Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, December 14, 1967

Grand Jury

Any ex-policeman under indictment in the Columbus Police Department burglary investigation “will be welcomed to come before the grand jury,” Sol. Gen. William B. Skipworth Jr. said today. They will not be called to testify regarding their own cases, he said.

Drug Prices

George S. Squibb, a former vice president of E. R. Squibb & Sons, which bears his grandfather’s name, said today that drug firms can reasonably expect “ordinary profits, yes, but windfalls, no.”

“This may come as a shocking idea to those who set the prices,” Squibb said, “but it is an idea which must be accepted or it will be imposed by regulation.”

CofC Workshop

James W. Blanchard, president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, will participate in a workshop for local chamber presidents January 9 in Atlanta.

This story was originally published December 13, 2017 at 4:18 PM with the headline "Looking Back."