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Pharmaceutical Indu
Overcharging Public
stry Accused of
for Prescriptions
Washington -ITD- A small
drug manufacturer charged
today that the pharmaceutical
industry is overcharging the
public by at least S275 mil
lion yearly for prescription
medicines.
The accusation was made
before the Senate anti-trust
subcommittee by Seymour N.
Blackman, executive secre
tary of Premo Pharmaceuti
cal Laboratories of South
Hackensack, N.J.
He blamed high drug pric
es on the 'blitz" . advertising
and promotion techniques
used by the big drug compan
ies. This, he said, persuades
Civil War Veteran.
Said Near Death
. Houston, Tex.-(UPB-Dr. Rus
sell Wolfe said today that he
believes "death is only a mat
ter of hours away" for Walter
(Old Reb) Williams, 117, the
last surviving veteran of the
Civil War.
- Williams is suffering from
his fourth attack of pneu
monia this year. Dr. Wolfe,
who has treated him for sev
eral years, said his condition
is critical and he is very weak.
- His condition has been criti
cal in the past, however, and
he has recovered.
; He has run a fever of 103
degrees since Sunday and is
under an oxygen tent. He has
not eaten in five days.
. Williams was 117 Nov. 14.
doctors to use their brand
names in writing prescrip
tions and enables them to cap
italize on a "beautiful natur
al monopoly."
Blackman's criticism of
Scattered Strength
Displayed by Market
New York - (UPD - Stocks
came under pressure in gener
ally routine first hour turn
over today. ' -
The market displayed scat
tered strength in a firm open
ing, but many issues fell from
their best levels in subse
quent, trades, especially in
the rail and steel sections.
Steels dipped on the sus
pension of steel negotiations
and losses ran to more than a
point, in Youngstown and a
half or more in Bethlehem
and U.S. Steel. Republic was
unchanged after a firm opening.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (IPO - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 672.74. up
1.48; 20 railroads 154.40, up
0.02; 15 utilities 87.22, up
0.12, and 65 stocks 218.03.
up 0.36. Sales Thursday
were about 3,170.000 shares
compared with 3.430,000
shares Wednesday.
Thursday's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical
Alum Co. Am ...
American Can
-122 Vi
American Motors
...101
78 ,j
AT&T
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Bendix Aviation ..
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Caterpillar Corp.
Chrysler Corp
Continental Can
76 4
63 's
75
74'
. 53 i
32
33
66 ,
47
Crown Zellerbach 56 li
Curtiss Wright , 32
Dow Chemical (xdj .. '. 97 Vt
Du Pont 262
Eastman Kodak 1081b
Firestone 131
General Electric 94 '
General Foods - Z. 103'
General Motors
Georgia Pacific
Graham Paige
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Homestake Mining
Idaho Power
I.B.M
int. Paper
Johns Manville
Katy
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed Aircraft
Montana Power Co.
Montgomery Ward .
New York Central -
Pac Gas & Elec
Penney. J. C
Penn RR
Radio Corporation
Richfield Oil
Safeway
zears ....
52
49
2U
20i
108 U
421,
46:U
439
13614
5014
534
93i
32 'a
25 i
. 50",
29 '4
61
119
16
70 4
78 4
36',
48',
Shell Oil 76 '4
socony Mobil OH 40
South Co 40
Southern Pacific 22 '4
Standard California 47?i
Standard Indiana 42',
Standard, N. J. 49
Sun Mines .. 61,
Texas Co 83
Texas Gulf Sulfur 183,
Tex Pac Land Trust 19 li
drug industry pricing and
promotion practices was the
severest the subcommittee
has heard in its investigation
of drug prices.
He noted that some drug
manufacturers have tended to
blame retail pharmacists for
excessive markups on medi
cine. But this, he said, is a
case of "the lion hiding be
hind the skirts of the mouse.
He said retail . druggists
have "nothing whatsoever to
do with the promotion of pre
scription items" and, along
with their customers, "are
captives to the trademark
name written by the physi
cian." Products Necessary
Blackman said the drug in
dustry spends about $275
million a year "propagandiz
ing the physician even
though the products advertis
ed "are absolutely necessary
and an artificial demand need
not be created."
Blackman was called as a
witness as the subcommittee
headed by Sen. Estes Kefauv
er (D-Tenn.), dug further in
to charges that high-powered
advertising campaigns by me
dical firms have confused doc
tors, raised prices and may
harm patients.
Transamerica
293,i
Trans World Air 19
Tti-Continental (xd) 3931
union carbide 146
Union Pacific 31
United Aircraft 4214
United Air Lines . 3614
U. S. Rubber 66
U. S. Steel 1COT,
Youngstown S & T 135
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Fancy-Living
California Pair
To Face Charges
Los Angeles - H!PD - A man
and his wife who lived in a
$50,000 home in an exclusive
suburban area and employed
a maid faced charges today
as part of a gang accused of
importing and selling $20 mil
lion worth of heroin in the
past five months.
