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of lumber, he could receive any one of 18 different package sizes. The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association has been working to establish standardization and has put together preferred sizes of lumber units as shown in the table below:

It is estimated that over 8090 of the U.S. mills are on this size. If a dealer has a problem with standardization, then they should discuss the package size when they place the order with the supplier.

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Reliance Financial Services Corp. (a Saul Steinberg Co.) cut its original purchase of l0.4Vo of the Wickes Cos. stock to 8.4V0 by selling off 1,981,400 common shares. ..Wickes plans a $317.5 million offering of notes and stock "for general corporate purposes, including possible acquisitions"...

Interest rates on VHA single family home mortgages have dropped to l2.5Vo and l49o on home improvement loans...

Housing starts in March surged to their highest annual rate in almost 12 months...a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1,895,000 units, ll.59o above the comparable 1984 rate...apt. construction starts accounted for much of the hike, climbing 46.9V0 from Feb. ...single family starts were up 2.30/o to an adjusted annual rate of 1,149,000 units, highest since April '84...building was up in every part of the country...permits rose lo.9o/0, highest rate since June '84...

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