JAMES REDWOOD

Conslruction Trends

The nation's building ,boom is losing some of its force, accord' ing to latest government reports. Over all,. construction activity, although still at high levels, appears to be leveling off from the sustained rise that began in early 1961.

Of course, not all categories of construction have reached-a plateau; some are up, some down, some marking tirne' Here's a capsule report on the construction picture, as indicated by federal figures:

Builders are cutting back sharply on apartment construction because of overbuilding in many areas. Apartment starts in July were one-third lower than in January. Single-iamily home starts are holding stable at an annual rate of about one million unitsunchanged from the trend of re-cent years. An oversuppy of office buildings appears to have taken the bloom from the boom-temporarily, at least. Industrial building constitutes the strongest element of the total construction mix at present-and there's no sign of letup in the continued increase that started in the second half of 1963.

Democrotic Plotform ond Wood

The Democratic National Convention, which met at Atlantic City, adopted a natural resources plank which included the following sections of interest to the forest produet industries: o "Preserve through the means provided by the Wilderness Bill of 1964 millions of acres of primitive and wilderness areas o "Continue to support balanced land and forest development through intensive forest management on a multiple-use and sus' tained-yield basis, reforestation of burned lands, providing public access roads, range improvement, watershed management, concern for small business operations and recreational uses."

"Provide the people of this nation a balanced outdoor recreation program to add to their health and well'being, including the addition of improved managem€nt of national parks, forests, lake' shores, seashores, and recreation areas.

Forestry Scholor Honored

William Graham Horn, Jr., a senior in the University of Cali' fornia School oI Forestry, won the 1964 Ben S. Allen College Forestry ficholarship.

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Dean Henry J. Vaux said the $500 award is given by the Redwood Region Conservation Council to a student resident in the region who has shown outstanding ability in a forestry curriculum. The award is made up from individual contributions of persons who are interested in conserving redwood resources through encouraging worthy young men to secure a professional education in forestry.

Horn, whose home is in Hillsborough, attended the University of California at Riverside before transferring to the Berkeley campus, where he expects to reoeive his bachelor of science degree in forestry in June of 1965.

Oregon Plywood Firm Sold

Publishers Paper Co. of Oregon City, Ore., has purchased the Dwyer Lumber & Plywood Co. in what Dwyer officials said was a multimilion-dollar transaction.

Dwyer's 8o-acre sawmill and plywood operations in the southeast Portland suburbs, all the assets of a subsidiary, the Clackamas Logging Co., and 1300 acres of tim,berland are included.

Publishers-which is two-thirds owned by the Los Angeles Times-Mirror Co. and onethird by the Deseret News of. Salt Lake City-has not been in plywood operations before.