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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Kefauver Offers
Legislation on
Drug Industry
Washington - IUPB -' Sen.
. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) in-
: troduced legislation Wednes-
-, day which he said would place
stiff curbs on the drug indus
try and reduce drug costs.
I Identical legislation was in-
,-" troduced in the House by Rep.
Emanual Ceiler D-N. Y.).
. - Kefauver's bill would re
! quire federal licensing of drug
manufacturers for the first
' time.
1 It also would require the
Food and Drug Administra
tion to pass on the "efficacy"
of all new prescription drugs
.before the drugs could be
. marketed.; ; "
Kefauver said he believed
' , his bill would save drug users
' across the country millions of
dollars. He said it was aimed
'. , at stepping up . competition
' among drug firms.
Havings Scheduled
Kefauver's Senate antitrust
and monopoly subcommittee,
y which conducted an lnvestlga
. tlon of the drug industry last
. year, will hold hearings on
the bill next month. ,
The Kefauver measure also
. , would: .
Require manufacturers to
.., give detailed, specific infor
. matlon about their products
. to doctors.
-Strengthen inspection of
drug manufacturing plans by
federal inspectors. ... . . ,
f i.o'1-Relax patent rights on cer
tain drugs thereby making
manufacturing know - how
more readily available to com
' Wing firms.
The licensing provision and
" the requirement of federal
' testing of new drugs for ef
fectiveness were expected to
meet the most opposition.
Under present law, the FDA
tests drugs for safety but
does not seek to determine
. whether . specific drugs can
check sickness and disease..
Scientists Study
ing
CorvallU Reduction of
' wood cost and Increased use
' ef Douglas fir chips from
t v-ood residues in production
i ! pulp may result from a
r rdo by the Oregon
V wen. Center, Cot-
am ol thee chips
M Viniite process pro-
r-idueed pulps with excellent
r values of strength, according
; . tp R. M. Samuels, in charge of
studies on pulp and paper.
Variability of Douglas fir
,. wood has limited pulping of
J. this speoies by conventional
acid sulfite methods. Recov-
ry ol chemicali following
; processing of pulp pollution
Z abatement, and suitability of
'. only certain species of wood
v. for pulping ' were problems
' confronting producers of sul
v f He pulp in the Pacific North-
west, Samuels stated.
Cr ..Magnetite pulps of Douglas
fir 'chips proved superior to
j: certain other pulps, both in
:. strength and in yield. With
this process, controlling odor
y would be no problem and re
cpvexy of chemicals would be
v high; said Samuels,
" Additional information on
;. optimum conditions for pro
;." duclng pulp by the Magnetite
: process is needed, Samuels ex
; T plained. Cooking time and
uuvKiiig ivoipQniiura oi puip
t would be affected by varla-
tlon of Douglas fir wood. Pre
treatments of Douglas . fir
heartwood could be developed
to 1 o w e r requirements of
, . - bleaching pulp.
", A severance tax on timber
f harvested in Oregon supports
r studies of pulp and paper at
; the Research Center. -
1 General Motors
I Indicted by Jury
f Washington - (UPD - A fed'
v eral grand Jury in New York
indicated General Motors
.v Wednesday on charges of us
. ing its power as the nation's
"-. largest manufacturing corpor
ation to monopolize the diesel
locomotive business.
The.lndlctment was an-
.- nounccd by the Justice Do-.-'
partment here. It charged that
General Motors has used llle
gal sales methods to capture
. more than 84 per cent of the
diesel locomotive business and
squeeze out competitors.
;": "The New York grand Jury
;'. has been considering Justice
; Department evidence on General-Motors
activities for
'. about 18 months.
' The corporation, which had
' net sales of more than $12
-.billion in i960, was charged
with violating the Sherman
.'. Antitrust act in a one-count
- indictment. Upon conviction,
. the statute provides for fines
of up to $55,000 for each vlo
;. latlon.: .' :.-
DEATH INVESTIGATED '
.' Jitoseburg - (UPB - Authorities
Wednesday investigated the
death of Merrill A. Ormsby,
55, Sutherlln, from apparent
head Injuries.
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YOUR FUTURE RIDES HIGH ON THIS CURVE !
If you're uncertain about what lies ahead,
take a good look at the white line. It represents
America's past production rate and economists'
estimates of future production, with the peaks
and valleys smoothed out. ' Over the long pull
the curve keeps rising. . ..
In fact, American production more than
doubles every 20 years. .
You can expect even faster growth during the
Sixties. Because at the present rate, the $12 bil
lion a year we're spending on research and devel
opment may well reach $22 billion by 1971. The
outpouring of new products and processes will be
in proportion. Research is the fountainhead of
progress. Ready now are such innovations as
. foods preserved by radiation, cleaning with
sound waves, machines that can translate foreign
languages, and solid radio sets without wires. ,
And many more are on the way.
Judging by past experience, two million more
businesses will be established to make and dis
tribute our growing production during the next
25 years. Whole industries will emerge to turn
out the new products that are coming from the
laboratories. America has a brilliant future but
to realize it fully, we must all work
together for the common good.
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GET READY FOR AN UPSWING I
MORE RESEARCH We're
now spending $12 billion a
year and that's expected to
double during the Sixties! .
MORE INCOME Today's
$65 00 average per family rep
resents an all-time high! '
MORE SAVINGS Now at
the highest level ever net
savings of individuals exceed
$375 bUlion!
MORE JOBS Despite un
employment, there are 15
million more jobs than in
1939 will be 22 million
more by 1975! .
MORE EDUCATION By
1970 we'll have 20 million
more high school graduates
than today, and 3 million
' more college graduates.
They'll earn more, live better !
MORE LEISURE 40 million
Americans get paid vaca
tions, and there are 16 mil
lion people over 65, many of
them with , retirement in
come to spend!
MORE MARKETS U. ex
ports, plus output of U.S.
owned plants overseas, al
ready account for over $50
billion in sales!
MORE NEEDS Schools,
hospitals, highways, homes
'we need billions in im
provements right now, and
the need keeps growing!
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