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AWO (continued from page 67) the Congressman reads it. For ex- ample, at AWO when a pro-indus- try news story appears in a local media outlet, whether it's placed by us or not, we send it along with a letter to the Congressman in whose district paper the story ran.

So far, this small but effective pro- gram has been highly successful.

Congressmen read and pay at- tention to their local media very carefully. The local media is their free source of hometown publicity, advertising their political accom- plishments and activities to poten- tial voters when things are going well, and pulling them down with criticism and negative editorials when they don't. The local voters in New London, Connecticut or

Greenville, Mississippi for exam- ple, don't look to the New York

Times or Washington Post for their Congressional voting advice.

They read the local papers, watch the local television and listen to the local radio.

Generating a large number of quality local news stories on a par- ticular industry issue can lead to news and editorial coverage by larger metropolitan daily papers.

If properly managed and chan- neled, the issue will be picked up by television and radio and by the wire services and the networks.

Politicians, who must out of neces- sity track the elusive animal called public opinion, will be carefully watching, and reading, and poll- ing. If the heightened news cover- age can be combined with a well- timed and coordinated ground- swell of grassroots action in sup- port of our issues, no legislator can ignore it. How could he?

On many of our most critical fronts, being recognized by the media and being able to mobilize and voice our opinions will mean the difference between failure or success for our industry—between raising the decisionmaker's con- sciousness, or just plain whimper- ing alone in the dark, unnoticed.

Detyens Yard Awarded $4-Million Navy Contract

For LST-1180 Overhaul

Detyens Shipyard, Mt. Pleasant,

S.C., has been awarded a $3,989,981 firm-fixed-price con- tract for the regularly scheduled overhaul of the tank landing ship

USS Manitowoc (LST-1180). The

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Con- version and Repair, Portsmouth,

Va., is the contracting activity.

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Built By BLOUNT MARINE CORP. Warren, Rhode Island

Jens Lademann Joins

Jacobs And Associates

Jens L.C. Lademann

Jens L.C. Lademann has joined

R.D. Jacobs and Associates, a con- sulting engineering firm based in

Roscoe, 111. Announcement of the appointment was made by R.D.

Jacobs, the firm's president.

Mr. Lademann completed an apprenticeship in Denmark and later received a degree in mechan- ical engineering from Odense Tek- nikum in Odense, Denmark. He came to the U.S. in 1967 and joined Fairbanks Morse Engine

Division, Colt Industries, and served in various engineering ca- pacities relating to marine propul- sion and power generation appli- cations for large diesel engines.

Most recently he was supervisor, warranty control.

R.S. Jacobs and Associates spe- cializes in engineering services re- lating to the design and operations of marine propulsion systems as well as power generation systems, both marine and stationary.

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