Drug Firms Deny Antitrust Indictment On Polio Vaccine
Five major drug companies deny federal charges that they conspired to fix prices and restrain competition in polio vaccine sales to government agencies. The grand jury indictment covers Merck & Co American Home Products Eli Lilly Parke Davis Allied Laboratories and Cutter Laboratories.
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Trenton
Victor R. Hansen
Washington
Merck & Co
Rahway
N.J
American Home Products Corp
New York City
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Allied Laboratories, Inc
Kansas City
Cutter Laboratories of
California
Justice Department
Cutter
How fencing boats are scored automatically
The epee, one of three fencing weapons, can be fitted with an electrical apparatus that registers on a central control box to indicate which fencer scored. The blade is triangular with prongs at the tip and a spring that activates the contact when a touch is scored.
Five Family Members Die in California Collision
INDIO Calif Five members of a West Covina family were killed when their car collided with a truck on US Highway 60 about 34 miles east of Indio. Mr and Mrs Walter Bennett both about 35 and their four daughters were killed. a seven year old daughter Carol Bennett escaped serious injury. The truck driver was unhurt.
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Indio
Calif
West Covina
Highway Patrol
Walter Bennett
Carol Bennett
U.S. Highway 60
India
Letter Describing Killing Presented in Starkweather Trial
A letter allegedly by Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate stating Starkweather killed Caril's stepfather and Caril prevented her mother from killing him was read in court. The letter, seized after Starkweather’s Wyoming arrest, is signed by both and addressed to law officials. It expands on the Bartlett family killings among Starkweather’s admitted victims.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Caril Fugate
Caril
Charles
Starkweather
Wyoming
Marion Bartlett
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Neb
Jensen
Bartlett's
Soviet Exports Jolting World Metal Markets
New York report notes Russian metal exports disrupt global prices for aluminum tin platinum zinc and some steel alloys. Analysts cite below market pricing and possible surpluses or dumping as Khrushchev aims to shift world markets away from the United States. UN figures show 6613 tons of tin exported to Western Europe for about 15 million dollars last year.
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New York
Russia
Europe
Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
United Nations
Nesia
Malaya
Thailand
U. N
China
East East Germany
Boyce School to Crown Health King and Queen
Mary Hawkins and Thomas Clatterbuck Jr will be crowned Health King and Queen at the Health and Physical Education Program. The event starts at 1 p.m. on the school campus with a rain date the next day. The program includes races stunts singing games and dances.
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Millwood
Thomas
Clatterbuck
Boyce
Frederick County group seeks nullification of James Wood principal
The Frederick County Citizens for Better Education endorsed a complaint filed with Frederick County Schools Superintendent Robert Ayler. The action asks that the re appointment of Paul D. Beahie to the James Wood High School principalship be declared void and cites loss of public confidence in the school administration. Officers named include Richard K. Goode, William Galladay Jr., and Lorraine Lord.
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Frederick County
Citizens For Better Education
Robert E Aylor
Paul D. Beahie
James Wood High School
Ayler
Citizens’ Group
The
Richard K. Goode
William Galladay, Jr
Lorraine Lord
Secre
Four Roanoke Postal Workers Held on Fraud Charge
Four Roanoke Post Office veterans were held for grand jury action on charges they obtained restricted medicines by posing as a physician. Woodrow Brightwell acted as doctor using stationery printed by Carl Spangler. other accused are Chester Davis and Lewis Rowland. Brightwell faces federal food and drug violation. others charged with aiding and abetting. Medicines included penicillin vitamins and barbiturates. no narcotics. Bond set at 500 dollars after arraignment before Commissioner Charles D. Fox Jr.
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Roanoke
Woodrow C. Brightwell
Carl D. Spangler
Chester L. Davis
Lewis D. Rowland
Spangler
Post Office Department
Post Office
Brightwell
Rowland
Davis
U.S
Charles D. Fox Jr
More Prize Winners At Home Show
Additional prize winners were announced after the second annual home show ended Sunday. Winners from Winchester include Friday’s air conditioner recipient Mrs. George Snider Saturday’s portable television Maggie Seal and Sunday’s Hi Fi set recipient B A Rhodes. A single order of $1800 was reported and officials say orders suggest an upsurge in local buying. Ruth Kelly appointed education committee chair by treasurer Mary Lake and Charles Lake.
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George Snider
Maggie Seal
B. A. Rhodes
Winchester
30 Days Granted To Get Evidence For Convicted Man
Federal Judge Hoffman granted 30 days to gather evidence for a possible new trial of condemned rapist Frank J. Snider Jr. Roanoke attorney T Warren Messick seeks depositions from Alabama witnesses to argue trial haste and alleged insanity. Snider, a Gadsden Alabama steel worker, was sentenced to death in 1956 for raping a Roanoke girl.
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Norfolk
Frank Jimmy Snider Jr
Virginia
Walter E. Hoffman
Roanoke
T. Warren Messick
Snider
Alabama
Messick
Gadsden
Ala
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Hoffman
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Boyce School
Crown Health
King and Queen
Frederick County Citizens Group
Commaint
America
Mary
Charles Lake
Goode
Ruth Kelly
FORD
Shenandoah Motor
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Strong
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cereer
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
ARN
Penney
Penney’s
Tweedy
Dow
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