HEADLINES CARTER INKS MARITIME APPROPRIATIONS BILL LAKES SEAFARERS GET COLA HIKE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN MEDICAL BENEFITS SEAFARERS, BOATMEN CAN NOW USE EITHER A USPHS HOSPITAL OR A PRIVATE HOSPITAL AFL-CIO VOWS ACTION TO BOLSTER U.S. MARITIME CARTER TO AFL-CIO: IRAN WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE GEORGE MEANY PASSES THE GAVEL TO KIRKLAND LABOR’S NEW TOP MAN STARTED AS A SEAMAN SENATE’S WINDFALL PROFITS TAX A WINDFALL FOR BIG OIL BILL CLEAR WAY FOR PASSENGER SHIP REVIVAL LIBERIAN FREIGHTER RAMS LIBERIAN TANKER OFF TEXAS MARAD AUTHORIZATION; PASSENGER SHIP BILLS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT RUSSIA EXPECTED TO BUY A RECORD U.S. GRAIN IMPORT ALASKA LANDS BILL WINS COMMITTEE APPROVAL SIU BOSUNS COME TO WASHINGTON FOR MARITIME LEGISLATION VIEW OCEAN MINING BILL STALLED IN HOUSE N.Y. PORT COUNCIL OPPOSES BILL REDUCING CREW STANDARDS IN OFFSHORE WORK HLSS LAUNCHES CORRESPONDENCE COURSE FOR MATH CLEVELAND PORT AGENT G. TELEGADOS RETIRES SEAFARER’S WALKING HAVIT SAVES SAILOR IN WATER OVER 38 HOURS CS LONG LINES SET TO LAY GUAM-TAIWAN, TRANSATLANTIC CABLES AMERICAN DRY BULK FLEET SHRINKING ALMOST OUT OF SIGHT MTD AN ORGANIZATION ON THE MOVE 1979 CONVENTIONOF THE AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT SPEAKERS… AT THE MTD CONVENTION … SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE, A BELIEVER IN A STRONG MERCHANT MARINE RAY MARSHALL, SECRETARY OF LABOR: WE WANT INPUT FROM WORKERS CONGRESSMAN JOHN MURPHY: “GUARENTEED CARGO FOR OUR SHIPS” GEORGE MEANY: “WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR WAGES” LANE KIRKLAND: “MARITIME IS BLEEDING FROM CORPORATE GREED, GOV’T NEGLECT” MTD CHARTS AGGRESSIVE PLAN OF ACTION IN SUPPORT OF MARITIME, PRO-LABOR LEGISLATION HALL, LESLIE, INGRAO ELECTED TO MTD’S TOP POSTS COURT OK’S CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LOCK & DAM 26 ‘UGLY DUCKLING’ JEREMIAH O’BRIEND TO BE A MUSEUM
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HEADLINES FEDS GIVE OK TO BUILD LNG TERMINAL IN CAL. RELIABILITY MARK OF SIU CREWS AFL-CIO, CARTER REACH ACCORD ON ECONOMY SIU SUPPORTS BILL TO SPURE NEW INVESTMENT IN FISHING CONFERENCE DUMPS MCCLOSKEY SPOILERS SEN. ENOUYE, REP. MURPHY LEAD CHARGE TO WIN STRONG MARITIME AUTHORIZATION BILL BOATMEN RATIFY HISTORIC PACT WITH NATIONAL MARINE FORMER MCS MEMBERS NEED 125 DAYS IN ’79 FOR BENEFITS IN ‘80 GEORGE MEANY TO RETIRE SIU ENGAGES IN J.P. STEVENS PROTEST RALLY IN N.Y. U.S., RUSSIA AGREE ON NEW FREIGHT FOR GRAIN RUN ’75 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FOUND FORMULA FOR SUCCESS NTSB SAYS U.S.C.G. IS OFF COURSE ON STEERING RULES GEORGE DUNCAN GOIN’ FISHIN’ WITH A $575 PENSION NMC OPPOSES SUBSIDIES FOR U.S. SHIPS BUILT FOREIGN ‘OMNIBUS BILL’ ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS.. PRESIDENT CARTER SIGNS BILL TO BAR EXPORT ALASKA OIL U.S. AND SOVIET UNION AGREE ON NEW RATES FOR GRAIN SHIPMENTS NORTHERN TIER PIPELINE OK’D BY INTERIOR JUANITA KREPS RESIGNS AS COMMERCE SECRETARY U.S. DEEP-SEA FLEET SHRINKS BUT OVERALL TONNAGE RISES PATTON NAMED TO HEAD MARITIME SUBSIDY BOARD SCHEDULE HEARINGS ON MARITIME BILL SIU CREWS TUG ROMAIN IN BALTIMORE FARM WORKERS CONTINUE BOYCOTT OF NON UNION ICEBERG LETTUCE NAÏVE YOUNG SEAMEN ROT IN FOREIGN JAILS MTD MUSTERING SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN TIER PIPELINE S-L FINANCE CREW RESCUE KOREANS FROM SINKING SHIP PASSENGER SHIP BILL A STEP CLOSER TO FINAL ENACTMENT SAB ON SHORTAGE ARCHAIC ‘FREE-TRADE’ POLICY CHOKING U.S. FLEET ALASKAN OIL WILL NOT BE EXPORTED CARTER SIGNS BILL RESERVING NORTH SLOPE CRUDE FOR U.S. USE WHY ARE WE IN WASHINGTON? HE CONQUERED THE ATLANTIC UNDER SAIL- ALONE 40 YEARS A RIVERMAN, HE RECALLS ‘GOOD OLE DAYS’ NEW BOAT AND BARGE BUILDING SETTING RECORDS UNDER TITLE XI LABOR SAYS U.S. SAVINGS BONDS A SOUND INVESTMENT NAVY BOSUN/MATE NOW A 2ND MATE THANKS TO SIU 30 SEAFARERS CITED FOR BRAVERY, COURAGE 2 SIU MEMBERS GIVEN SPECIAL AWARDS BY AOTOS COMMITTEE
HEADLINES SENATE VOTES ‘YEA’ TO BRING BACK U.S. PASSENGER SHIPS HOUSE VOTES TO BAN ALASKA OIL EXPORTATION SIU WINS LANDMARK DECISION IN YELLOWSTONE CASE LOG, SKIPJACK WIN ILPA AWARDS UNIONS OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO MARITIME BILL SEAFARER SAVES SHIPMATE ON SS SANTA MARIANA SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA IS AT STAKE IN NEW BILL BILATERAL TRADE PACTS WORK: U.S. NEEDS MORE OF THEM SIU HOLDS CONTRACT CONFABS FOR ACBL BOATMEN ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS… PASSENGER SHIPS BILL STALLED IN HOUSE; SENATE GIVES THE GO-AHEAD MARAD AND INDUSTRY SPOKESMEN GIVE LIMITED SUPPORT TO HOUSE ‘OMNIBUS’ MARITIME BILL MARAD RELEASES REPORT ON POOLING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN U.S. AND BRAZIL PROPOSED TANK BARGES DESIGN RULES CARTER EXPECTED TO NAME HILDALGO NAVY SECRETARY BOATMEN ON NATIONAL FLAG SAVE A LIFE SIU REP BOATMEN INJURED ON TOW SIU’S LEO BONSER ELECTED V.P. OF FLORIDA AFL-CIO FRAGMENTED MARITIME POLICY A CONSTANT PROBLEM TO U.S. FLEET SIU CREWS INDIANA HARBOR, 1,000-FT. ‘MIRACLE’ LOCKS & DAM 26 TRIAL BEGINS AFTER CARTER SEES RIVER JAM PAUL HALL OFFERS ENERGY CRISIS SOLUTIONS TO NATIONAL RADIO AUDIENCE ON LABOR DAY EUROPE, JAPAN BURN (LNG) AS U.S. FIDDLES WITH POLICY MEANY: HUMAN RIGHTS IS BASIS OF TRADE IN UNION STRUGLLES AMERICAN LAUNCHES 728 FOOTER; WILL BE CREWED IN ‘80 MANHATTAN ISLAND DREDGING NEAR MANHATTAN ISLAND LET’S GET THE MINING SHOW ON THE ROAD ADVENTURS OF THE R/V ANTON BRUUN, PART II WORKING IN TANK OR CONFINED SPACE CAN BE KILLER AL BERNSTEIN: A SEAMEN, A CHARACTER, A PRINCE 390,000 DWT UST PACIFIC CHRISTENED: WILL CREW IN NOV. SIU SEES BIG NEED FOR IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE AT SEA HE’S AN AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL ON LNG RUN
HEADLINES MARITIME AUTHORIZATIONS BILL PASSES HOUSE AFL-CIO URGES: END VIRGIN ISLANDS LOPPHOLE ATLANTIC FISHERMAN VOTE TO COME INTO SIU-AGLIWD 3 NEWLY AQUIRED APL SHIPS IN TRANSPACIFIC RUN FARMWORKERS URGE: ‘DON’T BUY NON UNION ICEBERG LETTUCE’ EFFOTS INTENSIFY TO BRING BACK U.S. PASSENGER SHIPS ENERGY CRISIS, IMPENDING RECESSION LABOR’S TOP PRIORITIES INLAND VACATION PLAN HITS A HIGH NOTE PAYS 5,000TH BENEFIT CHECK IN ONLY 3RD YEAR OF EXISTENCE NMC STUDYING A HOLD FULL OF MARITIME LEGISLATION LAKES SEAMEN GET AUG. 1 COLA INCREASE INTERSTATE BOATMEN GET COLA HIKE PATRIOT, 1ST OF 12 NEW SEA-LAND DIESELS LAUNCHED NO BULL! TAURUS SIU’S 10TH GAS CARRIER CALIF. LNG TERMINAL A STEP CLOSER TO GROUNDBREAKING C.G. PROPOSES UNPASSALE PHYSICALS FOR SEAMEN UNIONS DRAFTING PROPOSAL TO SECURE V.A. BENEFITS OF SEAMEN CONGRESS HOLDS HEARINGS ON LNG FACILITY SITING US-FLAG FLEET HITS 22 MILLION TONS LEGISLATION TO BEEF US U.S. SHARE OF BULK TRAE INTRODUCED ECONOMY DEMANDS ACTION ON OCEAN MINING RED TAPE HAS NEW LNG PROJECTS TIED UP 2 MORE SEAFARERS RETIRE WITH INCREASED PENSION N.O. HAS NEW SEAMEN’S CENTER TUG DIMPLOMAT JOINS SIU MANNED INTERSTATE FLEET CARTER AND FAMILY TAKE TREK ON DELTA QUEEN SIU BOAT VICTORIOUS IN 1979 INTL. TUG RACE VACATONING CONGRESS LEAVES PLENTY ON THE BURNER C.G. ANSWERS COURT CASE CHARGING INCOMPETENCY SAGA OF THE R/V ANTON BRUUN, RESEARCH SHIP SENATE CONFIRMS SAMUEL NEMIROW AS NEW MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR SIU’S JOE SACCO ELECTED V.P. OF TEXAS AFL-CIO SAFETY FIRST WHEN ENTERING A TANK OR CONFINED SPACE OLDTIME WILLY MANTHEY, 50 YEARS A SEAMAN, CALLS IT A DAY AT 73 PENGUINES, ICEBERGS, WILDLIFE AND KILLER WHALES STEAMBOATIN’ ALIVE AND KICKIN’ ON MISSISSIPPI SERVING WITH CHEF GEORGE SILVER A GOLDEN EXPERIENCE
