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Ernst Settles Ad Suit

Ernst Home & Nursery, Seattle, Wa., has settled a consuner protection lawsuit over ads comparing its prices to HomeBase and Pay N Pak's.

The state attorney general's complaint alleged that the ads didn't objectively portray the competitors' prices for the time period and area where the commercials aired.

The settlement calls for Ernst to depict competitors' prices accurately in the future and to pay $5,000 in reimbursement of costs and afiorney's fees. Ernst must also pay $14,500 for consumer education and enforcement of ttre Consumer Protection Act. In agreeing to the settlement, Ernst admitt€d no wrongdoing.

Recycled Plywood Substitute

Paper, cardboard, textiles and plastic can be recycled to produce Gridcore, a honeycomb of fibrous material sandwiched between flat sheets, as a substitute for plywood and gypsum board.

Invented by U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers, the product can be stronger pound for pound than plywood in certain configurations, claims Noble Franklin, a Carlsbad, Ca", company licensed to produce it

Said to be usable for everything from doghouses to aircraft hangers, samples of the product are being substituted for lauan plywood on Hollywood sets. A pilot plant is planned to open next year.

WTD May Emerge From Ch. 11

WTD Indusries, Portland, Or., has agreed on a plan to make cash and stock payments to creditors which could hoist the company from Chapto ll bankruptcy protection by year's end.

About 907o of WTD's creditors, including all with claims of $3,000 or less, would be paid in full in cash. Othen would receive cash and additional shares of stock. A disfict court hearing on the proposed plan is set for Nov.23.

Once the nation's No. 4 lumber producer, WTD filed for Chapter ll reorganization in January 1991. As paft of wTD's original agreement under reorganization, at least half of its 34 mills were closed or sold.

"Our strategy has changed in that we won't expand so much," said spokesperson Carol Nelson. "'We grew so quickly. Now well focus on our 14 core mills, upping our quality control, making capital improvements."

WTD reported a net loss of $1.2 million in second qnrter 1992.

Depot'96 Olympics Sponsor

Home Depot has signed on as an official sponsor of the 1996 Olympic sunmer games in Atlanta Ga.

Their $40 million initiation fee gives the chain the right to use the Olympic rings, logos and mascots in its advertising and promotion. The figure represents a sizable jump from the $3.6 million Home Depot spent on advertising in 1991.