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APOLLO 11 GIVEN GOSeven Drug FinnsAre Sued for Fraud

Justice Department ChargesFalse Patent for Antibiotic

By WILLIAM BAKTOKAT) — The

,acrfninistration, trying tok>\*er spiraiing drug pricesthrough vigorous antitrust en-forcement, has charged sevenmajor drug iirms with using afraudulent patent to monopolizesales of a ie ad;ng antibiotic.

The government, in a thxee-count civil suit, also demandedat least 25 mUi|on in damages—probably much more—fromtwo of the companies, CharlesPfizer & Co. Inc. and AmericanGyanamid Co.

The action marked the secondUme in a week Justice Depart-ment antitrust enforcers fwnedagainst dru^ patents in a con-ceiled drive for more competi-tion in the industry.

In Tuesday's «uit, filed in fed-eral court here, Pfizer was ac-cused of obtaining a fraudulent

- .patent in 1956 on the dra tetra-c>cline, the ations largest sell-ing broad spectrum antibiotic.

broad spectrum antibioticsare popularly known as "won-

for their ability toand cure a broad

der drugs"counteractrange of illnesses and diseases.

The department claimed Pfi-zer got the tetracycline patentby withholding information andmaking "fals« and misleadingstatements" to the US-pa ten tOffice.

In doing so. the suit alleged,Pfizer gamed support from Cy-anamid, holder of a patent bo

Aureomycin, the first wonderdrugjmarketed'in this country.The~^overnment said Cyanamidmade deceptive statements toback Pfizer's l iexchange for grangement that allowed the twofirms to maintain hoids on anti-ii

patent claim ;na licensing ar-

d

biotic sales,In addition Pfizer and Cy

anamid, five other leading drugproducers—Bristol-Myers Co.,Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp.,Squibb Beech-Nut Inc., E. R.Squibb & Sons Inc. and the Up^john Co.—were charged withconspiracy to monopolize thetetracycline trade.

That count stemmed, the gov-ernment said, from licensingagreements under which Pfizer,Cyanamid and Bristol-Myerswould manufacture the drugand ail seven firms could sell itin dosage form.

The complaint j ^ - &»kt*i litecourt to cancel the Pfizer patentand prohibit the firm from col-lecting royalties on tetracycline.

A iAn antitrust task force ftp-pointed by former PresidentLyndon B. Johnson recommenc-ed last year the government at-tack drug prices by ehallegingpatent abuses.

Since taking office, the Nixonadministration's antitrust chief,Asst "Attyr.' Gen. Richard W-McLaren, has taken the taskforce advice and directedprobes of several licensing ar-

angements.

Senate Foes of SafeguardOpening a Second-Emit'WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- Mass., which urges that the

ate foes of the Safeguard mis- United State* halt MIRV testsaile defense plan are campaign- &o long as the Soviet Union doesing on a second front, seeking a the same. -___

'-' halt in testing of multiple warhead offensive weapons. sors for his MIRV resolution,

While the Safeguard debate thus bringing it within 10 votesrumbled on, that companion is- of a Senate majority. His aidessue was before the Senate For- say private pledges of- supporteign Relations Committee to- from other senators put the to-day, tal pas^a majority^."""The"Weapons involved: m W ^ ^ o o f t e ' s resolution asks thatpie. infependently targeted re- . President Nixqn propose anentry Vehicles—MIRVs —"with immediate U.S.-Soviet morato-which the nuclear warheads on rium on MIRV tests.©ne missile could be aimed The Pentagon said June 13 ttieagainst several different tar- United State* is going aheadgets- > with the testing of MIRV war-

Three scientists were called to heads for Minuteman and Posej-tectify on the MIRV oontrover don missiles.sy. The committee is consider-ing' a resolution pr<

1 THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DOLLS — Business at the doU counter wasbrisk this morning at the Bazaar Boutique. Mrs. Ed Triebe) of the HospitalAuxiliary caters to the small fry as Ha rrietstown Town Hall doors opened toexhibits of hand-sewn and hand-crafted articles and fresh and frozen foods.The bazaar will continue through Friday with hours from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.today and Thursday, and closing at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Saranac Lake Gen-eral Hospital wiH benefit from the mid-Summer event-