HEADLINES SENATE VOTE, 74-3 TO KEEP ALASKA OIL IN US HALL AMONG LEADERS AT CAMP DAVID PRESIDENT CARTER HOSTS 10 DAYS OF MEETINGS TO DEVELOP ENERGY STRATEGY UNION KNOCKS BILL GIIVING RAILROADS EDGE OVER TOWBOATS GAO JOINS SIU IN CRITICISM OF COAST GUARD ATLANTIC FISHERMEN’S UNION SEEKS MERGER INTO SIU-AGLIWD W.C. STEWARD WELFARE CLAIMS TO BE HANDLED BY HDQRS. SIU SCORES VICTORY FOR EAST COAST TUG JOBS HOUSE, SENATE PLANNING ‘SWEEPING’ CHANGES IN MARITIME POLICY NLRB RULES FAVORABLY IN VALERIE F. BEEF ON WEST COAST IMPROVING USPHS CARE FOR SEAMEN GOAL OF SIU VETERAN PUMPMAN FINDS NEW TANKERS AT NEW BALLGAME NATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL ELECTS AMOSS AS CHAIRMAN MARAD CHIEF SAYS HE WILL BOSLTER U.S. DRY-BULK FLEET ANNOUNCE NEW CONTRACT FOR WATERMAN RO/RO VESSEL COMMITTEE ACTION IN CONGRESS SHIP SAFETY INSPECTIONS ARE ‘INADEQUATE’ SAYS GAO SIU INITIATES SERIES OF CONFABS FOR RIVERS’ BOATMEN M/V TOM FRAZIER NEWEST ADDITION TO SIU INLAND FLEET SIU CREWS 9TH LNG, EL PASO HOWARD BOYD LIBERIAN-FLAG DUMPS ON NEW YORK; 120,000 GALLONS WORTH APL PUTS 1ST OF 3 FORMER PFEL SHIPS BACK IN BUSINESS U.S. PASSENGER SHIPS ON THEIR WAY BACK? SIU FABORS BILL TO BRING SS UNITED STATES, INDEPENDENCE BACK UNDER U.S. FLAG ZAPATA ROVER CREW RESCUES 3 OFF FOG BOUND CAPE MAY FEDS STILL VERY COLD ON NEW LNG PROJECTS HLS TRAINEES SWEEP TO VICTORY IN NEW YORK HARBOR’S 26TH INTERNATIONAL LIFEBOAT RACE TRAINING, TEAMWORK THE KEYS TO VICTORY IN LIFEBOAT RACE HALL TELLS MONEY PEOPLE, WORKERS MUST GET THEIR FAIR SHARE TOWBOAT OPERATORS FACING DIESEL FUEL SHORTAGE ON WATERWAYS ROY CURTIS FOUND THAT WELFARE PLAN TAKES CARE OF PENSIONERS FOREIGN TANKERS COLLIDE CAUSING ‘WORST SPILL EVER’ NEW USPHS OUTPATIENT CLINIC OPENED IN ST. LOUIS STEVE LESLIE, 65, AND STILL GOING STRONG AS HEAD OF LOCAL 25, IUOE SIU HDQS. OFFICIAL PETE LOLEAS RETIRES WAGE GUIDELINE GETS TOP COURT OK OVER LABOR’S OBJECTIONS
HEADLINES SENATE SUPPORT GROWING TO BAN ALASKA OIL EXPORT 25 SENATORS CO-SIGN LETTER OF SUPPORT SIU SUES USCG FOR FAILURE TO ENFORCE SAFETY LAWS SENATE, 85-2, PASSED MARAD BILL: HOUSE FIGHT LOOMS CARTER NAMES PAUL HALL TO POST ON EXPORT COUNCIL 1ST SEAFARER GETS INCREASED DEEP SEA PENSION TRUSTEES REVAMP RULE ON INITIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR WELFARE PLAN BENEFITS COURT ORDERS CREW TURNOVERS ON 9 MSC TANKERS UNION FIGHTING TO RE-ESTABLISH SIU CREW JURISDICTION NMU HALTS MERGER TALK WITH SIU SIU OPPOSED TO PANAMA CANAL TOLL HIKES DIXIE BOATMEN GET COST-OF-LIVING HIKE A TOUGH ORDEAL, BUT WELFARE PLAN GAVE HIM PEACE OF MIND TRUSTEES DROP VACATION ELIGIBILITY TO 75 DAYS FOR BOATMEN CARTER SIGNS ANTI-REBATING LEGISLATION HOUSE COMMITTEES HOLD HEARINGS ON DEEP SEA MINERAL RESOURCES T.I. CALLS FOR GUARENTEED FUEL ALLOCATION FOR TUGS AND TOWBOATS GAO SAYS USCG SHOULD DO BETTER IN PROMOTING SAFETY SENATE PASSED MARAD AUTHORIZATIONS CONGRESS ACTS ON ALASKA LANDS BILL CARTER NOMINATES NEMIROW TO TOP MARAD SLOT LOS ANGELES HARBOR A LOOK AT SIU’S EXPANDED OPERATIONS SIU’S NEW HONEY IS HOPPER DREDGE SUGAR ISLAND HESS SHADED BY UMBRELLA OF VIRGIN ISLANDS LOOPHOLE MARITIME DAY- REMEMBERING OUR MERCHANT MARINE AS MATE WITH CROWLEY, HE’S MOVING BIGGEST RO/RO BARGES IN WORLD KEITH FOIL ZEROING IN ON PILOT’S JOB WITH A LITTLE HELP FROMA FRIEND ONLY 23, GEORGE MOWBRAY SAILING MATE WITH G&H TOWING NEW STEWARD RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM SET TO GET UNDERWAY SEPT. 3, 1979 3 YEAR CONTRACT WON FOR BOATMEN AT HARBOR TWOING NEW 3-YEAR PACT BRINGS INLAND VACATION PLAN TO HANNAH BOATMEN WATERMAN TO BUILD ITS THIRD RO/RO RETAIL CLERKS, MEATCUTTERS MERGE: BIGGEST IN AFL-CIO NLRB UPHOLDS SIU, MFU, SUP IN VALERIE F. BEEF; AWAIT INJUNCTION SOHIO DROPS PLAN TO BUILD LONG BEACH TERMINAL, PIPELINE FOR QMED’S TODAY- DIESELS ARE THE KEY HLSS PRESIDENT GIVES SIU’S VIEWS ON EDUATION TO SENATE HEARINGS COMMERCE SEC. BACKS BUILD, MAN AMERICAN IN OCEAN MINING BILL
HEADLINES USCG BACKS DOWN ON PLAN TO ELIMINATE TANKERMAN SIU’S 5-YEAR FIGHT PAYS OFF SUPPORT IN CONGRESS GROWS TO BAR ALASKA OIL EXPORT SOHIO GETS OK TO BUILD TERMINAL LOG, STEWARDS NEWS MERGE MCS MEDICAL PLAN MERGED WITH SIU WELFARE PLAN FAMOUS LINERS MARIPOSA AND MONTEREY SOLD FOR $2.7 MILLION OIL PROFITS ZOOM AS CRUDE FIRMS SEEK MORE WITH DECONTROL ‘RIGHT-TO-WORK’ BILL DIES IN MAINE STATE HOUSE MCCLOSKEY SHARPENING AXE FOR MARITIME AUTHORIZATIONS SIU BLOCKS TAKEOVER OF 9 MSC TANKERS: COURT BATTLE CONTINUES SIU WINS $2800 BACK PAY SETTLEMENT FOR BOATMAN U.S.C.G. TIGHTENS RULES ON GREAT LAKES MANNING ANOTHER FIRST FOR SIU BOATMEN: EARLY NORMAL PENSION TREND TOWARD DIESEL POWER NEW CHALLENGE TO BLACKGANG ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS CONGRESS CONTINUES TO FIGHT TO RESTRICT EXPORT OF ALASKA NORTH SLOPE CRUDE SENATE UNIT FINDS FEDERAL AGENCIES AVOID U.S.-FLAG USE SIU PRESIDENT LINDSEY WILLIAMS RETIRES FRENCH COAST RESIDENTS UNNERVED BY LATEST LIBERIAN-FLAG SINKING 1ST OF 3 CLASSES OF NEW BOSUN RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM GETS UNDER WAY SEATRAIN YARD CLOSES; 1,300 UIW MEMBERS LAID OFF SIU CREWS 1ST OF 11 NEW BOATS FOR G&H TOWING HOUSE UNIT DUMPS WATCHDOG RENEGOTIATION BOARD REP. MCCLOSKEY, U.S. MARITIME’S BIG FOE, HELPED DEFENSE CONTRACTORS HAVE THEIR WAY APL CORNERS BARGAIN: BUY 3 CONTAINERSHIPS FOR $40 MILLION U.S. IS ONLY MAJOR WORLD POWER IGNORING MARITIME PHILLY PHS CARES TO MAKE THEIR CARE BEST IN THE U.S. 30-YEAR BAN ON RED CHINESE SHIPS END SLINGING COAL WAS A WAY OF LIFE FOR OLDTIME FIREMEN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AT HLS PROGRAM MEETS NEW NEEDS OF MEMBERS EXPERTS IN THE MARITIME FIELD ARE FEATURED SIU HELPED HIM BEAT THE MEAN STREETS OF N.Y.C. LAW OF SEA CONFAB STILL HUNG UP ON OCEAN MINING TRAINING BOARD ZEROS IN ON MANPOWER NEEDS OF GREAT LAKES QUALITY OF WORK LIFE CONCERN OF U.S. LABOR EDUCATION TODAY… GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR SEAFARERS PENSIONER STEVE HUREN LIVING IT UP IN LAS VEGAS MAYAGUEZ , CAPTURED BY CAMBODIANS, TO BE SCRAPPED
