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Managerial Changes

Announced By Dover

The Norris Division of Butterfly

Valve Group of Dover Corpora- tion, Tulsa, Okla., announced the appointment of Frank G. Da-

Vanon as Central Gulf Coast dis- trict sales manager. Mr. Da-

Vanon will be based out of the company's Houston facility.

At the same time, it was an- nounced that Keith Lehman has been promoted to Midwest area sales manager. Mr. Lehman was previously the sales representa- tive for butterfly valves in Okla- homa, Kansas and the Texas panhandle.

Norris is a Tulsa-based manu- facturer of butterfly valves, sucker rods, pumps and controls used ex- tensively in shipbuilding and oil production.

National Marine Opens

New Facility In Norfolk

National Marine Service Incor- porated, St. Louis, Mo., a recog- nized leader in shipyard and diesel engine repairs, announces the opening of its new East Coast die- sel engine parts and service facil- ity at 4580 Village Avenue, Nor- folk, Va. (804) 855-9277.

National Marine indicates the

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Facilities

Repowering—Major Overhauls

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If you see two towing companies here, you're right!

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Perhaps you thought of Bay-Houston simply as the largest harbor towing company on the Texas Gulf Coast. Actually at one time we were two towing companies - The Bay Towing Co. and more efficient service.

So the next time you see a tug that has [HI on its stack remember, you're really seeing two towing companies. But it's

The Houston Towing Co. In 1948 we merged these two companies also important to remember they both really work for one into the present Bay-Houston Towing Co. to provide you with a company... you.

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Norfolk facility, the result of much research and assistance from the

Greater Hampton Road Organiza- tion, is Phase I in the continuing plan to expand service to its East

Coast customers. The facility's strategic location will reduce re- sponse time and costs for East

Coast customers who have previ- ously been served from National

Marine's St. Louis base. Service crews will travel to job locations along the East Coast and overseas from the Norfolk location, which will also carry a substantial inven- tory of new and remanufactured diesel engine parts.

National Marine offers shipyard services as well as diesel engine parts and service to Inland, Gulf and East Coast customers through its full service shipyards in St.

Louis, Mo., New Orleans, La., and

Grafton, II. For over 50 years the

Transport Division of National

Marine has provided contract bulk liquid transportation on the In- land and Gulf waterways.

National Marine Service Incor- porated is one of the NICOR basic energy companies. $19.9-Million Contract

Awarded Tracor By Navy

Tracor, Inc., Austin, Texas, has received a multiyear contract from the U.S. Navy Electronic Systems

Engineering Activity, St. Inigoes,

Md., to provide engineering sup- port services for test and evalua- tion programs.

William C. Moyer, Ph.D., group vice president of Tracor Applied

Sciences, said the work represents significant new involvement of the company in the integration, test, and evaluation of new and refur- bished communications systems for combatant and auxiliary ships, as well as for U.S. Marine Corps applications.

The one-year contract includes two one-year options and has a to- tal potential value of $19,985,000.

Dr. Moyer said the work will be performed by Tracor's Electronics

Systems Division from its opera- tions in St. Inigoes, Md.; Falls

Church and Norfolk, Va.; and San

Diego, Calif. The division is under the general management of Rob- ert G. Shuster, division vice president.

Mr. Shuster announced that

Ara Sagerian will serve as proj- ect manager, and that a 50,000 square-foot building now under construction at California, Md., will be the principal operating site for the project. With the comple- tion of the new building in Decem- ber 1983, Tracor will occupy some 95,000 square feet of office and laboratory space in Southern

Maryland and employ 425 engi- neers, technicians, and support personnel devoted to support of

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