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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1957

Page

6

Major oil firms unveil deep sea drilling system

Continental Oil Union Oil Shell and Superior Oil announced a new deep sea drilling method. It lowers a drilling base to the ocean floor and guides it from a mother ship, enabling operations in water depths up to 1,500 feet and beyond. Union Oil reported drilling over 300,000 feet offshore California with the technique.

Los Angeles Continental Oil Co Union Oil Co Shell Oil Co Superior Oil Co California

Monkey bite prompts rabies treatment and quarantine

A 22 year old woman, Barbara Dier, was bitten on the right hand by a monkey at King's Pat Shop in the evening and must receive Pasteur treatment unless the animal is found. City Health Officer Dr. Litwack urged the owner to identify the monkey so it can be quarantined for 14 days. The monkey belonged to a customer and was removed from the scene. She was treated at St. Mary's Hospital.

I. D. Litwack Barbara Dier Luray St King’s Pat Shop Pacific Coast Hwy St. Mary’s Hospital

Speedie Pleads Guilty to Five Forgery Counts

VAN NUYS CNS Speedie 51 pleaded guilty in Van Nuys Municipal Court to five counts of forgery. The suspect waived a preliminary hearing and faces a term of one to 14 years after police said forgery stunts included cashing $500 000 in checks. Det Sgt William Guldnerland noted two other forgery counts were pending.

van Nuys CNS Speedie Sylmarin Tne

Sterns Visit Moscow Ties to New York Spy Case

Alfred K. Sterns and his wife Martha Dodd Sterns, wealthy Americans indicted in New York on spy charges, were sighted in Moscow at the Ukraine Hotel on a Tuesday night. Stern, once a brokerage executive, said they might travel to Red China. Martha Dodd Sterns is the former U.S. ambassador William E. Dodd’s daughter.

Moscow Alfred K. Sterns New York Ukraine Stern Red China Martha Dodd William E. Dodd Nazi Germany

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