HEADLINES NEW BILL WOULD HALT SCHEME TO EXPORT ALASKA OIL SIU SET FOR BATTLE OVER MARITIME AUTHORIZATIONS BILL EXPECTED MCCLOSKEY AMENDMENTS WOULD CUT HEART OUT OF CDS PROGRAM CARTER SETS MAY 22, 1979 AS NATIONAL MARITIME DAY USCG WITHDRAWS BID TO SCUTTLE 3-WATCH SYSTEM ON 600-MILE TOWS UNION FIGHTING TO SAVE SIU JOBS ON NINE SEALIFT TANKERS SIU WORKING WITH USPHS TO IMPROVE SEAMEN’S CARE INCREASED TANK BARGE SAFETY FOCUS OF NEW HOUSE BILL 600 SEAMEN PACK WEST COAST MARITIME CONFERENCE SIU INTERCEDES WITH USPHS SAVING MEMBER FROM $926 BILL CONGRESS MOVES TO RESTRICT EXPORT OF ALASKA NORTH SLOPE OIL ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS… COMMITTEE APPROVES ALASKA LANDS BILL ILA’S SCOTTO CALLS FOR NATIONAL CARGO POLICY FOR US-FLAG SHIPS CONGRESS EXTENDS LIFE OF OCS WATCHDOG PANEL US-FLAG FLEET HITS 21.9 MILLION TONS HEART ATTACKS AT SEA CLAIM 9 OF 10 VICTIMS: SIU TRYING TO CUT THOSE ODDS THRU CPR TRAINING UPGRADING PROGRAMS PAYING OFF FOR SIU MEMBERS THE FINEST OPPORTUNITY ANYWHERE BILATERAL TRADE ONE ANSWER TO U.S. FLEET’S ILLS UNITY, SECURITY ANCHORS OF SIU, MCS MERGER OCEAN MINING BILL, WITH U.S. SHIP CLAUSE, IN SENATE PENSION BENEFITS CLARIFIED ON CERTAIN INLAND CONTRACTS SHIPS BUILT ‘EXCEPTIONAL’ SAFETY RECORD IN ALASKA OIL TRADE GREAT LAKES FITOUT LNG LIBRA, 8TH U.S. FLAG GAS CARRIER, SAILS ON MAIDEN VOYAGE WITH EXPERIENCED SIU CREW APPEALS COURT SAVES RATE-CUTTING RUSSIAN LINE FROM FMC AXE BLACKWELL RESIGNS POST AFTER LONG CAREER OF PROMOTING U.S. FLAG N.O. PORT AGENT C.J. BUCK STEPHENS RETIRES HERO SAVES DROWING PASSENGER OFF DELTA PANAMA
HEADLINES AFL-CIO BACKS ALL-OUT EFFORT TO BOLSTER MARITIME ALASKAN OIL WILL NOT BE EXPORTED-FOR NOW ADMINISTRATION HEEDS OPPOSITION TO EXPORT PLANS FROM LABOR, CONSUMER, ENERGY GROUPS OPPOSITION TO ALASKA OIL EXPORT IS WIDESPREAD SIU POLITICAL ACTION HAS SPURRED INLAND EXPANSION SIU BOATMAN DONATES $1,000 TO SPAD ‘TO PROTECT SIU JOBS’ RUSSIANS FURIOUS OVER FMC EFFORTS TO HALT RATE SLASHING HALL: NEGLECTED FLEET HURTS U.S. CAPACITY TO DELIVER IN EMERGENCY NMC SAYS LACK OF CLEAR LNG POLICY WIL HURT U.S. SHIPBUILDING RAILROADS LOBBYING FOR HIGHER USER FEES TO HAMPER INLAND WATERS T.I. STUDY: BILATERAL SHIPPING PACT WITH CHINA A MUST NACY SEC’Y SEES DECLINE OF MERCHANT FLEET HURTING U.S. DEFENSE SIU URGES CONGRESS TO CONTINUE AID TO US MERCHANT MARINE OPPOSITION TO EXPORT OF ALASKA OIL INCREASES; CONSUMER GROUPS JOIN LABOR AND CONGRESS IN PROTEST MARAD ISSUES PREDICTION ON 5-YEAR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION INSITUTE FORMS THREE NEW COUNCILS U.S. MERCHANT FLEET TOPS 21 MILLION TONS; ACTIVE SHIPS DECLINE UNIONS SOLID ON ISSUE OF V.A. BENEFITS FOR SEAMEN EISENHOWER CALLED M.M. ‘FOURTH ARM OF DEFENSE’ AFL-CIO EXEC. COUNCIL IN FABOR OF VETERANS BENEFITS FOR SEAMEN HARVEY MESFORD LAID TO REST IN SOLEMAN SERVICE AT SEA AFL-CIO EXEC. COUNCIL SETS PLANS TO BATTLE INFLATION WHEN IN RUSSIA BE CAUTIOUS FIGHT TO SAVE ALASKAN OIL FOR U.S. IS NOT OVER AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT SET FOR BATTLE TO PRESERVE, EXPAND U.S. JOB BASE YOUNG: LABOR SET FOR DUELS ON ALASKA OIL, PRICES, SAFETY AFL-CIO READY TO LAUNCH INTENSIFIED ORGANIZING EFFORTS EXEC. BOARD NAMES JEAN INGRAO MTD SECRETARY-TREASURER MURPHY HAS PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTH OF U.S. MARITIME MTD TO FIGHT FOR MARITIME, LABOR ISSUES TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE DEBATE REP. MCCLOSKEY REP. PAUL MCCLOSKEY REBUTTAL IMPARTIAL OBSERVER VIEWS T.I.-MCCLOSKEY DEBATE POLITICAL ACTION REPORT MIKE ROGERS MADE IT FROM COAL PASSER TO 2ND ENGINEER SOCIAL SECURITY RAISES LIMIT ON EARNED INCOME
HEADLINES MTD LAUNCHES HIGH POWERED LEGISTLATIVE CAMPAIGN NMC SAYS U.S. NEEDS NEW POLICY TO GIVE FLEET 40% SHARE OF CARGOES MARITIME LABOR SEEKING COOPERATION OF U.S. NAVY LUNDEBERG’S LEGACY LIVES ON MEANY BLASTS COMMERCE SEC’Y ON TRADE POLICY SIU INLAND VACATION PLAN HITS TWO MILESTONES 90% OF ALL SIU INLAND COMPANIES NOW SIGNED UP: 3000TH CHECK SENT OUT FMC SET TO BOOT RUSSIAN LINE OUT OF U.S. FOREIGN TRADES SIU PLAN PAID OUT $2.5 MILLION IN January SIU CALLS FOR FREE-WORLD MARITIME POLICY TO OFFSET SOVIETS SIU, SEA-LAND WORKING TO STOP UNFAIR IMMIGRATION FEES IN PHILIPPINES SENATE, HOUSE APPROVE KEY MARITIME COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS CARTER SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980 POSTAL REFORM BILL WOULD REQUIRE USE OF US FLAG SHIPS SENATOR INOUYE SUBMITS THREE MARITIME BILLS SENIORITY UPGRADERS COME TO WASHINGTON FOR BRIEFING ON SIU POLITICAL ACTIVITIES NEW RIVERS USER CHARGE WOUD RECOVER 25 PERCENT OF FEDERAL PROJECTS COSTS SIU POSITION ON MANNING RATES HIGH AT IMCO LAKES MEMBERS GET 13-CENT COLA U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPS TO 5.8% IN JANUARY DENTAL CARE AVAILABLE TO BAY AREA PENSIONERS AT USPHS W. PAUL GONSORCHIK, 71 DIES; RETIRED SIU OFFICIAL SEAFARERS CREW UST ATLANTIC: LARGEST SHIP EVER BUILT IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE SIU FIGHTING TO PRESERVE 3-WATCHES ON TOWING VESSELS STARTING AT THE BEGINNING… NOTHING LESS THAN A NEW LIFE DEVELOPING THE HUMAN POTENTIAL OF SEAFARERS SERVING A MOTIVATED MEMBERSHIP OVER $1,000 DIPLOMAS EARNED MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE READING PROGRAM MEETS BASIC NEED BECOMING A WHOLE PERSON HLS LIBRARY MORE THAN JUST BOOKS BEYOND THE CAMPUS A CENTER FOR INDUSTRY, LABOR, LEARNING FOR SIU BOATMEN & SEAFARERS, SPAD IS THE STRONGEST WEAPON IN OUR FIGHT FOR JOBS AND JOB SECURITY TRANSCOLORADO CREW FOSTER GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD MURPHY SPONSORS BILL TO PROTECT U.S. FROM CONVENIENECE FLAG SPILLS YEARLY RENEWED CLINIC CARD, EXAM IS A MUST THE LNG’S- A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR TODAY’S SEAFARER SIU SCHOLARSHIP HELPING SEAFARERS’S SON SHAPE UP AND SHIP OUT CREW HEROICS SAVE A SEAMAN FROM RIVER CURRENT SIU CREW DOES WHIRLWIND, RECORD-SETTING JOB ON OBO ULTRASEA BOATMEN SAVED HIS WHEELHOUSE JOB THRU HLSS TOWBOAT COURSE
HEADLINES SIU READY FOR FIGHT TO BLOCK ALASKA OIL SWAP SIU WORKING TO STOP UNFAIR IMMIGRATION ‘FEES’ FOR SEAMEN SEAFARERS GET 1ST OF 2 PENSION INCREASES THIS YEAR SIU CREWED 45 NEW SHIPS, TUGS & TOWBOATS IN 1978 W.C. OFFSHORE AGREEMENT WRAPPED UP HARVEY MESFORD, SEATTLE PORT AGENT DIES OF CANCER AT 53 OPENINGS AVAILABLE IN ‘A’ SENIORITY CLASSES A PIECE OF THE SIU DIED WITH BULL SHEPARD COMMON CAUSE PICKED WRONG HERO IN REP. MCCLOCSKEY NMC NAMES OLD PRO IN U.S. MARITIME TO EXECUTIVE POST DEFENSE DEMANDS GREATER ROLE FOR MERCHANT FLEET 96TH CONGRESS CONVENES WITH 77 NEW HOUSE, 20 SENATE MEMBERS SIU PARTICIPATES IN POLICY PLANNING: ADMINISTRATION HOLDS HEARING ON ENERGY TRANSPORTATION; AIM IS TO INSURE ADEQUATE SHIPPING MARAD PREDICTS INCREASE IN BILATERAL SHIPPING PACTS MARITIME SUBSIDIES ARE EXTENDED FOR SHIPS IN SOVIET GRAIN TRADE FEDERAL AGENCY MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FMC TAKES 1ST STEP TO HARNESS RUSSIAN RATES SIU FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST SHIP COMMISSIONER SIU INPUT SECURES STRONG U.S. PROPOSAL TO IMCO 9 SIU-MANNED MSC TANKERS ON THE BIDDING BLOCK 1 DEAD AS BOAT RUNS UP ON BARGE SAB REINSTITUTES BOSUN RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM: THREE CLASSES TO BE HELD IN 1979 PONCE CREW SAVE 3 NEAR DEATH IN HEAVY SEAS XMAS DAY 6 UP FROM THE FOC’SLE, READY FOR THEIR NEXT STEP CRUCIAL LNG PROJECTS GET THE COLD SHOULDER 50 DEAD IN FRENCH TANKER BLAST IN BANTRY BAY, IRELAND DELTA ARGENTINA LIFEBOAT CREW AIDS INJURED YACHTSWOMAN NEW TOWBOAT JOE M. POWELL SIU SCHOLARSHIP HELPED GREAT LAKER’S SON REALIZE A DREAM
