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Harrison County Voters

In Mississippi Approve

Dockside Gambling

Dockside gambling was approved by Harrison County, Miss., voters in a measure that will allow ships of- fering games of chance to anchor at wharves in the ports of Gulfport and

Biloxi.

In a record turnout, voters ap- proved the issue by casting ballots that were more than 57 percent in favor of legalizing round-the-clock gambling aboard floating casinos.

In 1990, the gambling issue had failed by a thin margin, but his year a coalition called "Mississippians for

Jobs" pushed the idea with argu- ments that dockside gambling would revive the local economy.

Revenue of up to $1 million is expected to be generated for the port authority by dockside gambling.

The Mississippi Legislature ap- proved dockside gambling last year, but voters in the state's counties must also approve it.

Since approval by the Legisla- ture, over 20 major interests, rang- ing from representatives of Caesar's

Palace to the Hilton Corp. have made inquiries, and more than a dozen applicants have asked the gaming commission for licenses.

Unlike Mississippi, Louisiana's new state law allowing riverboat gambling requires operators to build replicas of historic paddle-wheelers within the state to house their op- erations, a cost estimated at $20 million a vessel.

Ron Jumonville, manager of corporate affairs at the Port of New

Orleans, said: "Statistics show the average cruise passenger spends $250 a day in a port. Besides the welcome revenues we get, it's a boom to the area."

Midland Offers Liquid

Level Overfill Alarm

System For Tank Barges

Midland Manufacturing Corp. of

Skokie, 111., has developed a por- table liquid level overfill alarm sys- tem for tank barges, equipped with a barge inlet connector, per API

Recommended Practice 1125. The

Model B-599 is intrinsically safe and self-contained, providing high level and overfill alarms.

Gaston Barmore, director of technical services, said, "We are re- solving a problem which a barge operator confronts when there is no dockside alarm system available."

Mr. Barmore described the system as "satisfying the requirements of 46 CFR 39.20-7(b) and 46 CFR 39.20- 9(a)."

While specifically addressing the situation where a barge operator does not have access to a dockside alarm system, the B-599 can also actuate an alarm and automatic shutdown sys- tem at the dock facility overfill con- trol panel, if available. "The B-599 can operate continu- ously for 24 hours before it is neces- sary to recharge the self-contained, sealed batteries," Mr. Barmore stated. The complete system is housed in a watertight, transport- able case.

For more information on alarm systems for tank barges,

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Andrew Card Sworn In

As New DOT Secretary

At a ceremony attended by Presi- dent Bush, Andrew H. Card Jr. was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of the

Department of Transportation (DOT).

The oath of office was administered by

Supreme Court Justice Clarence

Thomas at the National Air and Space

Museum.

Mr. Card was nominated by the president for the top post at the depart- ment on January 22, shortly after

Samuel K. Skinner resigned to be- come President Bush's chief of staff.

Mr. Card served at the White House as assistant to the President and deputy chief of staff. Before his move to the

White House, he was a member of the presidential transition team and served as a senior adviser to the Bush/Quayle '88 campaign.

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