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American Plywood Association (Douglas Fir Plywood Association) (Plywood Association) (A Street) - 20

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-Selling Homes to China?-
U.S. Ambassador to China Winston Lord, left, and Chinese Official Qi Guangcai are shown through a model home Thurs. built with China in mind. American Plywood Assn. Director M.T. Fast, right, of Tacoma, WA., said the prefab structure of American timber and plywood is inexpensive and easy to assemble.

Sumner--General - 7

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Early Sumner - Incorporated in 1891, the city had little more than buildings shown above in photo supplied by Mrs. Harry Ryan, daughter-in-law of the city's first mayor. Note church in foreground, the Presbyterian, established in 1858.

Asian-Americans - 2

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--Old Culture, New Life--
Kathy Laufasa and Tupou Mamaea, both students at Chief Sealth High School, practice Polynesian dance steps. The Samoans are among increasing numbers of Pacific Rim natives who have emigrated to the United States.

Harris, Benjamin III - 1

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Harris, B.J. III


Benjamin Harris III was sentenced to death in 1984 for the shooting of Tacoma auto mechanic Jimmy Lee Turner. Harris was exonerated in 1997 and became the first death-row inmate released from prison in Washington state since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1981.

Asian-Americans - 5

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Hang Sou, a Hmong refugee, stands in line for his final medical exam at a Thailand transit camp in the Non Fiction Television documentary "Becoming American", which will be televised over the Public Broadcasting Service Friday, June 4 at 9 p.m. (Check local listings.) The documentary by Ken Levine and Ivory Waterworth Levine follows Hang Sou and his family from a refugee camp in northern Thailand to their new home in Seattle, WA.

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