HEADLINES WATERMAN BUILDING 2 RO/RO’S AT SUN SHIPYARD NMU HIT WITH $1.1 MILLION IN DAMAGES: ECONOMIES ORDERED TO PAY DEBT SIU TO LAUNCH DRIVE FOR SPAD CHECKOFFS IN NEW YEAR STATES LINE, 1 OF 3 REMAINING PMA COMPANIES, FILES BANKRUPTCY AT-SEA MEDICAL CARE DUE FOR A BOOSTER SHOT SIU V.P. EARL SHEPARD DIES AT 65 U.S. TO SUBMIT STRONG LABOR PROPOSAL TO IMCO LONDON MEETING WILL DECIDE WORLDWIDE MANNING STANDARDS FOR MERCHANT VESSELS DESTITUTE U.S. DRY BULK FLEET LOOKING TO BETTER DAYS AFL-CIO LEGISLATIVE HEAD BIEMILLER TO RETIRE DONNYBROOK BREWING OVER ALASKAN OIL EXPORT PLAN SIU PRESSURE GETS MSC TO DROP PANAMANIAN SERVICE U.S. SHIPYARDS MAY DELIVER 32 LNG CARRIERS DEEP SEABED MINING PROVEN FEASIBLE REPORT CITES GROWTH PERISHABLE CARGOES AS BOON TO U.S. SHIPPERS SENATE COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARINGS ON LIQUIFIED ENERGY GASES U.S. DEEP SEA SHIP TONNAGE HOLDING STEADY U.S. VESSELS GAIN IN GREAT LAKES ORE, GRAIN TRADES CROWLEY VP NAMED TO HEAD PROPELLER CLUB MARAD TURNS DOWN WATERMAN’S RE-APPLICATION FOR ODS HESS GETS OK TO USE FOREIGN FLAGS FOR ALASKAN OIL SIU TO SEEK ACT OF CONGRESS TO OVERRIDE APPEALS COURT DECISION NACOA URGERS CARTER TO CONSOLIDATE MARITIME AGENCIES INTO ONE DEPARTMENT A PROGRAM THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE MORE BOATMEN MOVE INTO THE WHEELHOUSE SIU CREWS 7TH LNG SHIP, EL PASO ARZEW U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL TRADE- EQUITY FOR BOTH THE SIU AND THE 95TH CONGRESS, 1977-78 FIGHTING FOR JOBS AND JOB SECURITY THROUGH POLITICAL ACTION BILL PASSED TO SPUR GREAT LAKES SHIPBUILDING A NEW USPHS HOSPITAL OPENS JOBS FOR AMERICANS PRESERVED IN OFFHORE DRILLING BRAND: GOV’T NEGLECT OF WATER TRANSPORT WILL STALL ENERGY MOVEMENT AFL-CIO BACKS KENNEDY’S NATIONAL HEALTH CARE BILL SIU CREWS TOWBOAT BOB KOCH USPHS TO IMPROVE CARE IN PHILADELPHIA AREA NMC TELLS 8 NATIONS ‘CRACK DOWN ON SOVIET SHIPPING’ SIU CREWS LIONHEART, TAKING OVER FORMER FOREIGN FLAG RUN ADMINISTRATION MODIFIES WAGE-PRICE PLAN GANGWAY WATCH DUTIES IMPORTANT USNS COLUMBIA- A GOOD CREW MAKES A GREAT SHIP BURIAL AT SEA SERVICE HELD FOR DROWNED SEAFARER; RESCUERS CITED
HEADLINES SEAMEN MAY BE DECLARED ELIGIBILTY FOR VETERAN BENEFITS SIU GIRDS FOR BATTLE OVER MANNING UNION DETERMINED TO KEEP CREW SIZES AT SAFE LEVELS AFL-CIO SAY ANTI-INFLATION PLAN KEYS TOO MUCH ON WAGE CONTROLS ALASKA WANTS U.S. TO EXPORT NORTH SLOPE OIL GAO SAYS NAVY SHOULD USE MERCHANT SHIPS, TUGS SIU TO MAN 5 NEW DRY BULK CARRIERS MINIMUM WAGE LAW HITS 40 SIU HAILS CARTER ON SIGNING OF RUSSIAN RATE BILL NLRB RECORD CASELOAD WITH FEWER JUDGES LAKES MEMBERS GET COLA HIKE 15 MAJOR MARITIME BILLS PASSED IN 95TH CONGRESS: CARTER SIGNS 13 MARAD REVIVES REDUCED WAR RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM SOVIET UNION’S MERCHANT FLEET IN SIXTH PLACE-AND GROWING TANKER SAFETY BILL IS SIGNED BY CARTER MTD’S INGRAO ON PANEL OF LAW OF THE SEA U.S. DEEP SEA TONNAGE HITS RECORD HIGH SIU CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS OF FOUR DECADES OF FIGHTING FOR SEAMEN’S RIGHTS WARTIME SEAMEN DESERVE MORE THAN PAT ON BACK SIUNA TARGETS GOALS FOR THE FUTURE HALL PLEDGES FIGHT FOR BETTER DAYS IN U.S. MARITIME CALHOON STRESSES NEED FOR MARITIME COOPERATION SCOTTO PLEDGES ILA SUPPORT TO REBUILD U.S. MARITIME GEORGE MEANY KEYNOTES SIUNA CONVENTION SIUNA HAS SPURRED ADVANCES IN INLAND INDUSTRY FUTURE LOOKS GOOD FOR GREAT LAKES SHIPPING DEEP SEA GAINING, BUT THE ROAD AHEAD IS ROUGH MURPHY PLEDGES NEW WAVE OF MARITIME LEGISLATION SHIPPING NEEDS CLOSED CONFERENCES, BILATERAL TRADE BIG BUSINESS OUT TO DESTROY LABOR UNION GAINS SEAFARING TODAY IS A WHOLE NEW WAY OF LIFE SIUNA CONVENTION PLEDGES TO WORK FOR WIDE RANGE OF PRO-MARITIME, PRO-WORKER BILLS HARD WORK RESULTED IN MAJOR GAINS ALL AROUND LEO, 6TH SIU-MANNED LNG SHIP, IS CREWED 31 DEAD IN PANAMANIAN TANKER BLAST; 2 RUNAWAYS CRASH HEADON! JOBLESS DROP TO 5.8 PERCENT BUT ECONOMY SEEN SLOWING HEROIC MAYAGUEZ CREW SAVES 15 TAIWAN FISHERMEN IN HEAVY SEAS SIU CREW SAYS SUGAR ISLANDER IS A REAL HONEY BOATMEN RATIFY NEW PACT WITH MORAN OF TEXAS 2,500TH CHECK SIGNALS SWIFT GROWTH FOR INLAND VACATION PLAN CARTER SIGNS BILL BOOSTING GREAT LAKES SHIPBUILDING
HEADLINES SIUNA KICKS OFF 1978 CONVENTION IN NATION’S CAPITAL CONGRESS PUTS LEASH ON RUSSIAN RATE SLASHING SIU WRAPS UP EAST COAST SHIPDOCKING PACTS LOG WINS TOP HONORS IN LABOR PRESS CONTEST AL BERNSTEIN, SIU WELFARE DIRECTOR, DIES AT 64 NEW 3-YEAR PACT SIGNED WITH G&H TOWING AGING GREAT LAKES MERCHANT FLEET SET FOR REVITALIZATION HUMPHREY-HAWKINS JOB BILL PASSES CONGRESS OCEAN MINING BILL TO BE VOTED NEXT YEAR ALLIED CMDR. SAYS U.S. FLEET IS AT HALF STRENGTH ADVENTURER JOINS SIU FLEET SEA-LAND TO BUILD 12 NEW CONTAINERSHIPS BOATMAN FINDS SIU WELFARE PLAN ‘PAYS MORE THAN ANY OTHER’ W. GERMAN UNIONISTS TOUR HLS CONGRESS PASSES ‘USER TAX’ ON INLAND WATERWAYS; NEW HOPE FOR LOCKS AND DAM 26 CONGRESS PASSES GREAT LAKES VESSEL FINANCING SIU URGERS CARTER TO SIGN BILL TO CURB REBATING CONGRESS RESTORES $20 MILLION TO PHS SYSTEM BUDGET SIU UPGRADERS GET TWO-DAY BRIEFING ON SIU’S WASHINGTON POLITCAL SCENE SS UNITED STATES SOLD FOR $5 MILLION T.I. SCHOLARSHIP UPGRADERS GET POLITICAL ACTION TOUR REP. METCALFE DIES OF HEART ATTACK DOT HOPES TO CUT DOWN TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS MCCLOSKEY-U.S. MARITIME’S BIGGEST DETRACTOR GOT BIG BUCKS FROM BIG OIL, FOREIGN SHIPPING TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE STUDY SHOWS CONFLICT OF INTEREST LOCK AND DAM 26 GETS OK, BUT SO DOES INLAND USER CHARGE ALASKAN OIL RUN PROVIDING NEW FRONTIER FOR SEAMEN SIU-MANNED BUFFALO NEWEST ADDITION TO LAKES FLEET 42 CONGRESSMAN FORM COALITION TO BOOST U.S. SHIPBUILDING SOME GOOD NEWS ON USPHS, BUT THE FIGHT GOES ON NEW USPHS HOSPITAL OPENS IN NASSAU BAY, TEX.; IT’S THE FIRST IN 40 YEARS UNION SAILORS BATTLED FOR $30 A MONTH LAKES SAFETY EYED AT EDMUND FITZGERALD HEARINGS DELTA MAR CARRIES UP RELICS FOR U.S. CAR LOVERS BRAVERY IS THE MARK OF AMERICAN SEAMEN NUMEROUS SIU CREWS, MEMBERS HONORED WITH AOTOS AWARDS AOTOS NAMES MURPHY TRUE FRIEND OF U.S. MARITIME SIU PILOT LAUNCH CREW AVERTS SUB, CUNARD SHIP CRASH OFF NORFOLK HLSS. PRES. HAZEL BROWN NAMED TO MARITIME TRANSPORT BOARD SS MARY PICKS UP 3 SURVIVORS FROM DOWNED PLANE
