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Blocker Asks Title XI

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Combinations, Powered by

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Falls Church, VA 22044 U.S.A.

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Telex: 899-455

For Two Drill Barges To

Cost $23.8 Million Total

Blocker Marine, Ltd. I, a sub- sidiary of Blocker Drilling & Ma- rine Company, Houston, has ap- plied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two posted drilling barges.

The proposed builder of the barges, which are to be operated in the inland and offshore waters of Louisiana, is J. Ray McDer- mott, New Iberia, La. Scheduled delivery dates are February and

March 1981.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $17 million of the total actual cost of $23,807,- 000.

W.G. Ender Named L.A.

District Purchasing Agent

For Bethlehem Steel

The promotion of William G.

Ender Jr. to district purchasing agent of Bethlehem Steel Corpo- ration's Los Angeles district has been announced in Bethlehem, Pa., by Ralph K. Smith, vice president, purchasing.

William G. Ender Jr.

Mr. Ender, who is advancing from assistant district purchas- ing agent, succeeds John W. Ball, who has retired. The district in- cludes Bethlehem's Los Angeles steel plant and San Pedro, Calif., shipyard.

Mr. Ender joined Bethlehem

Steel's purchasing department in

Bethlehem as a buyer in 1965.

He was promoted to senior buyer and transferred to the New York

City general purchasing offices in 1973, to assistant (New York) district purchasing agent in 1974, and to district purchasing agent in 1975. He was transferred to

Los Angeles and named assistant district purchasing agent in 1978.

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OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL! » Thrusts with nozzles out of water... in rough seas. > No protrusions ... no change in hull shape. > Small nozzles reduce drag ... save fuel and passage time. > Easily retrofitted.

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