NEWS BRIEFS

InternaionaL Paper will begin treating utility poles and lumber early in '70 with the Cellon process, courtesy of a licensing agreement with Koppers Co. . Dwyer Overseas Timber Products, Portland, has been formed to im,port wood, producrs produced in southeast Asia . American Forest Proilucts Corp., with the OK of their stockholders, will splil their stock two-forone; AFPC also moved from 52nd to 47th among California's I00 top industrial concerns

Southwest Forest Ind,ustries has purchased Southwest Kenworth, a distributor of Kenworth and K. W. Dart trucks for an undiscloeed number of shares of common stock Corning G/rzss has a new ceramic foam roof line test marketing in Oklahoma; new material will go for $37.50 a square (100 rq. ft.) ; other premium roofing materials, such as cedar shakes, sell for $35-$60 a square

A drive to register and employ 1,500 neu) apprentices has been launched by the Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations, a state agency The Construction Industry Foundatinn, the first organization to represent all segments of the overall construction industry, was formed recently under sponsorship of the American Institute ol Architects .

Trading in flywood lutures on the New York Mercantile Exchange is due to start soon; The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will open trading in lumber lutures (framing and dimension) in Oct.; making markets in the commodities is seen by some as a uxry to stabil,ize prices, though other industry observers disagree

St. Malo Lumber Co., Oceanside, Calif., lost about $900 recently to a safe-busting burglar . . a new Hanl,yman Home Cenler is due to open this lall in Portland,; it will be slightly larger than their Beaverton, Ore., store . . the Packwood, Lumber Co. is settling into their new omce building in the Centralia-Chehalis, Wash., area . .

Pahmer G. Lewis Co., Inc. reported record first quarter sales construction eoonomist Dr. Ceorge Cline Smith forecasts tremendous increases in lumber and plywood consumption, based on goals set by the 1968 Housing Act Anawalt Lumber & Materials Co. is opening their No. Hollywood yaril this mo., the operation had been in Tujunga .

More than B milhion acres of private, tax-paying lands in 12 western states are now producing forest crops . . the hoped for tax reli,ef on inventory for flood soaked lumbermen failed to pass the Calif. senate . '. . housing starts in that state hit 2O7,000 in April, highest since 1965 and 29/o higher than April'68

Newton Mlg. Co., Albany, Ore., plans to make heavy duty lift trucks Kopper's new Denver Cellon facility ups capacity to pressure treat poles . . . Sauings & Loan liquidity requirements have been cut by the feds, result: $650 mi.llion extra lor mortg&ge loans , a recommended product standard fior fiberglass reinlorced plas- tic p,nels is being circulated for industry OK; let's hope it gets finished faster than the lumber standards

Seattlds bklg. ilept. has OK'd heavy timbers for type I & II buildings, which clears the way for a wood domed stadium; the design commission now must be convinced R"p. Iam,es A. Burke (D.M""r.) says it's now impossible for a family earning less tlan $12,000 annually tn buy a home

Wi.ckes Corp. is building a $3.25 million particle board plant on Dinuba, Calif., land they got when they acquired Seqwia Forest Ind,ustries,' annual mill production forecasted at 35 million sq. ft. . . Masonite reports record sales and earnings for their 3rd quarter

Ind,ustriaL Lumber Co., Pordand, has opened a branch wholesale outlet in Tualatin; Bob Barker is the manager Slw.mrock Luntber & Hardware expects their new location on S. Broadway, Everett, Wash., to be completed by summer's end . log puching in the Northwest grows as log values continue high, according to the Wall Street lournal ft. f. Nikkel recently bought Cal-Ida's Auburn, Calif., millwork plant, complete details in our next issue .

And,erson Lumber Co., Twin Falls, Idaho, had a successful opening of their new yard, one of the largest in the state . . the .Vational Park Seruice says that oI their 272 areas, less than ljVo have severe overcrowding more than $7 billion ol future construction work was contracted in May,arecordamount...

Kaiser Cernent Gypsum has mostly completed their $I.I million improvement program in their Hawaiian facilities