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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1959
Page
3
The Interior Department announced a second contract with Richfield Oil Corp for oil and gas exploration in the Katalla Yakatata area of Alaska. The deal covers 571 321 acres adjacent to 490 000 acres being developed under a January contract and runs through December 31 1963.
In Compton a plane crash shattered a back bedroom during a Parley on Antarctica event. Neighbors heard the impact as the engine tore a three-foot pit in a cement patio. Whiteside, a telephone company repairman, described the blast as a shocking birthday surprise.
Washington reports a US led effort at a conference with Moscow to ban military use of Antarctica and share research. The talks seek a treaty framework within weeks, with Russia and the United States backing scientific cooperation on the continent.
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