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SW Bell Buys Local From Western Electric in Houston
Western Electric spent 26.6 million dollars on 545 Houston area suppliers in 1974, 89.7 percent of which were small businesses. Nationwide the firm worked with over 50,000 suppliers, totaling 3.2 billion dollars with 91.5 percent small businesses. Payroll dollars in Texas were about 78 million last year.
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Western Electric
Bell System
Houston
Don Carpenter
Southwestern Bell
Western
Carpenter
Texas