Poor People Question PrioritiesCAPE KENNEDY, Fia. (AP)

— Leaders of the Poor People'sCampaign, here to demonstrateagainst poverty, had front seatstoday for the Apollo U launch-

^ I ' m l*'«ud of those threemen, the astronauts," the Rev.Ralph David Abernathy, leaderof the antipoverty group, told achurch rally Tuesday night innearby Cocoa. Then he ledabout 300 marchers to the city

"America has mixed up prior-ities," he said. "I'm happy because we're going to the moon,but I'd be just a little more hap-py if we had learned how to livedown here OIL the_Earth"

Abernathy, ^successor to thelate Dr—Martin Lather-King Jr.,met the nation's top space offi-cial Tuesday and was invited"to hitch your' wagon? to ourrockets" in a fight to solve hu-manity's problems on earth.

hall for a midnight demonstra- even as three astronauts read

The MIRV issue has come up

6en. Edward W. . Brooke, R

NCCC ConcertsTest Interest *JBy^4}8ennsLSm>excellent CQIL-_

bate.

ministration has thus far main-tained a noncoimnital attitudetoward the Brooke resolution.

Safeguard ~GGgtiePresident Nixon was said to befirmly opposing any compro-mise.

certs this summer. North Coun-try Community College is at-tempting to discover whether itshould continue to plan suchventures (and possibly expand latest count shows at least 50̂

ise.Republican leaders said theirt

—The first of the two will be^presented this Friday, July j18th. at 8:30 p.m. in the FirstMethodist- Churclr m- Saranac j

McEwen Would PlaceArea with Appalachia

The House of Representativeson Tuesday passed a measureintroduced by Congressman Ro-bert C. McEwen which) he saidmay have a "powerful and pro-found'-' impact on the economy

England.acf The measure, an amendment

to the Appalachian Redevelop-ment Act of 19€6, authorizes anddirects the President to make

New York State as well as nor-thern New England, t<> deter-mine the extent to which theyshould be included in the pro-visions of the act- The..Appalar.

regi-

Mr McEwen's amendment,which was a substitute for anamendment offered by Rep,Jame s Cleveland of New Hamp-shire, notes that northern NewYork and__NgAy_Jgngland arc

Wcally part of the Ap-plachian regionjand _share_manyL J*5 and^Os^ Generallysocial and economic character-istics of that region. The study,together with the President'srecommendations, is to b^ sub-

gJune 30, 1970.

Representatives McEwen andCleveland have long campaign-ed in Washington to bring theirareas into the provisions of theact. McEwen'jsHisfcrir.t cons

gLawrence, Franklin and Clinton

Lake. It. will be a concert of]

»H .Tanrts Starker, cellist and :featuring ttie violin If Edna Mi-chell, heard here l̂ fct Septem-ber in^the—6oHege^ dedicationconcert, and the piano of thefamous Hungarian pianist, Gy-orgy Sebok. Trios of Beethov-

^ a , Schubert ^uid Brahms w*u

be played.oT the Adiron-^

SAN S A ,(AP) — Ignoring a call from theOrganization of A m e r i c a nStates for a cease-fire, El 5alva-

i1 pressed itst d d

p idurag today and demanded thatHie" l ^ d u r a n a r m y ' 'surrender

assisted by the New York State ! battleground."^Council ...pn_. the. Arts. North 1

Country Community College is vador said Salvadorean forcesy y——proud to prpsent this, first

l f t hmer cultural event forthe~pat- much as 20 miles inside Hondu-rons of the arts in theCountry

North ras *xhe Hondtiran.government^ imed ,

>DEAD JN CABvaliantlygg

I back the enemy attack."pushing

"

3 a r e E | of natural causes, [committee dispatched byhis immobile near his resi- Q A S arrived in k$an Salv

tion peace keeping" ^ides di tne Border, but no gov-the

Uvador

police asking if they had a r e g i o n of success.port of a -man dying injus au- Salvadorean

