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210 Telescope Great Lakes Marine News Edited by Robert Radunz Contributors Edwin Sprengeler, Milwaukee Richard J. Wright, Akron George Ayoub, Ottawa James M. Kidd, Toronto October 2 Tugs MACASSA and JOHN PURVES pass down the Welland Canal with the CUYLER ADAMS bound for Hamilton scrap pile, October 12 One-third of the American fleet of bulk freighters sailing due to decreased demand for ore. Chicago & North Western Railway reports loading 359 ships during September at their Escanaba docks. The Port of Detroit will be linked with Australia for the first time when the Swedish freighter CORAL SEA picks up a load for that country. Herman L. Browning, vice-president of the Browning Lines, dies at age of 1.3 • Secretary of Commerce Mueller has approved establishment of a foreign trade zone at Toledo. The zone will be the first on the Great Lakes and the first to operate on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Shippers will be permitted to store, process or reship imported items without paying custom duty on goods delivered to the zone. October 18 Owners of the JACK DALTON (ex VACATIONLAND) are still reported to be in danger of having the ship repossessed by the Michigan State Highway Department. October 19 . Columbia Transportation sells the WILLIAM F. STIFEL and E. G. MATHIOTT to Canadian Shipbreakers. Hearings on water diversion continue before Federal Judge Albert B. Maris. John S. Wilbur, vice-president of Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, states that lowering of lake level could cost his company $1.78,000 a year from lost cargo. C. T. Murphy, vice-president of McLouth Steel Corp. states any reduction in lake level will make It Impossible for McLouth to secure additional lime and iron ore by water. October 20 U. S. Lines may enter Great Lakes overseas trade in 1961. October 21 Swedish freighter CARLSH0LM strikes and jams the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin highway bridge cutting off traffic between two parts of the city. October 22 Longest ocean ship to ever dock at Milwaukee when the Dutch ship 529 foot AMPENAN arrives. October 25 The American section of the St. Lawrence Seaway will close November 30 for the winter.