<b>Strike Hits Weyerhaeuser Mills</b>

About 1,300 pulp and paper workers at four Weyerhaeuser mills in Washington and Oregon went on strike yesterday. The walkout occurred after talks between the union and management of Weyerhaeuser broke down. The mills affected by the strike include Weyerhaeuser mills in Longview, Wash.; Cosmopolis, Wash., Springfield, Ore.; and North Bend, Ore.

The union has been working without a contract since its last one expired March 15th.

The Springfield mill produces linerboard, the North Bend mill corrugating medium, the Cosmopolis mill market pulp, and the Longview mill bleached paperboard and uncoated free-sheet.

Several of the mills that have been struck are significant consumers of recovered fiber, especially OCC.