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Gypsum Price Fix Charged

The six largest gypsum board producers in the U.S. and l0 present and former top officers have been indicted by a Pittsburgh grand jury on charges of having conspired for 13 years to fix prices. The firms account for more than 907o of gypsum wallboard output'

The charges have been denied by the firms and the individuals involved. Companies and individuals, if convicted, could face fines as high as $50,000 with possible imprisonment for individuals of up to one year.

Defendants are United States Gypsum Co., National Gypsum Co., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., Celotex Corp. and the Flintkote Co.

The indicted individuals are U.S.G.'s board chairman, Graham J. Morgan, and exec. v. p. Andrew J. Watt; National Gypsum's board chairman, Colon Brown, and sales v.p. J. P. Nicely; Georgia-Pacific's former president, William H. Hunt; a Kaiser director and former presidento Claude E. Harper, and v.p. and gen. manager, Robert A. Costa; Celotex's president, William D. Herbert; and Flintkote's board chairman, George J. Pecaro, and president, James D. Moran.

In addition to obtaining the indictment, the department petitioned U.S. District Court in Washington for a criminal contempt citation against four corporate and four individual defendants. They violated a l95l court judgment prohibiting the same anticompetitive practices now complained of by the grand jury, the department said.

Di Diorgio Wins Award

Robert Di Giorgio, chairman of the board of the DiGiorgio Corp., recently accepted a plaque honoring him for his contribution toward public awareness of the forest products industry from Leonard R. Putnam, president of the Cascade Timber Co., Klamath Falls, Or. The award was for the public service film, "The Forest Productiue"produced by the DG shelter products div. It was presented at DiGiorgio corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

Since completion of the film in 1972, 150 prints have been distributed by DG Shelter Products for screenings before clubs, service organizations, business groups, public school and university audiences. DG Shelter Products has cooperated with Western Forest Industries in offering the film for,public service television showing on 65 TV stations

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B',:!r,igiirj.inrner products div. filni, "The Forest throughout the U.S. Total audience for all screenings exceeds 1.5 million.

Putnam said the film, which illustrates conservation of resources and effective uses of timber in a diversity of wood products, has been well received since it was issued.

Toilet, Lavatory Shortages

Today's periodic shortages of vitreous china toilets and lavatories can't be blamed on untried technol- ogy. says a maior manufacturer of thase pioducts;-the practice of flazing and baking earthenware can be traced to as early as 3000 B.C.

"The process remains essentially the same as it was in China more than 5,000 years ago," explains Richard Hampel, manager of Borg-Warner Plumbing Products vitreous china plant. "And today's shortages have many roots in the fundamentals of this age-old technique.t'

He points out that the glazing and baking ofa vitreous china fixture can take as much as 24 hoursadding that there are no short cuts, either. The preparation and molding of the initial liquid clay suspension is also time-consuming since most production steps can only be done by hand.

"Modern technology has refined the vitrification process,o' Hampel continues, "with production lines, improved clay mixtures and massive kilns able to maintain temperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. But the basic production process is still a long oneand spaceconsuming as well."

There is as yet no practical substitute for the vitreous china toilet bowl, he claims.