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Bee the LoG es Christian F. Beukema has been named by U.S. Steel as vice pre- sident and general manager of raw materials and Lake shipping. He will be responsible for all domestic iron ore, limestone coal, lake shipping, mineral and timber operations. He joined the corporation's Michigan Limestone Division in 1940 and after mili- tary service became a construct— ion engineer at the Calcite op- eration. An end to the Canadian maritime strike has put those boats back into operation. But the increase in labor costs has led some ob- servers to predict that a lot of the smaller boats, 10,000 tons and under, will no longer be ec- onomical to operate and will be heading for the shipbreakers. As if enough haven't been heading that way already! A squall dismasted a 76-foot charter schooner off Milwaukee on Sept.e 3. E.J. BLOCK heard her distress signals and stood by until the Coast Guard took off 16 passengers. The disabled ves- sel was then towed into Milwau- kee with four crewmen aboard. Just another instance of a Laker lending a helping hand. “Low “Bridge Didn't Duck MERCURY didn't quite make it under a bridge in Buffalo and wound up with a toppled stack which is undergoing repairs at the G&W yard in Cleveland. Photos by Al Sweigert ~