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loading stone at the Saginaw Rock Products dock in Carrollton on the Saginaw River when the unloading boom collapsed and broke off the tops of two of the beams of her "A" frame. She was temporarily repaired at Defoe and will get a new unloader at Rogers City this winter. The ac+ 8,000 tons of stone had been removed. The oth- cident came after er 3,000 tons was taken out by clamshell. American Ship Building has re- ported a 48% increase in net in- come for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 plus a 5% stock divi- dend in addition to its regular 15¢ quarterly dividend. Board chairman George Steinbrenner III said Amship's backlog is now ap- proaching $50 million, Todd Shipyards brought up a fam- iliar Great Lakes name when an- nouncing they have received a letter of commitment from Troy H. Browning, president of Hawai- ian Inter-Island Ferry System, Ltd., Honolulu, for construction of two 424-foot diesel ferries for about $15 million each. More trouble with the computers on the STEWART S. CORT have fur- ther .delayed her delivery to Bethlehem and it seems she will now have to wait until next sea- son to start her career. The ex- planation given is that the com- puter which opens and closes her unloading ports to distribute ore evenly on the unloading belt is affected by the magnetic field thrown up by the ore as it passes these ports. CHARLES M. BEEGHLY will be leng- thened by 96 feet this winter at the Fraser yard at Superior. Manitowoc Shipbuilding planned to move operations to Sturgeon Bay this summer but now has had to postpone the move until next year. Boilermakers, carpenters, electricians and pipefitters have been on strike since June 2. The side tank work on L.E. BLOCK has been completed and she is back in service. They are al- so building a hydro-dump barge for lLuedtke Engineering Co., of Frankfort, Mich. and have a con- tract for a new Boland self-un- loader. 1971-72 Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Publications Manager Editor Archivist The Rev. Peter Vander Linden Hal Jackson Robert A, Zeleznik Robert Pocotte J. Albin Jackman Curtis Haseltine R. Warren McNab