| JANUARY | Cliffside Sales Paper Unlimited was formed when Cliff Barnett and Frank Spungen merged their companies. |
| Ris Paper acquired Paper Distributors Inc., Harrisburg, PA. | |
| FEBRUARY | Ris Paper Co. acquired Petrequin Paper, Cleveland, which became part of Ris’ mid-west division. |
| APRIL | Butler Paper acquired Killhour Commercial Paper Co., Philadelphia, including the Killhour-Commercial paper distribution center in Philadelphia and its Allentown branch, G.A. Rinn Paper Co. Killhour became a division of Butler. |
| MAY | Century Papers merged with National Sanitary Supply Co., Los Angeles. |
Jim Walter acquired the inventory and customer list of SerCo Supply Co. |
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| JUNE | CDA Distributors, division of Hammermill, agreed to acquire Saalfeld Paper Co., Cincinnati. |
| JULY | Great Northern Nakoosa agreed to buy Jim Walter Papers including 33 distribution locations, two envelope plants and two office supply manufacturing facilities. |
| AUGUST | Dillard Paper said it would acquire Mudge Paper, Baltimore. |
| OCTOBER | Butler Paper announced the merger of Jim Walter Papers and Butler operations in 14 cities and the name change from Jim Walter to Butler in 18 others. |
| Taylor-Martin Papers merged its business with Ris Paper Co. | |
| NOVEMBER | West Coast Paper, Seattle, bought Crater Paper Co., Medford, OR. |