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Feeley, president of the Greak Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. of Chicago. The two absentees: Murchison and Richardson, who are already busy lining up a new deal (see below). with the personnel and the problems...
...machinery needed for oil drilling. In the center stood an oil derrick, at one end a helicopter landing space and a small portable bunkhouse. Built by Manhattan's DeLong Engineering & Construction Co. and J. Ray McDermott Co. of Houston, and leased to Humble Oil, the odd-looking dock-barge is the first of its kind in the world, promises to be a great help in the hunt for offshore...
Last week an indignant prosecutor demanded that the ex-President be given four years to think over the world's problems in private. In drab civvies in the dingy Maastricht dock, the President admitted a little disappointment. "I was persuaded that I could help," he said, "but alas, everything went wrong...
Guatemala's Defense Minister José Angel Sánchez was down from Guatemala City to superintend the unloading, and the dock was cleared of idlers. Day after day, on cars of the U.S.-owned International Railways of Central America, the crates rolled up to the capital, 197 miles away. Armed guards rode each car. One night a stick of dynamite exploded without serious damage under an arms train, presumably set by anti-Communist Guatemalan exiles who had come over the Honduras border, 15 miles away. Tracing the fuse, soldiers wound up in a gunfight. One sergeant...
...quick thinking and an superb telephone manner, she manages to tie all the loose ends together." Ann's knowledge of languages (Lithuanian, Russian. Polish and Back Bay American) is often brought into play. Says Wylie: "The most memorable time was when we met the first D.P. ship to dock in Boston. I stood by helplessly while Ann interviewed the new Americans, who were overjoyed to hear an American speaking their language." According to one correspondent. Ann passes the supreme test: "She can get an overdue or inaccurate expense account cleared up with less pain than any secretary...