Those Who Gave

Which U.S. companies contributed to Castro's ransom? And how much?

The Kennedy Administration, which planned and pushed through the whole deal, was not about to name names. But diligent digging--plus the cooperation of many of the companies themselves--produced a list that, including pledges, accounts for most of the $53 million total. In some cases only the value of goods already shipped, rather than the firm's full commitment, is known.

PHARMACEUTICALS

More than $1,000,000.

Merck & Co.,Rahway,N.J.,$2,501,640; Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, $2,342,797;

Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., $1,507,040; Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., Morris Plains, N.J., $1,500,000; Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., N.Y.C., $1,500,000; Wyeth Laboratories, Radnor, Pa., $1,491,601; Sterling Drug Inc., N.Y.C., $1,407,076; McKesson & Robbins, Inc., N.Y.C., $1,398,301; Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Nutley, N.J., $1,131,841; Bristol-Myers Co., N.Y.C., $1,003,404.

$500,000 to $ 1,000,000.

American Cyanamid Corp., Pearl River, N.Y., $1,000,000; G. D. Searle & Co., Chicago, $900,000; Miles Laboratories, Elkhart, Ind., $800,404; Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia, $603,500; Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Summit, N.J., $600,000.

$ 100,000 to $500,000.

E. R. Squibb & Sons, N.Y.C., $450,000; Carter Products Inc., N.Y.C., $441,000; Parke-Davis & Co., Detroit, $417,540; Plough Inc., Memphis, $375,000; Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., $350,000; Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., Tuckahoe, N.Y., $329,058; Ames Co. Inc., Elkhart, Ind., $302,162; Baxter Laboratories Inc., Morton Grove, Ill., $208,078; Pitman-Moore Co., Indianapolis, $178,980; Kendall Co., Boston, $159,323; Richardson-Merrill, Greensboro, N.C., $155,000; Atlas Chemical Industry, Wilmington, $149,282; Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Hanover, N.J., $137,260. Under $100,000.

W. F. Young Inc., Springfield, Mass., $94,574; Dome Chemicals Inc., N.Y.C., $93,522; J. T. Baker Chemical Co., Phillipsburg, N.J., $89,000; Eaton Laboratories, Norwich, N.Y., $65,000; Irwin Neisler & Co., Decatur, Ill., $50,000; S.S.S. Co., Atlanta, $37,554; Hynson, Westcott & Dunning Inc., Baltimore, $24,400; S. B. Penick & Co., N.Y.C., $20,000; Armour & Co., Chicago, $10,000; Savage Laboratories Inc., Bellaire, Texas, $9,312; Potts Dade Reagents Inc., Miami, $8,427; Arnar-Stone Laboratories, Mount Prospect, Ill., $8,000; International Chemical Corp., N.Y.C., $690.

CHILDREN'S FOOD

$500,000 to $ 1,000,000.

Gerber Products Co., Fremont, Mich., $920,000; General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, $500,000.

$100,000 to $500,000.

Beech Nut Life Savers Inc., Canajoharie, N.Y., $443,460; Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, $250,000; Pet Milk Co., St. Louis, $191,000; Green Giant Co., Le Sueur, Minn., $135,500. Under $100,000.

Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., $54,000; Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Jacksonville, $15,000; Anderson, Clayton & Co., Houston, $10,000; Church & Dwight Co., N.Y.C., $4,375; Moore & Co. Soups Inc., Newark, $590.

MEDICAL & SURGICAL SUPPLIES

More than $100,000.

Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Toledo, $226,974; Corning Glass Works, Corning, N.Y., $181,928; American Optical Co., Southbridge, Mass., $181,395. Under $100,000.

General Electric Co., Milwaukee, $78,000; Howe Sound Co., N.Y.C., $50,000; Becton-Dickinson & Co., East Rutherford, N.J., $50,000; Aniline Co., Binghamton, N.Y., $45,000; American Sterilizer Co., Erie, Pa., $38,955; Ritter Co. Inc., Rochester, N.Y., $30,000; Empire State Thermometer Co., N.Y.C., $26,000. Under $25,000.

Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., $22,000; C. R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., $20,000; Sterilon Corp., Buffalo, $15,886; Richards Manufacturing Co., Memphis, $14,000; Orthopedic Equipment Co., Bourbon, Ind., $13,000; Clay-Adams Inc., N.Y.C., $5,457; Warren E. Collins Inc., Boston, $4,855; Taylor Instrument Co., Rochester, N.Y., $4,650; Acme Cotton Products Co., N.Y.C., $4,000; E. Leitz Inc., N.Y.C., $2,880; Birtcher Corp., Los Angeles, $970; J. H. Emerson Co., Cambridge, Mass., $450; Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh, Mich., $200; George P. Pilling & Co., Philadelphia, $185.

UNDISCLOSED AMOUNTS

Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago; WTS Pharmaceutical, Rochester, N.Y.; Mennon Co., Morristown, N.J.; American Hospital Supply Corp., Evanston, Ill.; Acme Markets Inc., Philadelphia; Borden Co., N.Y.C.; General Foods Corp., White Plains, N.Y.; Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati.

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