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Federal and State Actions
Federal and State Actions FDA ACTIONS Illegal Over-the-Counter Sales for the Month of May
James Francis LeMon, t/ a Yorfax Drug, Denver, Colo.-Selling and refilling prescriptions for amphetamine and prednisolone without physicians' authorizations. Fined $400 and placed on probation for 2 years. Beach Drug Company, Inc. H oward H. O'Brien, Pres., Savannah Beach, Ga.-Selling barbiturates, hormones, and Banthine without physicians ' prescriptions. Firm and O'Brien each fined $50 and placed on probation for 2 years. William L. East erwood and David C. Crocker, former employees, P oole's 78 Service Station, Waco, Ga.- Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Easterwood and Crocker both placed on probation for 2 years. Paul Rogers, employee (2 Acre Truck, Stop) Hattiesburg, Miss.-Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $ 150; 9 m onths jail sentence suspended. Benjamin Marx, t / a Marx Pharmacy, Elmsford, N.Y.-Selling antibiotics, amphetamine, and barbiturates without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $750 and placed on probation for 1 day. Ferdinand J. Weisbrodt, t/a Weisbrodt Hy-Pure Pharmacy, Glendale, Ohio-Selling amphetamine and barbiturates without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $ 1,000. I sadore Arthur Shenk, t / a Garden Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pa.-Selling antibiotics without physicians' prescriptions while on probation imposed in June 1956. Probation revoked and sentenced to 6 months in jail. Mick Lukach, employee White P lains Truck Station, Barren Springs, Va.Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Placed on probation for 3 years. Substandard Drugs
Lit Sales Co ., Inc., Stuart W. Lazarus, Pres. Newark, N.J.-Vita mins, rutin, and saccharin contained filth and were prepared under insanitary conditions. Firm and Lazarus each fined $ 1,000.
FAIR TRADE Abbott-Di-Deb, Inc. has again been restrained from violating Rhode Island Fair Trade Law by advertising and selling Abbott Pharmaceutical
products for less than established fair trade prices. Di-Deb , Inc. operates drug departments at Warwick Shoppers World, Inc., 320 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, Rhode I sland, and Coats Field Shoppers World, 457 Lonsdale Avenue, Pawtucket, R .I. Johnson & Johnson- This manufacturer of surgical dressings, baby, and allied products continues its vigo rous support of Fair Trade Contracts and will enforce them whenever price cutting of its products occurs. " Though no manufacturer has to fair trade his product," states President George F. Smith " we have long believed fair trade reassures the consumer of paying the same price for our products in every st ore, and will continue our full support of it." Upjohn Co.-Injunctions have been obtained against 5 Ne w J ersey retailers, namely: Rappaport Spring Drug, Davega Stores Corporation, and Hi-'Way Drugs, Inc., all of Springfield, New J ersey; Fruchtman's Prescription and Surgical Center of Summit, New J ersey; and Little Stars, Inc., Shrewsbury, N.J. Injunction is to prohibit them from selling Upjohn pro ducts below F a ir Tra de prices. This company has obtained six similar injunctions against New Jersey retailers, and will name 6 others in lawsuits. They also report a number of FTC violations have been settled without litigatio n.
FTC ACTIONS Bishop Hair Experts-Gilbert S. Bishop has been ordered by the FTC to cease and desist from advertising that his preparations will prevent or overcome excessive h air loss or baldness unless such representation is expressly limited to cases other than those known as male pattern baldness, and unless the advertisement clearly and conspicuously reveals that in a great majority of cases of baldness the preparations a re of no value whatever. [Federal Register 445 (June 20, 1958) 1 Tetracycline Regulations The Food , Drug, a nd Cosmetic Act has been amended so that tetracyclinenovobiocin for oral suspe nsion will henceforth produce a solution containing 12.5 milligrams of tetracycline per ml., instead of the 25 mg. formerly specified, and the expiration data h as been extended to 18 months instead of the 12 months formerly specified. [Federal R egister, 23, 3146 (May 13, 1958) J.
