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now called Bis Tool Box . . lndustrial Lumber Co., lnc., San Francisco, Ca., lost a storage shed of plywood in a recent fire...

llor Cal Lumber Co. has been formed by Jim Leonard in Marysville, Ca., with a branch 1ocation in Concord. Ca. . . Bohemia 1ru'., Eugene, Or.. plans a $4.7 million laminated beam plant in Vaughn, Or., with 100,000 bd. ft. daily capacity

Gregory Forest Praclucts has completed an expansion of its Glendale, Or., veneer plant, lengthening its green chain and adding more sorting carts; new moisture detectors were added at the Klamath Falls, Or., veneer plant and computerized drying controls were installed in the GFP plywood plant . .

A new component div. of GF Co.. Encinitas, Ca., has been formed to import picture frames, bulletin boards and easels as well as mouldings, Scott Weinert, mgr. Precision Lumberwillbe the first occupant of a new industrial park at the Port of The Dalles, The Dalles, Or.

Plant Forest Products Coro. is lhe new name for Ratph S. itlant Ltd., Yancouver, BC, which is observing its 5Oth anniversary .. Potlatch Corp., San Francisco, Ca., is establishing sales of, fices in Australia and Japan early nextyear...

Thunderbalt Sales 1nc. is consolidating its Modesto and Riverbank operations at Riverbank, Ca. Apache Timber Products Co., is the new name for Mescalero Apache, Mescalero, N.M., Jim Rauch, sales mgr.

Wolseley PLC of London will acquire Familian Corp., Van Nuys, Ca.. to become the largest

The Merchant Magazine plumbing parts distributor in the U.S.; plans are to increase locations in Ca., Hi., and Az. by 250/o annually, Bernard Shapiro stays on as pres.

Lttmbermens Credit Association Inc. has moved to new quarters at 111 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Il. 60604 . Koppers Tar and Wood Products has moved its central sales office to Oroville, Ca,, Paul Boyle, Jim Pisula and Eleanor Cox on staff.

Georgia-Paci.lic Corp. has a new gypsum wallboard plant due for start up this monih in Las Vegas, Nv.

Desert Partners, Midland, Tx., has acquired 9.830/o of USG Corp.... Wickes has withdrawn plans to redeem $200 million of 120lo sinking fund debentures

, Potlatch Corp. had a 37,% gain in rncome per common share in the third quarter . . . Stonline, /rc., Norwalk, Ca., declared a $.08 per common share dividend for the third quarter .

Santa Fe Southern Pacific and, Ihe Henley Group have discontinued discussions on the sale of all or part of Southern PaciJic TransportationCo....

An EPA decisior on how to regulate formaldehyde-containing wood products suspected to be a "probable human carcinogen" has been delayed .

The U.S. Forest Service will hold the biggest lumber salvage sale in Ca. history after hauling out more than 1.3 billion b.f. of burned timber lrom recently charred forests; commercial timber stands valued at $240 million have been destroyed or damaged in No. Ca. and Or. fires this fall ...

Housing s/4/"ts were up 4.40/o in Sept. (latest figs.) to a seasonally adusted annual rate of 1,669,000 units single family starts were up marginally at an annual rate of 1.17 million units; rnultifamily units were up 2.9a/0... permits were down 0.6Vs construction in the west slowed 0.50/o