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Weyerhaeuser Co. has imposed a wage freeze on about a fourth of its work force.,.Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. and U.S. Gypsum Co. are among 50 asbestos producers and insurance co.s opening claims facilities to resolve some 30,000 asbestos-related lawsuits; Manville, protected by Chapter 1l proceedings, is not participating...

ASC Pacific, which is building a plant in Anchorage, Ak., has acquired Omega Metal Building Producfs, Tacoma, Wa....Fairchild Industries, Inc., Chantilly, Va., is selling VSI Fasteners Co., Stanton, Ca., to a group of investors headed by founder Phil H. Furst and ZS1 Hardware Co., Sylmar (Los Angeles), Ca., to Charles H. Sweetman, pres....PPG Industries will build a float glass manufacturing plant about 75 miles south of Seattle. Wa....

T. M. Cobb has moved corporate Hq. to 2372 Morse Ave., Irvine, Ca....

Wood Finish Co. Backs Race

A center of the redwood industry, Ukiah, Ca., will be the setting of the first annual Performance Coatings Running Festival, Oct. 5-6.

Sponsored by the manufacturers of Penofin, a penetrating oil finish for wood, the event will include two road races, a mile and a l0K. According to John Mayginnes, president and c.e.o. of Performance Coatings, over 30 Olympians from I I countries have committed or shown strong interest in participating.

Entries for the mile include John Walker, New Zealand gold medalist;

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Trus Jobt has opened a new plant in Stayton, Or., Bob McFarland, plant mgr.... ProJitPoint Consulting is a new firm for the bldg. mtls. and home center field...

Plywood Panels, Inc. of California has purchased Western States Plywood, Santa Fe Springs, Ca., from Coelco, Fountain Valley, Ca., for an undisclosed sum; H. C. McKendry, Western States'pres.,is expected to remain on, according to L. Russell Haan of Plywood Panels, Inc., New Orleans, La....

Lassen Lumber, Red Bluff, Ca., plans an expansion...inventories of Champion International and Mis' soula Forest Products Co. were lost in a recent Missoula, Mt., fire...

Black & Decker Corp. has acquired portions of Rank Electric Housewares Pty. Ltd. in Australia and Rank Appliances New Zealond Ltd. from Rank Organisation PLC of Britain as part of its move to expand small appliance sales to EuroPe this Year...

Analysts were unfazed as hous' ing starts fell 13.70/o in May (latest figs.) to a seasonally-adjusted rate of 1,663,000; falling interest rates are expected to cause a strong bldg. market this summer...single family starts were off 10.190, multis dropped 19. I 9o...bldg. permits for future construction rose 390...

Steve Scott, American record holder, and Ray Flynn, Irish national champion. The lOK, which will be on a course nationally certified by the Athletic Congress certification committee, also is attracting strong men and women's fields, Mayginnes reports. Purses totaling $70,000 will be contributed by the sponsor, Performance Coatings.

Over 4,000 runners are expected to participate in the festival which will include a Runner's Expo, a wine tasting, a banquet with awards ceremony, fashion show and celebrity entertainment.