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JACKSON ROPE CORPORATION

Subsidiary of ASPRO, Inc.

Ninth and Oley Streets, Reading, Pa. 19604

Phone 215/376-6761

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MarAd Approves Title XI

To Finance $23.2-Million

Barge/Towboat Program

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle the ap- plication of Flowers Transporta- tion, Inc., 1024 Washington Build- ing, Greenville, Miss., for Title

XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of three tow- boats and 72 barges, and the re- financing of one towboat and five barges.

Construction financing will cov- er towboats with the following characteristics: (1) 4,200 hp, 42- foot beam, 140-foot length over- all, crew 11; (2) 5,600 hp, 42-foot beam, 140-foot length overall, crew 11; (3) 6,700 hp, 50-foot beam, 168-foot length overall, crew 15. Draft for all three is 8 feet 6 inches. Thirty of the barges are semi-integrated hopper barges with deadweight capacity of 1,960 short tons; the remaining barges are box hopper vessels of two sizes — 1,748 or 1,800 short tons deadweight capacity. The tow- boats were delivered between Au- gust and November 1975, and the barges between March 1975 and

February 1976.

The refinanced vessels include a 5,600-hp towboat with 42-foot beam, 140-foot length overall, draft of 8 feet 6 inches, and a

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Total estimated cost of the ves- sels is $23.2 million. The ship- builders included St. Louis Ship,

St. Louis, Mo., for 12 box hopper barges, and Dravo Corporation for the towboats and 65 barges.

The applicant transports bulk commodities on the Mississippi

River System and the Gulf Intra- coastal Canal.

Bethlehem Appoints

R. Newcomb Treasurer

Shipbuilding Operations

Robert S. Newcomb

The promotion, effective March 1, of Robert S. Newcomb to treasurer of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration's shipbuilding operations was announced by Robert C.

Wilkins, corporate treasurer.

Mr. Newcomb is currently credit manager of shipbuilding operations, with offices in New

York City.

Mr. Newcomb was graduated from Lehigh University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in eco- nomics. He then joined the Army, and was attending officer's can- didate school when he was dis- charged in 1944.

Mr. Newcomb has spent his career with Bethlehem Steel in the finance department's treasury division, beginning in 1948 when he was assigned to shipbuilding as a credit clerk. Six years later he became a credit assistant, and in 1955 was promoted to assistant credit manager. Mr. Newcomb was appointed credit manager for shipbuilding operations in 1959, the position he held until his re- cent promotion.

As a member of the corpora- tion's finance department working with shipbuilding, Mr. Newcomb's professional activities cover both fields. He is a member of The

Society of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers, the Associa- tion of Average Adjusters of the

United States, Association of Wa- ter Transportation Accounting

Officers, and The Propeller Club of the United States.

In his new assignment, Mr.

Newcomb will be located at cor- porate headquarters, Bethlehem,

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