HEADLINES LABOR, MANAGEMENT FORGE NEW PROGRAM FOR NMC SIUNA TO HOLD 18TH CONVENTION OCT. 16-19 SIU WINS LANDMARK PACT FOR IOT BOATMEN CONTRACT PAVES WAY FOR INDUSTRY WIDE GAINS FOR INLAND MEMBERS CARTER SIGNS OCS BILL: GUARENTEE JOB RIGHTS ALASKA HOVERCRAFT EXPERIMENTS OKAYED BY SENATE USPHS TAKING SOME POSITIVE STEPS IN SEAMEN’S CARE: BUT SIU WILL OPPOSE STRICTER STANDARDS FOR OLDER MEN LOUD PROTESTS SHELVE PLAN TO EXPORT ALASKAN OIL HALL TO DOE: GET THE LEAD OUT ON LNG IMPORT PROJECTS SIU, NEW CREW C.G. CHIEF MEET ON SAFETY, MANNING ISSUES JAMES A. FARRELL, JR., 77, DIES OGDEN MARINE PUTS 2 TANKERS ON ORDER LUNDEBERG SCHOOL MADE DIFFERENCE FOR RIVERMAN WALTER CANNON NEW DEEP SEA DEATH BENEFIT PROVIDES SECURITY FOR YOUR FAMILIES HOUSE PASSES TANKER SAFETY BILL CARTER SIGNS OCS ENERGY LEGISLATION SENATE COMMITTEE OK’S OCEAN MINING SIU SENIORITY UPGRADERS GET FIRST-HAND LOOK AT WASHINGTON POLITICS SENATE VOTES BILL TO GIVE U.S. SHIPPING ‘AN EVEN BREAK’ HALL TO HEAD PANEL AT TRANSPORT FORUM U.S. FLAG FLEET CLIMBS TO RECORD 21.3 MILLON TONS NATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL WARNS OF SOVIET INENTION TO CONTROL WORLD SEALANES MARITIME SEMINAR TO VIEW PROBLEMS ON CARGO MOVEMENTS HALL: LABOR’S GOAL IS FULL EMPLOYMENT SAYS GOV’T POLICY MAKERS TREAT UNEMPLOYMENT AS STATISTIC ONLY AN EYE OPENING TRIP FOR DELTA AMERICA CREW ALLEGIANCE CITED FOR RESCUE OF 5 IN STORM AT SEA U.S. FLEET’S CARGO SHARE TO GROW: BUT JOBS FOR SEAMEN? PL- 480 MORE THAN A NUMBER TO U.S. MERCHANT FLEET 27 TAIWANESE SEAMEN STRANDED BY FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE OPERATOR LABOR TAKES BIG STEP TO BOLSTER JOB SAFETY LAWS RUSSIAN RATE SLASHING EYED BY U.S. SENATE TUG ELIZABETH SMITH TO WORK NEW ORLEANS OCEAN MINING BILL IN HANDS OF SENATE LNG GEMINI SAILS ON MAIDEN VOYAGE: SEAFARERS NOW MANNING 5 GAS CARRIERS DIXIE PROGRESS CREW FINDS THAT AIN’T HAY TIGHTER GOV’T CONTROLS NEEDED TO BOOST U.S. LINER FLEET THE TRAIL UP FROM BONDAGE: THE STORY OF ANDREW FURUSETH
HEADLINES HOVERCRAFT INDUSTRY MAY FIND NEW HOME IN U.S. SIU’S FIGHT TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON LAKES PAYS OFF TURN LOBBYING HEARINGS INTO ATTACK ON MARITIME NLRB HAS TWICE THE CASELOAD FEWER JUDGES THAN 10 YEARS AGO FORMER QUEEN RAPED BY FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE AFL-CIO CHIDES CONGRESS, CARTER FOR SLOWNESS ON WORKER ISSUES SIU, T.I. BLAST PLAN TO EXPORT ALASKAN OIL CONGRESS TO EXTEND CONSTRUCTION AIDS TO GREAT LAKES FLEET ALL MEMEBERSHIP RECORDS SAVED FROM GUTTED PLANS BUILDING U.S. SHIPS TO MOVE WHEAT TO BANGLADESH THINK SAFETY WORKING IN TANK OF CONFINED AREA BOATMEN CREW NEW BOAT THRUSTON MORTON SIU BOATMEN AT G&H TOWING, MORAN SET CONTRACT GOALS HLS WORKING TO MEET TOWING INDUSTRY MANPOWER NEEDS LABOR DISMAYED OVER CARTER’S NATIONAL HEALTH PROPOSALS TRIBLE AMENDMENTS SAVED SUBSIDIES FOR LNG TANKERS POSTAL REFORM BILL WOULD REQUIRE USE OF US-FLAG SHIPS APL TO BUILD FIVE NEW CONTAINERSHIPS MARAD DISSOLVES RELATIONS WITH MARITIME COUNCIL SIU BOATMEN, KING’S POINT CADETS COME TO WASHINGTON FOR BRIEFING NEW MARITIME EXHIBIT OPENS AT SMITHSONIAN ‘SHIP AMERICAN’ ISSUE ARISES IN CONGRESS SEA-LAND SIGNS LONG PACT WITH PORT OF HOUSTON SHIPBUILDING BENEFITS INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE SIU MANS NEW TANKER THOMPSON PASS SIU, SUP, MFU SIGN NEW 3-YEAR PACT ON WEST COAST MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SIU, SUP, MFU G & H TOWING GROWING LIKE TEXAS CACTUS MTD BLASTS PLAN TO GIVE WAR RISK INS. TO FOREIGN FLAGS FOREIGN FLAG SHIPS FIND A NEW LOOPHOLE HOUSE VOTES AMENDMENTS TO PROTECT U.S. JOB RIGHTS ACTION ON OCEAN MINING BILL IS NOW PENDING IN SENATE HOUSE APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO PROMOTE U.S. MARITIME OCEAN MINING BILL WOULD PROMOTE THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR US WORKERS FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN MANGANESE NODULES ON OCEAN FLOOR POLITICAL ACTION- THE KEY TO JOB SECURITY BOATMENT KEEP TRAFFIC, COMMERE MOVING ON THE LAKES WATERMAN STEAMSHIP ON COMEBACK TRAIL DRILLING ON OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF MEANS THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR U.S. SEAMEN AMOCO CADIZ AFTERMATH GETTING UGLIER ALL THE TIME CLARIFICATION OF DEATH BENEFIT IN NEW DEEP SEA PACT
HEADLINES MILESTONE PACT SIGNED WITH GREAT LAKES OPERATORS ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR BENEFITS CHANGED TO 125 DAYS SIU BLASTS USE OF NAVY TUGS AT KINGS BAY BASE SIU TAKES ELECTION AT CHAMPION AUTO FERRIES DEEP SEA MEMBERS ACCEPT NEW 3-YEAR PACT HIS DAD WAS A SEAFARER WITH A BIG HEART DELTA QUEEN SHOWS SPEED SUPREMACY IN RIVERBOAT RACE HALL: 50,000 MARITIME JOBS IMPERLED POOR PROCEDURES CAUSES LIBERIAN-FLAG SANSINEA BLAST LNG IMPORTS PLAN, THOUGHT DEAD, IS RESURRECTED MTD SETS UP COUNCIL IN JUNEAU CHARLIE NALEN NAMED HLSS VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR SIU TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF SEA-LEVEL CANAL STUDY ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS… IN THE FEDERAL AGENCIESS… SIU OPPOSITION TO MORE TAX BREAKS FOR FOREIGN-FLAG SHIPPERS GAINS MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT HOUSE DEFEATS SLURRY PIPELINE BILL U.S. PLANS INCREASE IN OIL RESERVE PLAN MARAD DATA SHOWS U.S.-FLAG FLEET IS INCREASING U.S.-RUSSIAN GRAIN PACT NEARS ACCORD LABOR LAW REFORM SET BACK BY FILIBUSTER CLARIFICATION OF VACATION, DEATH BENEFITS IN NEW DEEP SEA PACT EL PASO SOUTHER, 4TH SIU-CONTRACTED LNG CARRIER, IS CREWED IN NORFOLK, VA. PUMPROOM, MARINE ELECTRICAL COURSES PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF U.S. MARITIME THRU EDUCATION MOVE MOUNTED TO EXPORT ALASKAN OIL TO JAPAN 1500TH CHECK MARKS NEW PLATEAU FOR INLAND VACATION PLAN TIME TO LEASH RUSSIAN RATE SLASHING HIRE AMERICAN PROVISION WINS SUPPORT OF HOUSE-SENATE CONFAB: VICTORY FOR MARITIME LABOR REP. LEO ZEFERETTI SPONSORED ‘HIRE AMERICAN’ PROVISION WHAT THE BILL MEANS TO AMERICAN WORKERS OCEAN MINING JOBS AT STAKE IN SEA LAW CONFAB LABOR WANTS BILL TO SAFEGUARD JOBS AGAINST UNFAVORABLE TREATY CONVERTED SEA-LANDERS ON FOREIGN RUNS WITH SIU CREWS AN ACCOUNT OF UNION BUSTING NAD HEAD BUSTING ON THE SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT IN 1894 30 CENTS A DAY: A SMALL PRICE FOR JOB SECURITY
HEADLINES SIU BOATMEN SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SAB NEW GREAT LAKES AGREEMENT SIGNED BOATMEN CREW SIU TOWBOAT, THE DICK CONERLY SIU, MARINE COOKS AND STEWARDS MERGE BOTH MEMBERSHIPS VOTE A 95% APPROVAL OF CONSOLIDATION DELTA LINES BUYS 13 PRUDENTIAL SHIPS AT STATE DEPT. REQUEST, SIU SETTLES BEEF ON GREEK TANKER U.S., ARGENTINA SIGN BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT US JOBS AT STAKE- SIU GEARS FOR BATTLE ON OCEAN MINING BILL HOUSE BILL SETS NAVY-MARITIME ADVISORY BOARD ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS… LEUKEMIA IS A BY-PRODUCT OF BENZENE FUMERS NEW TANKER BROOKS RANGE AND SIU CREW ON ALASKA OIL RUN NEW 3-YEAR DEEP SEA PACT SIGNED WAGES, PENSIONS, WELFARE, VACATIONS INCREASED ELIGIBILITY RULES CHANGED TO 125 DAYS NEW PENSION, WELFARE BENEFITS EXPLAINED ALGERIAN SHIP RAMS YELLOWSTONE; 1 DEAD, 4 MISSING NATIONAL MARITIME DAY HONORS AMERICA’S MERCHANT SEAMEN SEAFARERS RECOUNT YELLOWSTONE TRAGEDY ON ARRIVAL IN STATES U.S.C.G. FINDS 50% DEFICIENCIES ON LIBERIAN SHIPS DEBATE ON THE MARITIME AUTHORIZATION BILL CONGRESS AFFIRMS 1970 MERCHANT MARINE ACT; AUTHORIZES SUBSIDIES FOR ’79 MARITIME PROGRAM MARAD AUTHORIZATIONS FY 1979 LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR U.S. MARITIME HOW SUBSIDY CUTS WOULD HAVE AFFECTED SIU VESSELS, JOBS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR U.S. SHIPYARDS MANNING AMENDMENT IS WITHDRAWN LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR LNG CARRIERS LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN GRAIN THE VOTE: YEAS-326 “… THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WILL ONCE AGAIN RENEW THE COMMITMENT OF THE CONGRESS TO A STRONG U.S. MERCHANT MARINE.” HOW POLITICAL ACTION GOT THE JOB DONE THE BIG ONE’S STILL WAITING FOR BROTHER BUZZWAH LNG THE NEWEST U.S.-FLAG SHIPS ARE HELPING TO END AMERICA’S DEPENDENCE ON RUNAWAY-FLAG TANKERS PULSATING WITH THE RIVERS, SIU BOATS PUMP ECONOMIC ENERGY INTO HEART OF U.S. SIU LAKES AND TUGS WORKING ON DIKE, 30 CENTS A DAY CAN BUY JOB SECURITY
