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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1964 May 22 DOC NMA040 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Concerns Acquitted by Jury CONCERNS ACQUITTED BY JURY 2002) ASBESTOS Special to ASBESTOS ASBESTOS ASBESTOS CONCERNS ACQUITTED ACQUITTED ACQUITTED JURY NewspaperThse New York Times (1851 - York Special New CONCERNS Times New May pe 44 ASBESTOS CONCERNS CONERS ACQUITTED ACQUITTED CONCERNS ACQUITTED Special Special Special The York Times. PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA May Two asbestos compacompa- nies nies and official official of day charges charges price fixing day of longest fixing After After one in Federal trials trials ever held District Court here the jury filled witnesses Their testimony filled 14,044 pages the Johns- Manville were of New Manville Corporation of Ambler Keasbey & Mattison Ambler Certain since acquired by Products Cor- poration porawhtiicoh w nas not involved iadentnadnd general Orth vice preso-f the pipe division manager Manville Manville division of Johns- The restrain accused conspiring conspiring trade through through fixing restrain asbestos cement cement of prices for indictments indictments and coup- turned June indictments were re- Early in the 1862 Francis L. Van Dusen directed verdict verdict acquittal acquittal Rob- ert Porter Porter former president president and chairman chairman Keasbey president Mattison Mattison also directed & two companies companies and Mr. Orth be acquitted charges charges that they sought monopolize monopolize the asbestos cement cement busiThree others indicted busi- alleged granted trials Frazza Johns president conspiracy have been been severances separate separate sales Louis F. Manville manager manager Manville Norman for president Johns Man- general manager R. Reichel Mattison manager manager Keasbey & Mattison manager of Keashey & Mattison. oo einana adthat namsdon