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TVA BID COMPLAINTS may set off another investigation into price fixing. TVA is receiving equal bids on equipment, even from electric companies convicted of price rigging as the result of early TVA complaints. Equal bids are also coming in on cement and other items; e.g., five companies each bid $48,967.94 on a cable contract.

FILTHY LUCRE is on its way out in France. The Bank of France, finding that banknotes are among the "dirtiest" objects known, started printing francs on a disinfectant paper "guaranteed" to make germs harmless as long as the notes are in circulation.

G.E. STOCKHOLDERS will decide whether to fire...

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