• * ^urces s a u P f i e : ^ p y was-dr4v:T:. fianoipnt Thejiody was takenFortune's Funeral Home

HOSTS TO MEET GUEgTSFamilies who ar e hosts to

rreih AiT children may meet

^Teguc iga lpa £ two c<tte tip *t 4ank*

lery &A wotofized vehiclesmoving along ttie South High-way, part dt ttie Pan American

frontier, buf nearly 75 miles byhighway ftxim El Amatillo,where the armored column re-portedlyjcrossed ttie border.

ThTcapItals of both countrieswej^€ under-euriew and blackoutTuesday night,—but—ram—ap-

halted air attacks by the.World

Central American republics.p g

Honduran, reportedly have beenshot down.

T medical perso»helreported civilian and militarycasualties were heavy on both

ernment, casualty reports wereassailable from either side.

alongr. A report from Tegu-

university students

edical centers to aid the

day from the battle zones.• •art&*r* IIondiui'tfH pi

bombed the international air-port outside San Salvador and a

aevwral gasoline itor-

. Tiie war began Monday nightwr.en Honduras reported twostabs into it« territory from El^ ^ j T h i dernment said its invasion wasJawiched te-prevent-arr attackby HondttrarrioTceq inassed on

The council of the QAS mapproved a resolu-

tion calling for the two nationste-suspend -hosttlitfes and~ settletheir differences peacefully. Itasked the peacekeeping com-mittee to report its findings andrecommendations "in the short-est time circumstances may al- ^ c p aTow:

The undeclared war climaxed•ears of tension between over-

-El

ras next door. Some 3O0.0CO Salvadoreans have acr

El Salvador savs hundreds hav

werg victims of atrocities. TheHoriUuran governtnnied these charges.

The tension was heightenedy ft geriofi of ftlnchc* in 1

ture beyond bis world.Abernathy and other mem-

bers of the Poor People's Cam-paign were assured of VIP Beatsby Thomas O. Paine, adminis-trator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,during a meeting near Gate 3 ofthe Kennedy Space Center.

Paine said he would provideVIP passes to the launch view-i

marched a short djstance: "Wefeel the space program is a pi-o-gram for all Americans. W&don*t regard & at a programagainst the antipoverty pro-gram."

"We'd like to see you hitchjour wagon9 to our rockets andw e hope the space program willencourage this country to tackleother problems."

WEATHERMostly sunny^jLoLand Jmmid

This afternoon. High in upper

quite warm and humid tonight.Low tonight in upper 60s and70s. Thursday, fair to partlycloudy, hot and humid. Chance

tolashowers in west and north por-tions High in upper 80s andlower 90s.

World Audience ViewsLift-Off, Orbital Entry

By HOWARD BENEDICTAP Aerospace Writer

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP)— Reaching for a dream, Amer-ica's Apollo 11 astronauts hur-tled across the vaslnesg ofspace today on a voyage of the

attempt to land twomen* on the moon.

Civilian commander Neil A,Armstrong, 38, Air Force ColEdwin E. Aldrin Jr. and AirForce Lt. Col. Michael Collinsbroke away from the embraceof earth's gravity at 12 ;16 .(EOT) today as a jarring rock-et blast shot them out of earthorbit and sent them winging to-ward the moon 2V» hourg afterlaunch from Cape Kennedy.

The spacecraft had reached193 miles in altitude at the endof the five-minute, 47-secondburn.

The power to boost the astro-nauts outward -came from thethird stage of the Saturn 5 rock-et which had lifted them with aroar heard round the world.

For 2% hours, the astronautshad orbited the globe checkingthe spaceship's millions of partsbefore wuimitting themselvesto the quarter-million-mile jour-ney to the moon.

They reported Apollo 11 wasperfect and the Mission ControlCenter in Houston flashed thego-ahead bo take the criticalstep that started them towardthe moon, the alkjrine f'rst goa'of man's boldest «ten :n*.o space.

