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$46.8-Million Research

Facility To Be Built In

St. John's, Newfoundland

Newfoundland's Premier Brian

Peckford has announced that the

National Research Council of Can- ada has given final approval for the construction in St. John's of a $46.8-million marine research institute that will accelerate the

Province's promising offshore oil potential.

Calling the institute "a world class establishment," Mr. Peck- ford said that the center "would lend invaluable impetus to Cana- da's highly advanced ice opera- tions technology," and predicted that it would become "the world's premier research and development center in the field of marine dy- namics and Arctic testing."

The institute, which will be owned and operated by the Na- tional Research Council of Can- ada, will carry out an intensive effort to improve the design of icebreaking craft and offshore structures, thus assuring their safe and efficient operation in ice- covered waters.

The facility is slated for com- pletion by 1982-83, and will be located on the campus of Mem- orial University in St. John's.

Among its features will be an 80-meter-long towing tank for ex- periments simulating Arctic salt- water environments, a companion clear-water tank 200 meters long for testing hydrodynamic forces on larger model structures, and a 31-meter by 75-meter stability tank for the study of graduated wave impacts.

Establishment of the research center at Memorial University will bolster the cold-water engi- neering efforts of that institu- tion's Ocean Engineering Divi- sion. It will also aid those of the

Centre for Cold Ocean Resources

Engineering (C-CORE), and of the Newfoundland Oceans Re- search and Development Corpora- tion (NORDCO).

C-CORE was created by Mem- orial University in 1975 to con- duct research facilitating the safe and economical development of

Atlantic offshore resources. Now functioning in the private domain, its facilities at Memorial include environmental and heavy-struc- ture testing laboratories, a materi- als-behavior analysis installation, and a wave-generator-equipped, 200-foot vessel model testing tank.

Unlike C-CORE, NORDCO op- erates in the private sector. A "Crown Corporation" founded by the Provincial Government in 1975, NORDCO carries out re- search and development programs for both industry and govern- ments geared toward developing

Arctic and cold-water operations technology.

Leo D. Barry, Newfoundland's

Minister of Industrial Develop- ment, said that the new center could be expected to contribute to the overall economic strength of the Province by drawing private high-technology firms, which tend to locate in areas where R&D ex- pertise is available.

L.W. Ebner Appointed

Marketing Manager

At G.E. Credit Corp.

Leslie W. Ebner has been named marketing manager for

General Electric Credit Corpora- tion's Industrial Equipment Fi- nancing Department. GECC, the nation's third largest diversified financing company with assets of more than $7 billion, is headquar- tered in Stamford, Conn.

Mr. Ebner's new responsibili- ties include planning and devel- oping marketing strategies for the Industrial Equipment Financ- ing Department, as well as test- ing and implementing new mar- keting programs. He will also be responsible for developing adver- tising and sales promotion pro- grams, administering the depart- ment's insurance programs, and developing a formal sales training program.

Mr. Ebner joined GECC in St.

Louis, Mo., in 1970. He was dis- trict manager in Denver, Colo., before accepting his current as- signment.

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