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Palmer Industries, Inc.

Formed For Container

Repair And Storage

The formation of Palmer Indus- tries, Inc. has been announced by

Clifford M. Palmer, chairman of the board.

Clifford M. Palmer

The new firm, according to Mr.

Palmer, will offer the Port of New

York-New Jersey the latest tech- nology in chassis and container repair. Palmer Industries' new fa- cility, located at 8 Lister Avenue,

Newark, N.J., has seven fenced- in, paved acres for the storage of containers and chassis, and 60,000 square feet of covered shop area.

The plant, now fully operation- al, is equipped with the most mod- ern welding machines, container stackers and associated equip- ment to fully repair and store all types of chassis and dry or re- frigerated containers.

Mr. Palmer also announced the appointment of Frank L. Curreri

Jr. as president of the new firm,

August Ambrose as executive vice president, and Richard Guido as vice president-operations. Mr.

Curreri brings more than 30 years of container repair and related maritime experience to the com- pany.

Additional information can be secured by writing to Clifford

Palmer, Palmer Industries, 8 Lis- ter Avenue, Newark, N.J. 07105.

SNAME New York Section

Announces New Officers

For 1978-1979 Season

The New York Metropolitan

Section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers recently announced its officers and executive committee mem- bers for the 1978-79 season. Of- ficers and committee members are as follows: Officers — David

A. O'Neil, chairman; Dr. Walter

M. Maclean, vice chairman, and

Eric E. Lithen, secretary-treas- urer; Executive Committee—Al- len Chin, John C. Daidola, Nicola

F. Pergola, and Neil E. Reddy;

Standing Committee Chairmen—

Joseph D. Connors, Papers Com- mittee; Capt. Moses W. Hirsch- kowitz, Membership Committee;

John Higgenbotham, Meetings

Committee, and Steven E. Sabo,

Publicity and Public Relations

Committee; Section Representa- tives—Arnold M. Stein, Section

Representative to National Sec- tions Committee, and William H.

Garzke Jr., Section Librarian.

Laborde Named To Head

New Orleans Office Of

Marsh & McLennan, Inc.

E. Theodore Laborde, vice pres- ident, has been appointed head of the New Orleans, La., office of

Marsh & McLennan, Incorporated, one of the nation's leading insur- ance brokers, and Donald L. Pes- quie, vice president, has been named deputy manager.

Mr. Laborde succeeds John B.

Mead, a senior vice president and founder of the New Orleans oper- ation, whose new assignment will be to develop sales and marketing programs relative to major clients of Marsh & McLennan's 11 offices in eight southeastern states, in- cluding Louisiana. Mr. Mead will continue to be based in New Or- leans.

A native of Marksville, La., Mr.

Laborde joined Marsh & McLen- nan in 1962, was appointed an as- sistant vice president in 1966 and elected a vice president in 1969.

He is a graduate of Georgetown

University.

Mr. Pesquie joined Marsh &

McLennan in 1960, and was elect- ed a vice president in 1969. He is a lifelong resident of New Or- leans, and graduated from South- eastern Louisiana University.

Marsh & McLennan, Incorpo- rated is a principal subsidiary of

Marsh & McLennan Companies,

Inc., listed on the New York,

Midwest and Pacific Stock Ex- changes. Its ticker symbol is MMC.

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