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Diehl Elected VP

Ohio Barge Line

And Warrior & Gull

Neil N. Diehl

Neil N. Diehl has been elected vice president of Ohio Barge Line,

Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company,

Chickasaw, Ala., effective Febru- ary 1, 1974, with headquarters at

Pittsburgh. He succeeds Wallace

I. McElroy, who is retiring after 42 years of service.

Mr. Diehl is a graduate of the

Pennsylvania State University.

Colt Industries

Names Nidenberg

Herbert W. Nidenberg

Colt Industries has named Her- bert W. Nidenberg to the position of vice president and general mana- ger of the company's Water and

Waste Management Operation in

Beloit, Wis. The operation's prime objective is to establish Envirovac,

Colt's recently announced vacuum sewage collection system, as a ma- jor product entry in the environ- mental market.

Mr. Nidenberg joined Colt In- dustries last year as vice president of the business development center after holding responsible manage- ment positions in manufacturing, engineering and operations at Gen- eral Electric, AMF, Condec Corp., and Burndy Corp.

A mechanical engineering gradu- ate of the Polytechnic Institute of

New York, Mr. Nidenberg also holds a master's degree in manage- ment from Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute. "Colt's goal is our overall ability to expand the company's identifi- cation as a product and service leader in the rapidly growing field of waste management," said Philip

Wallach, Colt group president, on making the announcement. "I am confident that Mr. Nidenberg's broad operational background and leadership, coupled with our exist- ing strengths in people, products and experience, will move us rap- idly toward meeting that goal."

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Whitehouse To Head

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The appointment of James W.

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Mr. Whitehouse began his pro- fessional career with the American

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Kiel, Germany, offices as a field surveyor, and the New York head- quarters office as a technical sur- veyor. Prior to joining ABStech,

Mr. Whitehouse was in London for 10 years where he held the po- sition of oil tanker fleet manager for a major international oil com- pany.

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