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L. Luckenbach Joins

Todd Houston Division

Lewis Luckenbach Jr.

Arthur W. Stout Jr., general manager, Todd Shipyards Corpora- tion (Houston Division), announc- ed that Lewis Luckenbach Jr., has joined the Todd Houston Division as sales representative for ship re- pair and new construction.

Mr. Luckenbach, formerly with the Todd Houston Division be- tween 1950-61, has since been as- sociated with Gas Resources Cor- poration and also served as vice- president of Medina Gas Gathering

Corporation, both of Houston, Tex- as. For the past three and one-half years he was connected with Kohl- meyer & Company, members of the

New York Exchange, as a stock- broker and investment banker in

Houston.

Bender Welding Bids

Lowest For Trawler

The apparent low bidder for the construction of an 86-foot stern trawler and scalloper for Cold

Spring Fish and Supply, Cape

May, N.J., was Bender Welding and Machine Co., Inc., Mobile,

Ala., at $313,800.

AWO Publishes Booklet

Giving Barge & Towing

Industry Source Info.

The American Waterways Oper- ators, Inc. has released a new pub- lication listing sources of informa- tion on the barge and towing in- dustry. Entitled "The Barge and

Towing Industry Catalog of Pub- lications, Films and Information

Resources," the 24-page booklet was issued by AWO in the interest of creating a better public under- standing of domestic water carrier operations, and to meet a growing demand on the part of students of transportation and others for a list- ing of such materials.

The booklet contains more than 140 individual listings which de- scribe source materials and tells where and how they can be ob- tained. Materials from Federal, state, academic, national associa- tions, and other sources are listed, as well as those offered by AWO.

Also listed are libraries with barge and towing industry collections, and maritime publications featur- ing news on the industry.

In a foreword, Braxton B. Carr, president of The American Water- ways Operators, Inc., points out that in assemblying the new pub- lication AWO has attempted to make it as comprehensive as pos- sible. Mr. Carr said the Association will seek to make the listing even more extensive by updating the publication periodically.

Copies of "The Barge and Tow- ing Industry Catalog of Publica- tions, Films and information Re- sources" are available upon request to The American Waterways Op- erators, Inc., 1250 Connecticut Ave- nue, N.W., Suite 502. Washington,

D.C. 20036.

Ingersoll-Rand Sells

TurbOtech To Siemens

Siemens A.G., the large diversified

German electrical and mechanical concern, has announced that it has acquired TurbOtech Inc. from Inger- soll-Rand Company, New York,

N.Y. TurbOtech will operate as a subsidiary of Siemens and will con- tinue to market and service, plus have a license to manufacture, Siemens ad- vanced technology steam and heavy duty gas turbines for American in- stallations.

Siemens indicated the acquisition of TurbOtech is an additional step in their more direct efforts to further enter a number of American markets for their products. No price or terms of the purchase were disclosed.

TurbOtech headquarters will con- tinue to be at 6 East 43rd Street,

New York, N.Y. 10017.

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