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July

National Housewares Manufacturers Association-July 10-13' International Housewares Exposition, McCormick Place plus McCormick Place West, Chicago, Il.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - July 14, Bay Blast, aboard the "Madaket" on Humboldt Bay, Eureka, Ca.

Xationaiietail Hardware Association-July 17-21, 84th annual congress, Marriott Inn, New Orleans, La'

San JoaquiriValley Hoo'Hoo Club -July 22,9th annual Coast Frolic, Shore Cliff Lodge, Pismo Beach, Ca.

Young Westerners ClubJuly 23, board of directors meeting, Sudden Valley, Bellingham, Wa.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo ClubJuly 24, family picnic and chili cookoff, Mission Beach, San Diego, Ca.

Western Building Material Association - July 25-26, board of directors meeting, Sudden Valley, Bellingham, Wa.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club - July 2t, 2nd annual grading seminar, South Bay Forest Products' Orange, Ca' 4:308:30 p.m.

August

National Woodwork Manufacturers AssociationAug. 7'10' mid-year meeting, Silverado Resort, Napa, Ca.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers - Aug. 17-19' summer meeting, The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Co.

Baker-Hamilton Div. of California Hardware Co.Aug. 21' show. Mansion Inn, Sacramento, Ca.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo ClubAug. 26, annual golf tournament, Eureka. Ca.

California Hardwart Co.Aug. 2E, market, Holiday Inn' Pasadena. Ca.

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Hardware Distributing Co., Inc.Aug. 28, market, Executive Inn, Tacoma, Wa.

September

National Hoo-Hoo-Ette ClubsSept. 10, board meeting, Medford, Or.

Western Wood Products AssociationSept' l0-13, annual meeting, Registry Resort, Scottsdale' Az'

Yakima Hardware Co.Sept. 11, market, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Wa.

Strevell-PatersonSept. 11-12, show, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Ut.

American Ladder InstituteSept. l1'14, fall meeting, Hotel del Coronado. Coronado, Ca.

California Redwood AssociationSept. 13, annual meeting' Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.

Truss Plate InstituteSept. 14-17' building components manufacturers show, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, Ca'

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associr' tion - Sept. 15-17, 90th annual convention, Sheraton Denver Tech Center, Denver, Co.

Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake BureauSept' 16, annual meeting, Sea-Tac Red Lion Motor Inn, Seattle, Wa'

Boxcars to Shed Regulations

Effective in November, boxcar traffic will be exempt from regulation.

The decision by the ICC will exempt all aspects of rail transportation in boxcars except for areas such as mandatory interchange of equipment, reciprocal switching and the joint use of terminal facilities, car supply obligations and car pooling agreements where the agency will retain its jurisdiction.

New freedom also is allowed the railroads in establishing rental, storage and return charges for use of boxcars from other lines.

Shipper contentions that maximum rate regulation of boxcars is necessary because truck competition does not prevent boxcar rates from rising to exorbitant levels was rejected by the commission. The ICC observed that shippers have several alternatives to control boxcar rates including transporting commodities in other types of rail equipment. They contend that shippers served by more than one railroad could find the change an advantage.

Concern has been voiced in the lumber industry that customers and mills could be unsure of the final delivery price of a car of lumber 30 days out. Western shippers are leary of what will happen if the market expands creating a car shortage.

Distributors High on Future

The National Building Material Distributors Association spring convention at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco had numerous highlights including an attentive audience with attendance up from '82, outstanding speakers, and an evident bullish business outlook for '83.

Bruce Merrifield, president of Merrifield Consulting Group, a specialist consultant on wholesale distribution management, told the assemblage that pursuing productivity profits for distributors is part of total management, and that the achieving of ever greater efficiency in distribution is definitely possible.

The May l-3 convention closed on an optimistic and enthusiastic note with members looking forward to their annual fall convention in November at Loews Anatole Dallas Hotel/Dallas Market Center, Dallas, Tx.. Nov.6-9.