U.S. STEEL FIRMS STUDY USX UNIT PRICE HIKE
  Two major steel companies said they
  were studying a price increase announced yesterday by USX
  Corp's USS steelmaking division.
      Spokesman for Armco Inc and Bethlehem Steel Corp said the
  proposed price hike was under study.
      Yesterday, USS said it plans to raise base prices on plate
  products by 20 dlrs a short ton, or about five pct, effective
  with shipments October 4.
      A spokesman for LTV Steel Co, a unit of LTV Corp, declined
  comment, adding that the company does not make heavy plate and
  makes few other plate products.
  

