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TELESCOPE November 263 GREAT LAKES AND SEAWAY NEWS ...The S.I.U. has filed a petition to the DOT to provide the Port of Montreal with a properly equipped fireboat, citing the explosions and fires aboard the HISPANIOLA, CEDARBRANCH, and FORT WILLIAM so far this year. ...The U.S.Coast Guard plans to test a television surveillance system for the St. Mary's River. If successful, the cameras might be used to scan the river area near the Soo, replacing three lookouts. October 28...Deroe Shipbuilding Company has submitted a low bid on the construction of a 208-foot Navy survey ship designed for scientific research in the ocean. The ship is scheduled for delivery in September 1967. October 29...Cleveland-Cliffs will have 900 HP bowthrusters installed in the WALTER A. STERLING and the CHAMPLAIN this winter. ...The self-unloader BEN W. CALVIN (a.WM. C. AGNEW, b.GEORGE F. RAND) was refloated after being aground in the Saginaw Bay Channel. She had stuck her bow in the mud while trying to overtake the German freighter ALEXANDRA SARTORI. October 30...High winds closed traffic in the Welland Canal with 30 ships tied up awaiting passage. UHLMANN BROTHERS (a.VERONA, b.EENRY STEINBRENNER).