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Sunset Moulding, Live Oak, Ca., is "in the process" of acquiring four Ca. plants (one frame, one pine moulding, one mahogany moulding and a cut stock plant) from the DG Shelter Products div. of Di Giorgio Corp.. which earlier sold a moulding plant to Eagle Forest Products, Sacramento... no price revealed in either transaction.

Georgia-PaciJic has agreed in principle to acquire Kinzua Corp., Heppner, Or., for an undisclosed amount of stock; included are the total lumber div. and cutting rights on their nearly 200,000 acres; the plywood plant, not included, is being closed. .. Al Peirce Lumberhas closed its Coos Bay, Or., sawmill; export activities on site continue, more than 100 jobs were lost. inadequate timber supply and mfg. costs were blamed. ..

Hampton Lumber Sales Co. has moved to new Hq. at 9400 S.W. Barnes Rd.. Portland... Knollwood Corp.'s southern div. has moved to new offices at 22737 Barton Rd., Ste. 7, Grand Terrace, Ca. . . Valley Wood Preserving has closed its Turlock, Ca., facility after gov. environmental hassles and plans to open soon at a new location. ..

Willamette Industries, Portland, intends to buy the Wooilward-Walker Lumber Co., Tay- lor, La., for approx. $86 million. . . Louisiana-Pacific will get $2 million to waive its rights after its unsuccessfu! try to acquire Flintkote. .. So-Cal Commercia{ Los Angeles, has expanded its export div. in Japan. .

Mortin Forest Industries is a new wholesale firm, based in St. Helena, Ca., est. by Gordon Martin. .. Les Weissensee has started White Lake Lumber Products, Fair Oaks, Ca., wholesaling agricultural wood products a l.2o/o fuel surcharge on all rail traffic within the West went into effect lan. 2.

Cloverdale Products, a Cloverdale, Ca., plywood mill, suffered a $1.75 million loss in a Dec. 8 fire...Arimo Lumber Yard and Tru-Value hardware store, Downey, Id., burned to the ground in Nov., no loss estimates available.

Weyerhoeuser, which recently opened customer service centers in Fontana and Sacramento, Ca., Spokane, Wa., and Eugene, Or., plans to open another in Phoenix, Az., in March. Oregon Trail Lumber Co., a new div. of the Arthur A. Pozzi Co., has opened in Oregon City, Or. . . Northwest Dry Kilns, Central Point, Or., is a new div. of Northwest Pine Sales. .

Henry Bocon Building Materials Inc. has opened a new retail store in Bellevue, Wa. Farmers Electric & Plumbing has opened a new home improvement store, Ashland, Or. 84 Lumber has opened new units in Grand Junction, Co., and San Bernardino, Ca. .

Copeland Lumber Yards is bldg. a new store in Burns, Or., . . . Handyman sets Feb. as opening date for its new unit in San Rafael, C3., Dwyer Lumberhas opened a new 15,000 sq. ft. store in Indio. Ca., Tamalpais Lumber Co., San Rafael, has closed after 20 years in business. .

Kaiser Cement is putting $5 million in improvements at its Seattle distribution terminal. Plastmo, Inc. has enlarged its Eugene, Or., warehouse... Union Pacific RR plans to acquire 140 miles of track in Washington and ldaho from the bankrupt Milwaukee Road. ..

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