COMPANIES.

This section offers news briefs related to companies in the U.S. as of September 1973. Canadian General Electric Co. was awarded by the U.S. Interior Department of a contract worth 57.8 million U.S. dollars for three generating units. A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicted several sales executives, steel companies, and independent fabricators for allegedly conspiring in imposing price increases. The strikes conducted by the Canadian pulp and paper industry have affected the operations of the U.S. newspaper industry.