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Page 12 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Editor: James Morris 22919 Alger St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 Seaway News Editor: Skip Gillham Those who have contributed to the News Section in this issue are: Gary Morris Rod Burdick Albert Schelling Marc Dease Jim Sprunt Dan McCormick The Wheelhouse Greg Rudnick Ed Morris Ray Oset Alan Mann M.B. Mackay Terry Beahen John Vournakis John Philbin, William Howell Hubert Hall Rene Beauchamp Terry Doyon NOVEMBER Nov 2 ... Voters in Frankfort, MI voted more than 2 to 1 in favor of moving the carferry CITY OF MILWAUKEE back to Frankfort as a museum ship. ... Marinette Marine launched a 269 ft barge for the United States Navy. It will be used as a housing facility for ships in a shipyard for repairs. Nov 4 ... Lake Shipping's KAYE E. BARKER was placed on the drydock at the Fraser Shipyard in Superior with shaft bearing problems. She was removed from the drydock on November 14 and departed. ... The Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority reported that the three St. Mary's River ferry services finished the fiscal year in September about $79,000 in the black. Also, that the ferry Drummond Island IV was progressing in Escanaba. The ferry's superstructure shell is nearly complete. Nov 5 ... While Kinsman's KINSMAN INDEPENDENT was unloading her grain cargo in Buffalo a cable snapped injuring two grain scoopers in her hold. They were evacuated and taken to a nearby hospital. Another incident occurred three hours later when another grain scooper was injured when struck by the unloading conveyor and had to be sent to the hospital. ... United States District Judge Robert Holmes Bell of Grand Rapids ruled that there's "overwhelming" evidence that the skipper of the CAPTAIN LAWRENCE abandoned his ship after it was destroyed during a storm in 1933. The ruling means the shipwreck belongs to the State of Michigan. Fairport International Exploration claimed they had acquired salvage rights to the CAPTAIN LAWRENCE from the survivors of the former captain, Wilfred Behrens. The state refused to issue permits in 1994 touching off the lawsuit. This resulted in a series of court rulings that stretched all