HEADLINES CARTER SIGNS PRIVATE DREDGING LEGISLATION INTO LAW SIU, AGLIWD APPROVES MERGER WITH MC&S HOUSE OKAYS MARITIME SUBSIDY ACT 326-81 FOR 1979 SENTATE PASSES INLAND USER CHARGES, L & D 26 GREEN TICKET AB ENDORSEMENT UNION HELPS CLEAR UP PHS PAYMENT SNAFU HALL CALLS U.S. FREE TRADE ‘OUTDATED AND UNREALISTIC’ MURPHY, BLACKWELL, DASCHBACH SAYS U.S. MUST BOLSTER MARITIME GREAT LAKES COLA NAVY LEAGUE: BEEF UP U.S. MARITIME MTD CHARTERS NEW PORT COUNCIL IN JACKSONVILLE DELTA’S CLARK NAMED THE N.O. DOCK BOARD HOUSE BILL WOULD PROMOTE U.S. INDUSTRY, PROTECTS JOBS OF U.S. MARITIME WORKERS SENATE MOVES TO PROTECT U.S. MARITIME INTERESTS SENATE ADOPTS USER CHARGE, DOMENICI BILL IS DEFEATED COAST GUARD CHIDED FOR LAX SAFETY OVERSIGHT NEW TOWBOAT JOE BOBZIEN NEW SIU CONTRACTED TANKER, BROOKS RANGE NAVAL ARCHITECT GIVES REACTION TO BOOK ABOUT LNG SIU EFFORTS WIN DEMAND FOR U.S. SHIPS IN OVERSEAS MAIL POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER LAKERS READY FOR SUMMER SHIPPING ANOTHER FREEZING WINTER THAWS OUT- AND THE GREAT LAKES FLEET FITS OUT IOWA BEEF BOYCOTT, 14 MONTH STRIKE ENDS MINING SHIPS SHOULD BE U.S.-BUILT, MANNED OCEAN MINING- A NEW INDUSTRY: BUT WILL U.S. WORKERS BENEFIT FROM IT? SENATE PASSES INLAND USER CHARGES, L & D 26 WORKING FOR COORS WITH A LIE DETECTOR STRAPPED TO YOUR BODY BARGING ON THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL MARINE DOES THE JOB
HEADLINES MURPHY: CONGRESS MUST ACT FAST TO HELP U.S. FLEET SUP CALLS JOINT CONFERENCE DROZAK HITS NAVY BUDGET BID FOR NON-COMBAT SHIPS VOTING BEGINS ON MERGER OF SIU, AGLIWD AND MC&S 3 DIE, 12 INJURED AT EXXON REFINERY, COMPANY FINED $1200 EMPTY STEERING ENGINE ROOM: A CAUSE OF $8.5 M DAMAGES BRAND CALLS FOR NATIONAL CARGO POLICY BUS SHIPMENTS SHOW NEED FOR U.S. MARITIME POLICY TI: ‘RUNAWAYS’ POLICY HURTS TAXPAYER, TRADE, DEFENSE POSTAL ACT TO REQUIRE U.S. SHIPS TROY: USE MERCHANT MARINE TO AID, BUILDIP NAVY SEAPOWER OIL SPILLS SPUR IMCO TREATY ON ANTI-POLLUTION RULES CONGRESS APPROVES SUBSIDY BOOST FOR US MERCHANT MARINE HOUSE BILL URGES MERCHANT MARINE, NAVY COOPERATION ENERGY DEPARTMENT SETS HEARING ON EL PASO II PROJECT ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS OCEAN MINING BILL AWAITS SENATE ACTION FEDERAL AGENCIES HEARINGS… ‘INVOLVEMENT IS THE KEY’ POINTS OUT ONE DELEGATE AT THE SECOND IOT CONFERENCE DELEGATES IMPRESSED WITH HLS COURSES FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE SHIP HAS WORST SPILL IN HISTORY PROGRESS TOWARD UNITY: 1978 A CLOSE LOOK AT DOT AND MARITIME A ‘DON’T BUY’ MARTIN GUITARS VEGA BANJOS BOYCOTT IS LAUNCHED YOUR TICKET TO JOB SECURITY
HEADLINES CONGRESS OFFERING REMEDY TO ILLEGAL REBATE PLAGUE UNEXMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 6.1%, THE LOWEST IN 3 YEARS SIU V.P. PAUL DROZAK IS DEAD AT 50 COVE COMMUNICATOR COMES TO NEW HAVEN AFL-CIO ASKS CARTER FOR $29.5B TO BOOST ECONOMY HALL SAYS LINER POLICY ‘STRANGLES’ SHIPPING HALL NAMED HEAD OF LABOR POLICY GROUP ON TRADE DROZAK: NEED U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL SHIPPING PACT SUP’S MORRIS WEISBERGER GOES INTO RETIREMENT U.S. SEEKS TO END RATE-CUTTING BY SOVIET FLEET ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS BILL IS OFFERED TO ALLOW STATE WITHHOLDING TAX INLAND VACATION PLAN HITS MILESTONE-1,000TH CHECK OK OF U.S. TUNA BOATS TO SWITCH TO FOREIGN FLAGS HIT MORE TRAINING, MORE SKILLS, MORE JOB SECURITY WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN CARTER’S ’79 BUDGET 1ST IOT CONFAB HI-LITES UNION’S PROGRESS BETTER COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING KEYNOTE BOATMEN’S CONFERENCE DEAF WOMAN GAINS COURAGE WRITING OF THE SEA MAN-AMERICAN CLAUSE IN OCS BILL A MUST IS AMERICAN WORKER FACING EXTINCTION? MTD URGES QUICK ACTION TO GET LNG PROJECTS UNDER WAY WORLDWIDE TRAINING STANDARDS FOR SEAMEN TO BE SET TRANSPORT SAFETY UNIT URGES GLOBAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LIST OFFSHORE GROUP DISCUSSES EAST COAST ORGANIZING TEXAS CONVENTION TO PAUL DROZAK CG CUTS WORKING TIME FOR TOWBOAT OPERATOR LICENSE LNG ARIES PLUCLS 21 IN LIFEBOAT AT SEA OFF SUNK SHIP ALLIED TOWING CORP.-FROM 2 TO 21 TUGBOATS STUDY FINDS INDIVIDUAL TAX RATE HIGHER THAN OIL MULTINATIONALS SUNKEN TREASURE LIES 240 FEET BELOW ON THE OCEAN FLOOR; $400-MILLION FOUND HELLICOPTER RESCUES CAN BE HAZARDOUS BUSINESS
HEADLINES SIU BACKS HOUSE BILL TO REBUILD LOCKS AND DAM 26 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF LUNDEBERG’S DEATH AFL-CIO PUSHES LABOR LAW REFORM BILL OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT PASSES IN THE U.S. HOUSE R.F. ‘MICKEY’ WILBURN, 55, RETIRED HOUSTON AGENT, DIES WINTER BOUND LAKER DESTROYED IN WATERFRONT FIRE DREDGE SAWYER JOINS SIU FLEET PORPOISE KILLS DOWN 75% DUE TO U.S. TUNAMENT EFFORTS U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIPS TO 6.3%; STILL VERY HIGH FOR BLACKS HUBERT HUMPHREY, A LABOR MAN DON’T BUY BARTLETT-COLLINS GLASSWARE, SAYS AFL-CIO CONGRESS POSTPONES SENTATE DEBATE ON RIVERS USER CHARGE ATLANTIC COAST BOATMEN EXAMINE SIU WASHINGTON ACTIVITIES OCS BILL PASSES; ‘HIRE AMERICAN’ WINS HOUSE APPROVAL ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS TI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR BOATMEN IS LAUNCHED POORLY MAINTAINED GREEK TANKER CAUSED EXPLOSION POINT JULIE MATE HAS HIGH PRAISE FOR SHIPMATES 3RD SHIPDOCKING CONFAB LOOKS TO FUTURE SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FOLLOWS FAMILY TRADITION SENATE BILL OK WOULD BOOM DREDGING FIRST LAKES INLAND CONFERENCE HELD RADCLIFF, CRESCENT MEMBERS SET CONTRACT GOALS CLOSED FOR SEASON DUE TO FREEZIN’ COORS BEER BOYCOTT CAUSES SALES DIP IT’S HIGH RIVER ON THE MISSISSIPPI- NEW ORLEANS HARBOR HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS 12 GET FIRST EARLY PENSION SUPPLEMENT
HEADLINES 4 TOWING COMPANY CONTRACTS RATIFIED BY BOATMEN NEW BOAT DIXIE AVENGER TOW LICENSES EXPIRE IN ‘78 MEET AT SIU HEADQUARTERS HUMAN RESOURCES GROUP FINISHING PROPOSED STUDY SEA-LAND LAUNCHES NEW WEST COAST-MIDEAST RUN; CUTS OTHERS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TWO SIU TUGS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 6.4% IN DECEMBER FROM 6.9% SEA-LAN TO OVERHAUL 4 CONTAINERSHIPS SIU’S WILLIAMS HONORED AT NEW ORLEANS DINNER ARMED FORCES RADIO TO SHIPS IS ENDANGERED TWO LOG AWARDS ARE ACCEPTED BENEFITS START FOR 3 INLAND COS. BENZENE IS A KILLER: BE CAREFUL WORKING NEAR IT JONES ACT BILLS FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS NOW IN CONGRESS SIU URGERS SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL ON LOCKS AND DAM #26 ATLANTIC COAST HARBOR BOATMAN EXAMINE SIU WASHINGTON ACTIVITIES ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS SIU TAKES LNG ARIES, 2ND U.S.-FLAG GAS CARRIER, ON MAIDEN VOYAGE TO INDONESIA DELTA TO TAKE OVER 13 PRUDENTAIL SHIPS FOR SOUTH AMERICA RUN NEW ALGONAC HALL ON ST. CLAIR RIVER TO BE CENTER OF GREAT LAKES SHIPPING CRESCENT TOWING’S SUCCESS IS NO ACCIDENT 2ND ATLANTIC INLAND EDUCATION CONFAB HELD 27 SHIPDOCKING DELEGATES FROM PORTS OF BALTIMORE, NORFOLK, PHILADELPHIA ATTEND HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS NOT FORGOTTEN AT CHRISTMAS DEPT. OF ENERGY MUST PRICE LNG PROPERLY SEAMEN CAN GET HURT IN ILLEGAL RATE WARS CEMENT FOR HURON FLEET
