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Federal and State Actions misbranded drugs for the month of May Massachusetts-Cowley Pharmaceuticals and Benjamin C. Cowley, president, Auburn-Manufac...

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Federal and State Actions misbranded drugs for the month of May Massachusetts-Cowley Pharmaceuticals and Benjamin C. Cowley, president, Auburn-Manufacturing and selling sub-potent drugs. Corporation fined $500; Benjamin Cowley fined $500; placed on one-year probation.

illegal sales of prescription drugs Arkansas-Ben L. Bradford, Auten's Truck Stop, North Little Rock, Arkansas-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Fined $150 and sentenced to 45 days in jail. Colorado-Howard R. Marshall, Denver-Illegal sale of amphetamine and barbiturates. Sentenced to one year in jail. Georgia-Kelley's Truck Stop, Henry Johnson Kelley and Guy F. Kelley, partners, Milner-Illegal sale of amphetamine. H.J. Kelley and G.F. Kelley fined $350 each and placed on three-year probation; partnership fined one dollar. Preston C. Williams, t/a Dixie 66 Truck Stop, Louise C. Worsham and Mrs. Douglas Stewart, employee, Orchard Hill-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Williams fined $300 and placed on three-year probation; Worsham and Douglas were placed on two-year probation. Indiana-Dwight Barker, employee, Blue and White Truck Stop, In-

D.C. pharmacy bill (Continued from page 430) withdrawal of support from your organization as HR 10597 has been rewritten in the House District of Columbia committee. Your concern over the changes in this measure is appreciated and you may be sure I shall keep your objections in mind in determining my action on it in the committee

PHARMACIST (Manufacturing Supervisor) B.S. in pharmacy with manufacturing experience in tablets, ointments, creams, jellies, sterile products and scheduling. Send resume To:

ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION Route 202

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dianapolis-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Fined $1,500 of which $1,000 was suspended and $24 costs. William Albert Bork, t/a Bork's Truck Stop, Muncie-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Fined $2,500 of which $1,500 was suspended; court costs $32. Bertha Dollahan, t/a Bert and Fin's Twilite Inn, Shellburn-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Fined $500 plus $26 costs.

mones without doctor's authorization. Malkin fined $1,500, sentenced to one year in jail, suspended, placed on two-year probation. Iorio sentenced to one year in jail, suspended, placed on one-year probation. Saratoga Pharmacy and Patrick DeCillis, Rochester-Selling amphetamine, barbiturates, and hormones without doctor's authorization. Firm fined $500; DeCillis fined

Missouri-Dr. Stephen H. Langmaid, DO, Kansas City-selling amphetamine and barbiturates not in the course of professional practice. Sentenced to 90 days (in the U.S. Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri) and placed on three-year probation. Ninety day sentence was dismissed but three-year probation was continued. Thurman "Bo" Wilkerson, Wyatt Junction Truck Stop, Wyatt, Missouri; Ben Hutchison, Cairo, Illinois; A.C.D. Medical Supply, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Vincent J. Zuckerman (Vince Baxter, James Baxter), Chicago, Illinois-Conspiracy in the illegal sale of amphetamine. A.C.D. Medical Supply, Inc., fined $;~,OOO; Zuckerman sentenced to 18 months in jail, reduced to 12 months; Wilkerson and Hutchison each fined $2,000 plus $35 costs. New York-Louis Malkin, t/a Charles Pharmacy and A. Iorio, pharmacist Bronx-Selling and refilling amphetamine, tranquilizers, and hor-

North Carolina-George Harris Eason, manager, Sing Oil Company (Truck Stop), Wilmington-Illegal sale of amphetamine. Eason fined $250, given nine-month suspended jail sentence, placed on two-year probation. Clarence Little Rhyne, t/a Rhyne Drug Store, and Arlie Gene Maddox, Charlotte-Selling and refilling prescriptions for amphetamines, barbiturates, and hormones without doctor's authorization. Rhyne fined $600; Maddox fined $200. Arthur D. Wall, t/a Grifton Pharmacy, Grifton-Selling and refilling prescriptions for cortisone and barbiturates without doctor's authorization. Fined $300 and placed on twoyear probation.

and on the floor of the House, should the committee report the bill. No frrm decision has yet been reached in the committee as to whether or not additional hearings will be required before any action can be taken on the measure. I shall do all I can to persuade my colleagues on the committee to allow for such additional consideration so that your organization and other interested persons can express their objections in an effort to persuade the membership toward your viewpoint. Please let me hear from you again concerning this or any other legislation in which you are interested. I frnd the comments of organizations such as yours invaluable in making my decision on various legislative issues. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, Joel T. Broyhill, MC

Following Congressman Broyhill's letter of June 7 to the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION, he introduced a second bill (HR 12584) on June 9, containing only the dihydrocodeinone paragraph. Both HR 10597 and its emasculated revision, HR 12485, remain in committee. •

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Wyoming-Theodore R. Finney, DO and Etta Lee Finney, Rock SpringsIllegal sale of amphetamine and barbiturates. Dr. Finney sentenced to two-year probation; Mrs. Finney sentenced to one-year probation.

drug advisor for Formosa Pharmacists desiring to work abroad may apply for a position as drug advisor in Nationalist China through the International Cooperation Administration's ~1ission to China. A consultant is needed on a short term basis (90 days to six months) to advise the Chinese Government on the administration and enforcement of food and drug laws. The advisor selected will be expected to assist the Chinese government to carry out drug control both administratively and technically. He will also help the national and provincial health authorities to develop a service for assuring potency and other standards in the drug industry. Applicants should contact Vincent B. Lamoureux, chief, field staffing division, Office of Public Health, International Cooperation Administration, Washington 2.5, D.C.