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Charles Anderson Retires

As CEO Of Texas Marine

And Industrial Supply

Charles C. Anderson

Robert W. Korba, president and chief executive officer of Sam- mons Enterprises, Inc., and James

N. Whitson, executive vice presi- dent and chief operating officer for the Dallas-based holding company, have jointly announced the retire- ment, after 39 years of service, of

Charles C. Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Hous- ton-based subsidiary Texas Marine and Industrial Supply Company.

Mr. Anderson will continue in a consulting capacity to the compa- ny.

Rob C. Mellor, president and chief executive officer of Briggs-

Weaver, Inc., another Sammons dis- tribution company, has assumed the additional responsibility for Texas

Marine and Industrial Supply oper- ations.

Texas Marine and Industrial

Supply Company is a leader in the distribution of marine equipment, food and industrial supplies with branches in Houston, Corpus Chris- ti, and Port Arthur, Texas, and in

Schriever, La.

Magnavox Multi-Channel

Satcom For QE 2

The luxury superliner Queen Eli- zabeth 2 was recently fitted with a four-channel satellite communica- tions terminal from Magnavox, which will provide the ship's pas- sengers with a wide array of ad- vanced telecommunications ser- vices, including telephone, fax, elec- tronic mail and dial-up databases.

The Magnavox MX 2400/4 multi- channel satcom system was in- stalled aboard the QE 2 in the Port of Los Angeles.

The system provides simulta- neous access to four separate Inmar- sat satellite channels, each of which can be used independently for com- puter data and facsimile transmis- sion as well as telephone and telex calls.

The multi-channel satcom station was developed by Magnavox under contract from Communications Sat- ellite Corporation (COMSAT) to support the high-volume communi- cations requirements of modern cruise ships. It is derived from Mag- navox's MX 2400 Standard A Ship

Earth Station design, and consists of four functionally separate MX

Circle 245 on Reader Service Card 2400 operator stations, each with its own CRT screen, keyboard and printer, all connected to a single sta- bilized 2.2-meter parabolic dish an- tenna, sealed inside a fiberglass ra- dome.

The QE 2 will use the system to provide enhanced ship-to-shore passenger telecommunications facil- ities, such as facsimile, electronic mail access, electronic banking ma- chines and creditcard telephones, in addition to direct-dial telephone calling from private cabins.

Magnavox Advanced Products &

Systems Company, Torrance, Calif., is a leading U.S. manufacturer of mobile satellite communication and navigation equipment. The MX 2400, introduced by Magnavox in late 1985, has won a large share of the world market for shipboard sat- com equipment, as a result of its advanced and innovative features, which included automatic call log- ging, built-in electronic mail capa- bility and plug-in interconnections with other communications devices, such as automatic PABX systems, data modems and fax machines.

For further information and free literature from Magnavox,

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