The firing of Hie thirl stageincreased their speed fromabout 17,400" td ^4.200 mile* perhour, enoujzh to break the gripof earth's gravity.

It sent them on the lunar trailblazed twice by man in the lastseven months—by the Apollo 8and 10 astronauts who cametantalizingly close a* they orbit-ed earth's only natural satellite

riificent ride." said Armstrong"It certainly looks like you're

on your way," Mission Control

have complaintspabout any of rhe three stages onth i d "

themselves into orbit 69 milesabove the moon early Saturdayafternoon to set the stage forthe landing attempt.

During their first troursspace, the astronauts were very

-••they^ "effiKkeo1"spaceship systems. There wasvery little converarion from theorbiting craft.

The Cape Kennedy launchwas right on schedule^

"Houston, be advisee"! the vis-ual is go today," one of the astronauts said shortly after thespacecraft Jeft the ground.

^ ^__ mdow to look out."

deving orbit were verynesslike.

"Th e booster has been confirmed for orbital flight. -Hot*

ghe said. He referred to the stillattached' third stage of the Sat-urn 5 which was to ignite later

to boost Apollo 11 toward themoon.

The astronauts were to circlethe globe for 2V% hours to makecertain the spaceship's thou-sandg of systems were function-ing. Then, at 12:1€ p.m. (EDT),they were to restaitJfcfe still,aU:tached third stage of the Saturn5 to start toward their target,250,801 miles away.

Barring problems, these threeColumbuses #f the Space Ageare to sail outward across aqpiartep-million-mile xjcean otspace for three days and firethemselves into orbit just 69miles above the moon on Satur-day,

They are to follow the trailblazed twice in the last sevenmonths, by the pioneers of Apol-lo 8 and 10.. Sunday afternoon, Armstrong

and "Buzz" Aldrin are to dotacha lunar module and fly it downto a landing at the Sea oi i^, . .quillity. Early the next day theyare to fullfull a centuries-olddream by walking on and ex-ploring the lunar landscape.

Civil defense officials psHmgted more than a million persons,the largest crowd ever to wit-ness a Cape Kennedy launching,cheered as the great rocket lift-ed away from earth.

Thousands had camped over-night on beaches and other van-tage points. Roads werejammed early in the morning.

Among those who watched thestart of the moon mission fromCape Kennedy were formerPresident Lyndon B. Johnson,Vice President Spiro T. Agnewand Armstrong's wile, Janet,and their two sons, Eric, 12, andMark, 6.

Also watching the start of themoon mission were Armstrong'sparents, Mr. and Mrs. StephenArmstrong in W f e

Mrs. Armstrong told newsmenshe talked to her ion the moim-injt before launch:

"He was happy," she said,"His ueual self. Ju*t like he al-ways is."

parents

trol: "It surethere. »'« likeliving room."

sitting in your

men of peace, bearingis and messages of

lands.They may not make i t ffcr

Apollo 11 is not only man's njuoetambitious space adventure butalso the Jtnost dangerous.

The astronauts and space o&i-ciais warned in. advance thatthe flight might have to toeaborted at any time, even, up tothe moment of lunar touehdwvn.

And if thejtwo a s k ^ a u t s doland,T There is a remote chancethey could be stranded on themoon, with only 4JWO days of ox-ygen and no chance of rescue..

The astronauts have chosenas their aymbol tfa© drawing ofan eagle swooping to the or*-texed surface* its talons grip-ping an oUve branch.

As is the manner of men,Armstrong and Aldrin will plantan American llag on the surface vas a symbol of conquest. Butv

they will not claim this territoryfor the United States^ To makethis clear they wiH leave behinda plaque bearing these words;

were men from tbe pianete^rth

"First set foot upon the moon"July 1969 A.D.

"We came in peace for allmankind,"

They are to gather preciousrooks from this new world, de-ploy scientific instrument* anddetermine how well mas in abulky space suit can operate inthe unfamiliar one-iixth gravityfield on the moon.