HEADLINES 1ST HIGHER ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS MENACE SYSTEM MTD CONVENTION URGES: BREAK BIG OIL’S TRANSPORTATION MONOPOLY MTD CONFAB ACTS ON RUNAWAYS, V.I.’S, CARGO EQUITY, SAFETY HUMPHREY, ON PHONE, ‘LABOR CONSCIENCE OF POLITICS’ AFL-CIO CONFAB BIDS CONGRESS AID MARITIME MONDALE TO AFL-CIO: LABOR-WHITE HOUSE COOPERATING ILA STRIKERS VOTE TO END 60-DAY BEEF AGAINST CONTAINERSHIPS PRESIDENTS’ OFFSHORE GROUP MEET ON CONTRACT AT CONFAB, BROWN SAYS EDUCATION IS KEY TO SURVIVAL OF U.S. FLEET UNITED STEELWORKERS ORE MINERS’ STRIKE NEARS END SEAFARERS MAN CAPRICORN 3 NEWLY ACQUIRED BOATS PORT AGENTS, PATROLMEN SWEEP SHIPDOCKING COMPANIES ON THE EAST COAST IN DRIVE ATLANTIC COAST BOATMEN TAKE BIG STEP FORWARD AT SHIPDOCKING CONFERENCE COMMUNICATIONS IS CONFERENCE THEME TANKERMAN KILLED AS BARGE EXPLODES; TWO SAVED BRING THE BIG OIL COMPANIES INTO LINE ON GREAT LAKES RUN FROM TOLEDO, M/V RICHARD J. REISS UNLOADS COAL AT STEEL PLANT ‘SANTA CLAUS’ BLANCQ CARRIED WIDE RANGE OF ITEMS SEN. INOUYE WARNS ABOUT STATE OF U.S. MERCHANT MARINE AT MTD CONFAB, SEN. GRAVEL BACKS LOWER INLAND USER TOLLS KIRKLAND PLEDGES LABOR’S SUPPORT FOR U.S. MARITIME INDUSTRY MURPHY: PUBLIC MUST LEARN MARITIME’S ROLE IN ECONOMY, DEFENSE ‘FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE’ SHIPS TAKE HIGH TOLL AT SEA AFL-CIO PRESSES DON’T BUY BOYCOTTS NATIONWIDE RETIRED LAKER PESENAK TURNS TIN CANS INTO MINIATURE FURNITURE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT UPS SCALE 2 PERCENT WHAT MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY MEANT TO A UNIONIST MERRY CHRISTMAS! THE INTERPRETATION OF A TRADE UNIONIST
HEADLINES ANN ARBOR RAILROAD CAR FERRIES MARK 85TH YEAR 2% COL IN DEEP-SEA CONTRACT HALL ASSAILS OIL BIGGIES AS FOES OF U.S. SEAPOWER 100 NEW CONTRACTS, 4, 100 NEW MEMBERS FOCUS OF UIW CONVENTION DOCK STRIKE NEARING END SIUNA GIVES UNITED SUPPORT TO NORTHERN TIER LINE CARTER INKS $2.65 MINIMUM WAGE; $3.35 IN ‘81 SS DELTA BRASIL MINUTES TELL ABOUT BURIAL-AT-SEA SERVICE CARTER PULLS U.S. OUT OF ILO POSTAL BILL CLEARED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE SABINE ORGANIZING DRIVE GEARS UP; 3RD ELECTION IN ‘78 FIRST AQUARIUS CREW IN STATES SAY LNG AOK CONGRESS SEES NEED FOR A STRONGER US MARITIME POLICY SIUNA DELEGATION UNITED BEHIND NORTHERN TIER ALASKAN PIPELINE FEDERAL AGENCIES MEETINGS ON MARITIME 4 JONES ACT BILLS AWAIT CONGRESS ACTION IOT: LARGEST U.S. INLAND-DEEP SEA FLEET FULL CURRICULUM PROVIDED FOR TOWBOAT PROGRAM DROZAK URGES IUPIW CONFAB DELEGATES TO TAKE POLITICAL ACTION WATERMAN SIGNS CONTRACT TO RESTORE U.S.- FAR EAST SERVICE 20 INLAND COMPANIES MEET AT PINEY POINT FIRED CAPTAIN AWARDED $1,400 IN BACK PAY FROM COMPANY SIU PLAN PAYS RETIREE, WIFE’S $22G MEDICAL BILLS RULING MAY AFFECT U.S. SEAMEN LNG-WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES IT DO? AT CONFAB, HIBBERT NOTES: ARC CENTER UNIQUE CONGRESS CLEARS SOME IMPORTANT GREAT LAKES LEGISLATION THE JONES ACT: STILL ONE BIG BATTLE: CLOSE THE “LOOPHOLE” U.S. SAFETY BOARD BIDS FOR FIRESAFE LIFEBOATS FOR TANKERS SAFETY DEMANDS TANKERMAN’S SKILLS ON DANGEROUS TOWS WE’VE COME A LONG WAY …. ‘DEVELOPING THE WHOLE MAN’ – NEW HORIZON’S FOR EVERY SEAFARER NEW YORK HARBOR: STILL ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST BOATMAN SALAZAR SAYS LICENSE GETS GOOD JOBS “SONNY” SIMMONS: HE’S ONE OF THE MEN WHO BUILT THIS UNION
HEADLINES HOUSE PASSES THE FIRST WATERWAYS USER CHARGE BILL HOUSE DEFEATS OIL CARGO PREFERENCE BILL ST CANTIGNY CARRIES 1ST CRUDE FOR U.S. RESERVE RAIN DOESN’T DAMPEN SAN JUAN MEETING COAST GUARD PROPOSING NEW TANKER REGULATIONS ILA STRIKE EFFECTS CONTAINERSHIPS ON EAST AND GULF COAST AFTER ATTENDING HLS, NELSON BECAME MATE AT 22 UN SEA LAW CONFERENCE ENDS WITHOUT TREATY BIG OIL DEFEATS CARGO EQUITY BILL IN CONGRESS HOUSE APPROVES LOCKS AND DAM 26, VOTES USER FEE GOOD SAFETY HABITS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE HLSS PLANS AB COURSE FOR LAKES MEMBERS FROM ECONOMY’S MINUTES: SAVED CUBANS IN DINGHY 6 DAYS SHIPPING ARTICLES: REQUIREMENTS FOR VESSELS INVOLVED IN THE VALDEZ OIL TRADE WATERWAYS USER CHARGE NEW SAILORS SNUG HARBOR TOO REMOTE WORKING TO EDUCATE AMERICA ON SEAPOWER SHIPPERS DON’T KNOW WHAT U.S. SHIPS HAVE TO OFFER SEAPOWER WILL SUFFER WITHOUT 9.5% OIL BILL A NEW AREA IN U.S. SEAPOWER-DEEP DEA MINING SOVIETS OUTNUMBER U.S. 4-1 ON HIGH SEAS ‘U.S. MUST MEET SOVIET CHALLENGE ON THE OCEANS’ AS ISLAND NATION, U.S. NEEDS STRONG NAVY MERCHANT MARINE PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS IT’S A TOUGH JOB KEEPING IT ON THE BOOKS THE SAN FRANCISCO STORY
HEADLINES TUG GEARY PUSHES FIRST PART OF WORLD’S LARGEST OIL RIG OIL BIGS ALL OUT TO STOP CARGO PREFERENCE SCHULMAN IS ELECTED BAR ASSN. UNIT HEAD SIU REPS SPEAK AT MARAD FIREFIGHTING HEARINGS SIU SHIPS TAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN ALASKA OIL RUN COAST GUARD’S RECORD OF NON-COOPERATION INTACT CARTER OKS CANADA-NOT ALASKA-GAS PIPELINE SIU ACTS TO BLOCK FOREIGN FLAGS ON ALASKA OIL RUN UNIONS, BUILDERS PUSH FOR U.S.-MADE GEAR IN OFFSHORE DRILLING SEWELL’S POINT IS NEW SIU-CONTRACTED TUGBOAT JACKSONVILLE’S AGENT ‘RED’ MORRIS RETIRES 21 SEAFARERS PREPARING FOR FUTURE THRU LNG PROGRAM AT HLSS GALVESTON USPHS HOSPITAL MAY MOVE TO NEW HOME IN OCTOBER WATERWAYS BILL ON FUEL TAX IN CONGRESS CARGO EQUITY BILL FACES TOUGH FIGHT IN CONGRESS SIU FIGHTS VIRGIN ISLANDS OIL LOOPHOLE HERE’S WHATS HAPPENING IN CONGRESS FISHERMAN, CANNERY WORKERS NIX SALE OF CATCH TO FOREIGNERS LOG WINS FIRST PRIZE FOR EDITORIALS AND HALL COLUMNS OVERSEAS NEW YORK DUE FOR ALASKA RUN SACCO, TROY NAMED HDQS. REPS. 7 PORT AGENTS PICKED SAFETY SUGGESTIONS GIVEN AFTER MISS. R. COLLISION HOUSE APPROVES $2.65 HOUR MINIMUM WAGE BILL WATERMAN-MARAD HUDDLE ON SUBSIDIES FOR FAR EAST RUNS 11 BOATMEN STUDYING FOR FIRST CLASS PILOT’S LICENSES THE JONES ACT MOST IMPORTANT MARITIME LAW ON BOOKS ANNUAL PHYSICAL COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE WILLIAM CAMACHO WENT FROM FACTORY WORKER TO CHIEF ENGINEER 1ST ANNUAL LIVING SOBER REUNION HEARS OF RECOVERIES OXYGEN ON SHIPS COULD SAVE LIVES TWO SIU BOATS JOIN FORCES ON ALA. R. SIU-CREWED AQUARIUS, MANHATTAN DOCK IN JAPAN OIL BIGS ALL OUT TO STOP CARGO PREFERENCE WHAT ARE THE FACTS BEHIND THE COST OF OIL CARGO EQUITY LEGISLATION? 9.5 PERCENT OIL CARGO PREFERENCE: JOBS FOR AMERICANS, SAFER WATERS 9 BLACK GANG MEN TAKING MARINE ELECTRONICS COURSE AT HLSS PORT OF NORFOLK-BUSY AREA FOR SIU BOATMEN