Robert Newton Gardner, 36,
and his attractive wife, Char
lene, 25, were arrested Thurs
day at their Buena Park home.
Also arrested were Hector
Verdugo, 33, El Sereno, Calif.,
and Johnny Salazar Jr., 23, of
nearby Montebello.
Heroin Found in Garag
Police said they found a
cache of S150.000 worth of
heroin hidden in the Gardner
garage. The arrests climaxed
a four-month investigation by
Los Angeles, state and Buena
Park police. The Gardner
home had been under 24-hour
surveillance for the past
month, police said.
Gardner, thought by his
neighbors to be a successful
business executive, admitted
to police he was leader of the
ring:
Gardner and his wife were
members of a country club in
the area and took part in the
suburb's social life, Sanchez
said. Gardner actually is an
ev-convict and had no regular
job, police said. His only in
come was $135 from a month
ly annuity.
Have One Child
"But on this he has main
tained a maid, two expensive
cars and belongs to a country
club."
Gardner and his wife have
one child who was taken to
juvenile hall following the
arrests. Gardner and the
others were all booked on
felony narcotics charges. Mrs.
Gardner was later released on
bond.
Mrs. Gardiner admitted ac
companying her husband on
trips to Mexico and living
there in a lavish manner tut
denied any knowledge of
heroin transactions. Police
said Gardner purchased about
six pounds of uncut heroin
weekly in Mexico from a man
identified as "Big Mike Bar
rigan'f and then gave it to a
"runner" to bring into the
United States while - he fol
lowed at a safe distance - but
close enough to keep watch
on the man carrying the hero
in.
$10,000 an Ounce
Sanchez said pure heroin
sells for $10,000 an ounce
when peddled to users. He
said the - two other men ar
rested, Verdugo and Salazar,
distributed the heroin after it
was brought back to the U.S
Both men refused to make
statements to police.
Police said they learned of
Gardner's dealings Aug. 5
when they arrested Louis
Padilla, 36. Wilmington, Calif.,
and seized $350,000 worth of
heroin.
Gardner has served prison
terms for armed robbery, kid
naping and abortion, police
said.
MedfordTribune
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IT'S A WONPIRFUW STO
Ringleader in No. Caro
Seized After Wrecking
Martinsville, Va; - (LTD -Charles
W. (Yank) Stewart,
ringleader in the escape of
20 convicts from North' Caro
lina's "Little Alcatraz" pri
son,, was captured early to
day. Stewart, 52, was caught af
ter he wrecked a stolen auto
mobile during a police chase.
Only six of the 20 convicts
Una Prison Escape
Stolen Automobile
who fled the maximum se
curity prison Tuesday were
at large today.
Bend -(UPD- A woods fire, a
December rarity, which cov
ered about a quarter of an
acre in the Deschutes Nation
al Forest three miles south of
Chemult was reported this
week.
It's a Wonderful Store
NO MONEY DOWN ',tv,d UP TO 3 YEARS TO PAY!
Under Hew Management
OPEN TILL 9 FRIDAY
Com in and meet the new managers.
They can offer terrific savings ' now.
Co-Managers
Ernest R. Hook Sr. Ernest R. Hook Jr.
WCA
NO 4-1226
On the Highway in Central Point
NO 4-1227
Oregon Forest Project
For Israel To Be Sef
. Portland (UPD Entertainer
George Jessel is scheduled to
be here Dec. 28 to launch the
Oregon Evergreen Forest proj
ect at the annual Jewish Na
tional Fund Chanukah ban
quet. .
During the, last 25 years
more than 20 million trees
have.. been planted in Israel
through efforts of the Jewish
National fund. The group
hopes this year to plant a for
est for every state in the
union.
The Oregon forest will con
sist of about 40,000 myrtle
wood trees.
Hatfield Takes Stand
On Birth Control
Salem-(UPD-Gov. Mark Hat
field has explained his stand
on birth control.
He said although the gov
ernment should not encourage
it, he felt there is nothing
wrong in this country distrib
uting birth control informa
tion to over-populated nations
that request such information.
BLAST KILLS FOUR
Yokohama, Japan - (UPD -Four
persons were killed and
at least 98 injured in an ex
plosion triggered by a collision
between a dynamite- laden
truck and a gravel truck in a
densely-populated district of
Yokohama before dawn to
day.. The blast destroyed 31
houses and damaged 200.
The British and foreign
Bible society estimate sales
of the Bible this year will
reach 30 million. Last year the
total was 26 million.
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