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TELESCOPE Page 7 great confidence in American indus- try andepartercuuariy i the Great Lakes area. In addition to the two 1000- foot self-unloaders, American Ship also reached agreement with Boland & Cornelius to construct for them a 680-foot self-unloader at Amship's Toledo yard for delivery in 1976. This vessel will cost approximately $20 million and will carry about 30,000 tons of taconite traveling at an estimated 15 M.P.H. She will join the large self-unloader fleet of American Steamship in the summer of 1976. To undertake this major construc- tion program, an expansion of the American Ship Building's existing facilities will be undertaken immed- iiately. Their new, modern drydock at Lorain will be expanded from 925 feet to 1,020 feet by the Horvitz Company of Cleveland who constructed it in 1970. Plans for enlargement of the Chiczgo dock are also underway while their Toledo facility will remain the same size. MEETING NOTICES Entertainment meetings, to be held at 8:00 P.M. at the Dossin Museum, are gcheduled for the following dates: Jan. 25, David A. McDonald with slides of the Sidney Smith salvage. Mar. 29, Horst Nowacki, U of M Naval Architec- ture Dept., "Winter Navigation". Business meetings will be held on Feb 22; } Apr. 26; and June 28, also at Dossin Museum at 8:00 P.M. LAYUP MISCHIEF