Armstrong and Aldrin a r t tospend about 2^» hours outside.l a all they are to be on tkemoonless than a day.

But in that time tfcey wiflhave opened the himtles* fettertier of space A bit fcwther. Thsrock«, they bemzJgm* may jpo-vfde clues DO uve « i g m of tliemoon, the earth and even thesolar system—and *et &ecourse for future fjqpedstioiB toprobe the utiivest beyondpresent imagination.

U all goes well, much of theworld will watch the entire In-

era the astronauts are to mount90 feet away from their Endingcraft.

(Continued en P. ft~-GctTtf~~

News in Brief

Agnew Proposes Mars FlightCAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP)

— Vice President Spiro T. Ag-new proposed todayAmerican space__goal of a

over Venus as the next celestialbody t» visit because "it gca more compatible planet."

The vice president, one of

manned" flight to Mars even ashthe

land on the moon."Someone is going to do it,"

he said.

*ps "ffiiApollo 11 launching, admittedh« was in t h t minority "of aTfour-man presidential' commit-tee now devising America's fu-ture space plan*. The eommit-i*ejg J o

Religious Service for AstronautsWASHINGTON (AP) - Presi

dent Nixon plans special reli-

STToiil GV

ing in the worship . .> >Uo Hprepares for the nu>i .aiiding.

[embers~ oT CortgTe^T^ diplo-mats and government officials

owhere a Quaker minister wiUdeliver the sermon and two

ill participate..

The three astronauts of Apoik)I.will be prepaiing for foe gy^.tey-~a&er noon descent of the

face.The White House announced

that Borman will read the bibii.cal passages Jfrojn.^JutenesisT-

und two lellow ast ronauts readfrom their space capsule iorworldwide ^broari^a«ftorfeited the moon oneve,

Poison Gas Use SuspendedWASHINGTON I API • Secre-

tary of the ArmyStanley R. Re-

Capt. Knutson Please Stand Up!

In yesterday's Enterprise onage One we printed a story

mused. She insisted that herhu&band was young and hand-

X suspen-sion of the use of poisonous^gases in defensive training atFt. McClellan, Ala.

air testing of lethal chemicalagents has been suspended_ at

[Edgewood~~AcsehaIl Md. Thataction wa6 disclosed Tuesday by

D-Md

Aeronautics and Space AgencyNASA) along vvUh a picture,Oreach,- ^ L

Air r orce expert. Capl. Law-rence W. Knutson whose wiie

•1 Saianao Lake, daugntei of

follows con-

loai>ed us4^qu4teGMo engrave i

All her friends, Mrs. D'Ono-frio told us , «ere kidding her-stfeottt- het—^Tievr TfuSJ>and.''

We leave iXJo_<2ur__Ljeadeus-

thai nerve gases in the open at

The Army recently repinedKra~ttoose tSoveliimenl"X)pera'tions subcommittee that it waj

thencjpen^sir"tests a rthe Marjl'and and Alabama i&-

R-o\-ing Ground in Utah,5000killed

Resot's statement made

\%ere accidentaiivar by rw=»rve gas.

criti- mention oi Vbe Dugway activi-

SAIGON - A lull contin-ued across South Vietnam's bat-

Knutson, xhe story iold»y ii£ur« in the Apol

to 11 landing mission."W€ trust that NASA's techno

Knuttgon above. '-vhicn is the real Capt.

someplace in America, follow-ing the publication of a picture

wheeler, chairmanflew lie re

fro«m Washington to assess thefour-u eek-old slowdown in the

gsaaes between Salvadorean

i broke off dip- came into the office, bright tfldltions.tute. Not jflgQf tat xttta »*1 fee*

will' bav»

iMdlou* casualties or damage.

QD4 AB3^*D !

six wounded in theed guxind action, thi

only report-ambush of

^—nor^ ofSaigon Tuesday.

ThRshrugged off the pi.«sibility thai,the lull, which began June 21,might represent a de-escalation

offi-

O S T ; nK>re l lk l i jj tei uegyoWing and reorganize before an-other "high point" & the Ocan-