Joaquin Valley citing diminished dependable domestic labor. He suggested wage standardization while noting the current import program may be sufficient.
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Fresno
Senate
San Joaquin Valley
Braceros
Mexico
Leo Giobetti
Merced Eastside Growers Association
Gio Ibetti
Giobetti
Jams A. Cobey
D-Merced
Ralph B. Bunje
California Canning Peach Association
Lester Grube
Uhe
California Farms Research and Legislative Committee
George L. Mehren
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
University of California
Mehren
Unil
California
Puna Eruption Destroys Home Near Warm Springs
The Puna eruption in Hawaii destroyed one home on Tuesday, threatened two others, and cracked open the ground near Warm Springs, according to initial reports from KOAE and UPI. Authorities warn of continuing lava flow and seismic activity as residents assess damage.
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Hawaii
Atlas Missiles Fired From Both U S Coasts
Atlas missiles blasted from Atlantic and Pacific coasts in a rare dual test night. The Cape Canaveral launch sent a 5 000 mile flight down the Atlantic range to test a new nose cone while crews hunted the data capsule over the South Atlantic late into the night.
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Fla
America
Atlantic
Pacific
South Atlantic
Adelanto Murder Trial Delayed In Space and Fire Notes
The Adelanto murder case of Lawrence Garner and Sandra Garner is delayed as court-appointed attorneys prepare further. The article blends a desert murder, a brush fire at a home, and space and missile activity across Vandenberg and Wallops Island, detailing Navy and Air Force launches and a research program. The Garners are accused of killing Richard L. Nowlan and Catherine Clana. Authorities say they were involved in a forgery ring. The case resumes March 22.
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UPI
Lawrence Garner
Sandra
Navy
Army
White Sands
Ihalloon
New Mexico
Atlantic
U. S
Wallops Island
Alamogordo
NATO
Europe
Avu Sausasa
Valley Forge
Adelanto
Guadaloupe
Garner
Mexico
Hollis G. Hartley
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Bernardino
Harold A. Bailin
Riverside Man Named To State Athletic Board
Gov. Ed Brown named Dom inic Tavaglione of Riverside to a four year term on the Athletics Commission. He replaces William E. Leonard whose term expired Jan. 1 and must win senate confirmation. Tavaglione is a real estate broker and developer, director of San Clemente Publishing Corp, and former Riverside Democratic chairman.
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UPI
Edward G. Brown
Dominic Tavaglione
Riverside
Athletics Commission
Tavaglione
William E. Leonard
San Bernardino
Senate
San Clemente Publishing Corp
Democratic Associates
Riverside County
Riverside City
Brown
Spinal Fusions Boost Polio Patients Mobility
A Los Angeles team from Rancho Los Amigos Hospital reported to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons that spinal fusions helped 13 polio patients gain arm and leg function and aided 30 of 38 others to endure longer. Dr. D Kay Clawson of the University of Washington noted sciatic hips often healed enough for normal pain free walking and cautioned that evaluating function is difficult due to mental attitude and injury reaction.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
D. Kay Clawson
University of Washington
Clawson
Thief Steals Bus in Underpass Joyride to Coney Island
New York police report John Gillespie an 18 year old stole a city bus in the early hours and drove to Coney Island. He attempted to pass under a low overpass but the bus failed and stuck. Gillespie was treated for cuts and bruises and charged with grand larceny.
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New York
UPI
John Gillespie
Coney Island
Gillespie
U.S. Space Plan Seeks Funds to Beat Russia in 4–5 Years
UPI reports NASA chief T Keith Glennan told the House Space Committee the United States will seek substantial extra funds to accelerate Saturn booster development and aim to surpass Russia in space within four to five years. He outlined plans for near monthly launches this year and manned flights by 1961, with Echo and Tiros satellites and a planned moon vicinity instrument, plus $525.6 million in fiscal 1960 appropriations after a requested $80.2 million for Saturn.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
United States
Russia
U.S
House Space Committee
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Saturn
NASA
Mars
Venus
Glennan
Wernher von Braun
Soviet Union
U. S
Mercury
Atlantic Missile Range
Space
31 Trampled To Death In Korean Stampede
A Seoul stampede during New Year celebrations killed 31 people and injured 38 as nearly 4,000 taxpayers crowded a stairway at Seoul Station awaiting a Mokpo train. Transportation Minister Kim Il Hwan and the stationmaster resigned. Shin Hyun Dae was named to replace Yoon Ki as stationmaster.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
Kim Il Hwan
Yoon Ki
Shin Hyun Dae
Yoon
Kim
Mokpo
Horse Rescued After Two Day Drowning Ordeal
A 10 year old brown gelding named Biz Boy wandered with other animals from Wayne R. Hart and was found treading water in a rockpit about three blocks from the home. County workers spotted movement in the 12 foot deep pit and divers helped pull the exhausted horse to safety after more than an hour. A veterinarian said the horse would recover.
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Biz Boy
County Road Department
James Wallace
Joe Zinkus
Hart
Big Boy
Oeall
Luckciy
Forsman Anderson
Frank Blair
Mrs. Hart
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