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totaled $539,000,000. These figures compare with sales of $511,000,000 in March 1957 and $5 19,000,000 in April 1957. Married Working Couples
Of each 100 married couples in the U.S., 28 are couples with both husband and wife working. A recent Bureau of the Census survey disclosed that there are 10,800,000 working couples. Since the close of World War II , this trend has been on the increase , particularly among families whose children have reached school age. However, the large majority of married couples which number 24,400,000, or 63% of the estimated 38,900,000 married couples, follow the traditional pattern with the husband as breadwinner and the wife as a full-time homemaker. College Income
Graduates
have Highest
One out of ten families was headed by a college graduate, and the average income of these families was about $7,600 in 1956, says the Census Bureau. By contrast, one out of four families was headed by a high school graduate with an average family income of $5,500. Families headed by elementary school graduates who did not attend high school had a n average income of only $4,200. About two-fifths of all families had two or more income earners in 1956, with average income of such families being $5,800. Families depending on only one earner or depending entirely on income other than earnings had much lower incomes, about $4, 100 on the average. Glass Containers
Drug and cosmetic glass container shipments in 1957 increased to 35,230,000 gross (5,073,120,000 units)-or 25 .2% of total domestic shipments. This is the highest amount ever recorded, says the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, Inc. As indicated in Cha rt II, shipments have moved steadily upward since 1930. It is interesting t o note that dru
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James Francis LeMon, t/ a Yorfax Drug, Denver, Colo.-Selling and refilling prescriptions for amphetamine and prednisolone without physicians' authorizations. Fined $400 and placed on probation for 2 years. Beach Drug Company, Inc. H oward H. O'Brien, Pres., Savannah Beach, Ga.-Selling barbiturates, hormones, and Banthine without physicians ' prescriptions. Firm and O'Brien each fined $50 and placed on probation for 2 years. William L. East erwood and David C. Crocker, former employees, P oole's 78 Service Station, Waco, Ga.- Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Easterwood and Crocker both placed on probation for 2 years. Paul Rogers, employee (2 Acre Truck, Stop) Hattiesburg, Miss.-Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $ 150; 9 m onths jail sentence suspended. Benjamin Marx, t / a Marx Pharmacy, Elmsford, N.Y.-Selling antibiotics, amphetamine, and barbiturates without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $750 and placed on probation for 1 day. Ferdinand J. Weisbrodt, t/a Weisbrodt Hy-Pure Pharmacy, Glendale, Ohio-Selling amphetamine and barbiturates without physicians' prescriptions. Fined $ 1,000. I sadore Arthur Shenk, t / a Garden Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pa.-Selling antibiotics without physicians' prescriptions while on probation imposed in June 1956. Probation revoked and sentenced to 6 months in jail. Mick Lukach, employee White P lains Truck Station, Barren Springs, Va.Selling amphetamine without physicians' prescriptions. Placed on probation for 3 years. Substandard Drugs
Lit Sales Co ., Inc., Stuart W. Lazarus, Pres. Newark, N.J.-Vita mins, rutin, and saccharin contained filth and were prepared under insanitary conditions. Firm and Lazarus each fined $ 1,000.
FAIR TRADE Abbott-Di-Deb, Inc. has again been restrained from violating Rhode Island Fair Trade Law by advertising and selling Abbott Pharmaceutical
products for less than established fair trade prices. Di-Deb , Inc. operates drug departments at Warwick Shoppers World, Inc., 320 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, Rhode I sland, and Coats Field Shoppers World, 457 Lonsdale Avenue, Pawtucket, R .I. Johnson & Johnson- This manufacturer of surgical dressings, baby, and allied products continues its vigo rous support of Fair Trade Contracts and will enforce them whenever price cutting of its products occurs. " Though no manufacturer has to fair trade his product," states President George F. Smith " we have long believed fair trade reassures the consumer of paying the same price for our products in every st ore, and will continue our full support of it." Upjohn Co.-Injunctions have been obtained against 5 Ne w J ersey retailers, namely: Rappaport Spring Drug, Davega Stores Corporation, and Hi-'Way Drugs, Inc., all of Springfield, New J ersey; Fruchtman's Prescription and Surgical Center of Summit, New J ersey; and Little Stars, Inc., Shrewsbury, N.J. Injunction is to prohibit them from selling Upjohn pro ducts below F a ir Tra de prices. This company has obtained six similar injunctions against New Jersey retailers, and will name 6 others in lawsuits. They also report a number of FTC violations have been settled without litigatio n.
FTC ACTIONS Bishop Hair Experts-Gilbert S. Bishop has been ordered by the FTC to cease and desist from advertising that his preparations will prevent or overcome excessive h air loss or baldness unless such representation is expressly limited to cases other than those known as male pattern baldness, and unless the advertisement clearly and conspicuously reveals that in a great majority of cases of baldness the preparations a re of no value whatever. [Federal Register 445 (June 20, 1958) 1 Tetracycline Regulations The Food , Drug, a nd Cosmetic Act has been amended so that tetracyclinenovobiocin for oral suspe nsion will henceforth produce a solution containing 12.5 milligrams of tetracycline per ml., instead of the 25 mg. formerly specified, and the expiration data h as been extended to 18 months instead of the 12 months formerly specified. [Federal R egister, 23, 3146 (May 13, 1958) J.
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totaled $539,000,000. These figures compare with sales of $511,000,000 in March 1957 and $5 19,000,000 in April 1957. Married Working Couples
Of each 100 married couples in the U.S., 28 are couples with both husband and wife working. A recent Bureau of the Census survey disclosed that there are 10,800,000 working couples. Since the close of World War II , this trend has been on the increase , particularly among families whose children have reached school age. However, the large majority of married couples which number 24,400,000, or 63% of the estimated 38,900,000 married couples, follow the traditional pattern with the husband as breadwinner and the wife as a full-time homemaker. College Income
Graduates
have Highest
One out of ten families was headed by a college graduate, and the average income of these families was about $7,600 in 1956, says the Census Bureau. By contrast, one out of four families was headed by a high school graduate with an average family income of $5,500. Families headed by elementary school graduates who did not attend high school had a n average income of only $4,200. About two-fifths of all families had two or more income earners in 1956, with average income of such families being $5,800. Families depending on only one earner or depending entirely on income other than earnings had much lower incomes, about $4, 100 on the average. Glass Containers
Drug and cosmetic glass container shipments in 1957 increased to 35,230,000 gross (5,073,120,000 units)-or 25 .2% of total domestic shipments. This is the highest amount ever recorded, says the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, Inc. As indicated in Cha rt II, shipments have moved steadily upward since 1930. It is interesting t o note that dru
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