HEADLINES NEW, 3-YEAR CONTRACTS RATIFIED AT ABL, INLAND TUGS COAST GUARD IGNORES SEAMAN SAFETY ON THE LAKES HOUSE COMMITTEE OKS OIL CARGO BILL; FIGHT GOES ON MERCHANT MARINE AID ROLE FOR NAVY IS ‘ENCOURAGING’ BID OF FOREIGN FLAGS FOR ALASKA OIL RUN IS HIT DELTA LINE TO BUY 12 PRUDENTIAL SHIPS; WILL DOUBLE FLEET GREAT LAKES CONTRACT HEADQUARTERS REP. EDWARD X. MOONEY RETIRES HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSES WATERWAYS FUEL TAX WHEN LEAVING A SHIP, BE SURE YOU HAVE A REPLACEMENT SIU CREWS MANHATTAN ISLAND, FIRST PRIVATELY CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED HOPPER DREDGE FRANK TRAVIS IS SHIPPING OUT AS SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER BOATMEN FROM 3 GULF COMPANIES DISCUSS UPCOMING CONTRACTS CARTER BIDS CONGRESS PUT TEETH, SPEED IN NLRB ACT BOATMEN SERVICING SWEEP CONTINUES IN GULF 6TH BOATMENS CONFERENCE HELD AT LUNDEBERG SCHOOL CARTER MULLS ALASKA GAS PIPELINE ROUTE GETTING A LICENSE IS A REWARDING MOVE ‘THAT’S THE PLACE TO GO’ ENGINEER SIMMONS SAYS OF PINEY POINT BOATMEN GARCIA, O’NEAL GET CAREER HEADSTARTS AT HLSS 1ST INLAND CONTRACT SPURS BEN WHALEY TO UPGRADE TO CAPTAIN MILITARY CARGO HELPS KEEP U.S. SHIPS ON JOB TUG MARYLAND BEATS FIELD OF 14 TO WIN RACE ONCE AN ARCTIC OCEAN FISHERMAN, HE SAILS DECK ON GREAT LAKES BIG JUMP IN PAY GOES ALONG WITH UPGRADED SKILLS SIU REP LUIGI IOVINO GETS HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT HLSS HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA AVAILABLE TO ALL ST. LOUIS-HUB OF NATION’S INLAND WATER SYSTEM
HEADLINES CARTER BACKS 9.5% OIL CARGO PREFERENCE BOATMEN AT CARIBE TOWING APPROVE 3-YEAR CONTRACT FLEXIBILITY, EDUCATION ANSWERING MARITIME INDUSTRY’S NEEDS DROZAK BLASTS USCG FAILURES ON SAFETY SCHULMAN: U.S. SEAMAN HAVE RIGHTS, TOO GAO STUDY PROVES PHS NEEDS MORE MONEY BARKER ELECTED NMC CHAIRMAN MC&S MERGER WITH SIU A&G DISTRICT IS PROCEEDING SIU-CONTRACTED OVERSEAS CHICAGO USED FOR TRAINING MARINERS’ CHURCH REMEMBERS SONS LOST TO THE GREAT LAKES RETIRING MSC CHIEF SAYS SEAPOWER ESSENTIAL TO U.S. AFL-CIO ENDS BOYCOTT OF RINGLING BROS. ALASKAN OIL SWAP PLAN TO JAPAN REJECTED AQUARIUS COMPLETES TRIAL CARGO RUNS IN ENGLAND SIU, NMU SIGN AGREEMENT TO STUDY MERGER AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS HELPED UNION COOPERATION NEW HOUSTON HIRING HALL OPENS; JULY MEETINGS HELD WORKERS’ PROGRESS STANDS OUT IN VISIT TO SWEDEN AS PARTICIPANT IN 10-MEMBER AFL-CIO DELEGATION USER FEE NOT ANSWER TO LOCKS & DAM 26 REP. MCKINNEY: ‘SHIP AMERICAN’ SHOULD BE MORE THAN SLOGAN 5TH BOATMEN’S CONFERENCE IS AN EDUCATION CONTRACTS RATIFIED AT SABINE TOWING; DIXIE CARRIERS THE SUPERTANKER TT STUYVESANT IS SET FOR CREWING A NEW INLAND CONTRACT SAVES MEMBER $9,604.35 HOW THE 1954 CARGO PREFERENCE ACT HELPS THE FLEET TWO OLD BATTLERS REMEMBER SNUG HARBOR AND ITS FOUNDER JAIL A NIGHTMARE FOR YANKS BUSTED ABROAD FOR DRUGS RUPPE PRESSES COAST GUARD TO CONSULT UNIONS ON MANNING HLSS MEETING MANPOWER NEEDS OF TOWING INDUSTRY HOUSTON- A WIDE RANGING PORT
HEADLINES SIU MANS FIRST U.S.-FLAG LNG SHIP NEW COMPANY LOOKS TO REVIVE MICH. CARFERRIES MAP OUT COURSE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION HALL PRESSES HEW, OSHA ON HYGIENE SIUNA AFFILIATE OF CHICAGO CABDRIVERS WINS IMPORTANT VICTORY JAMES SMITH ADDED TO FLEET ‘SIU’ LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM IS FIRST IN PUERTO RICO CHAMPIONSHIP JIMMY LOGAN PEPARES FOR CHIEF ENGINEER’S TEST HOUSE OKS PORPOISE QUOTA FOR TUNA FLEET SS SHARON- A LADY WITH A LOYAL FOLLOWING AMERICANS PAY TRIBUTE TO SEAMEN ON MARITIME DAY IT MEANS MORE CARGO FOR U.S.-FLAG VESSELS FROM MEMPHIS-ST. PAUL-PITTSBURGH, ‘SWEEP’ RIVERS 23 RIVER BOATMEN ATTEND EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 1971 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER GLAD SHE’S ACCOUNTANT AGE OF AQUARIUS DAWNS FOR U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ADEQUATE LNC FACILITY NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA $3.50 FOR A 10-HOUR DAY, 6-DAY WEEK, IN 1918 ON HARBOR BOATS PORT AGENTS PREPARE TO MEET MANPWOER NEED DON’T BUY COORS BEER, CROFT METALS BOYCOTTS SET BY AFL-CIO AB ENDORSEMENT MEANS BETTER PAY, SECURITY PORT OF NEW ORLEANS: 3RD MOST ACTIVE IN THE WORLD
HEADLINES LOG STORY TRIGGESR REP. RUPPEE’S CG QUIZ ON SAFETY SIU-IBU MERGER POSTS VITAL GAINS TURNER PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOST SEAMEN ON MARITIME DAY FIT-OUT MEETING IS SPECIAL IN DETROIT HALL TELLS TULANE FORUM HE SEES A ‘HAPPY DAY’ IN MARITIME FUTURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 7% IN APRIL; 7-M STILL JOBLESS DROZAK SEES SUPPLY LINES PINCH IN THE EVENT OF WAR CRISIS MERGER TALK PROGRESSES DELMAR JAEGER ENTERS SERVICE OFFSHORE RIGS CREWS, FLAG, SAFETY, A MUST: DROZAK BONANZA OF JOBS SEEN WITH ALL-ALASKA GAS PIPELINE TUNA FLEET FISHING WITH PROMISE OF COMPROMISE DROZAK LAUDS NMC ON PRODUCTIVITY, STABILITY, GROWTH A FIRST, SIU BOATMAN WINS SCHOLARSHIP FMC CARRIES THE BIGGEST REGULATORY STICK FORMER SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNER LANDS GOOD JOB $10 BILLION IN FREIGHT PROFITS-BUT NO TAXES TO PAY POST OFFICE MUST SERVE PUBLIC FLEXIBILITY, FORESIGHT HALLMARK OF MERGER 21 SIU BOATMEN SET CONTRACT GOALS AT HLS CONFAB VACATION, STANDARD PACTS- MERGER BREAKTHROUGHS 21 SIU BOATMEN SET CONTRACT GOALS AT HLS CONFAB SWEEP TEXAS, LOUISIANA BOATMEN LEARN WHY POLITICS IS PORKCHOPS ON WATERS ’70 MARINE ACT: 12 TUGS, 28 TOWBOATS, 265 BARGES FOUR COMPANIES ORGANIZED SINCE MERGER LUNDEBERG SCHOOL IS THE OPEN DOOR TO ADVANCEMENT HERE’S HOW THE SIU HIRING HALL WORKS FOR BOATMEN TOP COURT: IT IS NOT SEX BIAS TO BAR DISABILITY PAY FOR PREGNANCY ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IS HEART OF FOWT COURSE A BUSY FRIDAY THE 13TH IN THE WINDY CITY
HEADLINE BOATMAN OK PACTS AT INLAND TUGS, ABL HALL, TURNER MEET ON PROPOSED MERGER NEW R/O R/O WESTWARD VENTURE IS CREWED MOBILE MEETING: MULL A TAXING PROBLEM 1ST CONTRACT INKED FOR MARINE TOWING IN CHARLESTON WHITEHOUSE BRIEFS LABOR’S COMMITTEE ON ENERGY MURPHY: NEED FOR CARGO PREFERENCE KREPS IS COMMERCE SECRETARY MOODY TELLS CONGRESS: U.S. NEEDS CARGO PREFERENCE $2.50 MINIMUM STUNS LABOR SITUS PICKETING BILL DEFEATED TUNA INDUSTRY IN JEOPARDY: 2,500 CANNERY LAYOFFS LONGSHOREMEN END 5-DAY DOCK STRIKE INOCULATIONS OVERDONE GALVESTON USPHS HOSPITAL MOVE AWAITS U.S. FUNDS TRUSTEES MEETING, PORT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN ADDS NEW BENEFIT HALL DEPOLORES COAST GUARD’S LOW BUDGET BID FOR SAFETY AT SEA U.S.-SOVIET SIGN BILATERAL GRAIN SHIPPING TREATY RAIL CAR FERRY CHIEF WAWATAM WILL CONTINUE TO RUN LABOR-MANAGEMENT GROUP COMMEND CARTER ON ECONOMICS MARAD: SPARKS SHIPBUILDING, CARGO, PORTS RASH OF DISASTERS HIGHLIGHTS THE TRAGIC PROBLEM OF FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE SHIPS SIU CREW MAKES IT A GOOD VOYAGE FOR PASSENGERS ON THE DELTA QUEEN EX-SIU SCHOLARSHIP WINNER WANTS TO SERVE SOCIETY ‘SWAP’ PLAN WOULD INCREASE OIL IMPORTS HALL:SOLVE ENERGY CRISIS, BUT NOT BY LOSING JOBS S-L FINANCE, BEAVER STATE PAY OFF ON WEST COAST; USPHS HOSPITAL VISITED SIU, MTD GIVE COMMENTS AT HEARINGS ON GAS PIPELINE ROUTE SPEEDUP BOAST GIVEN TO STRATEGIC OIL STOCKPILE PLAN ‘I’M GLAD TO BE ALIVE,’ SAYS SEAFARER OVERCOME BY FUMES OPPOSITES ATTRACTED TO HLSS FOR VESSEL OPERATOR COURSE HOLD MEETINGS ON OIL RUN TO THE PORT OF NEW YORK WELCOME TO MOBILE AROUND THE HARBOR