Modern Devices May Open New Era in Tideland Drilling
Long Beach and Southern California offshore oil history is traced from early beach wells in 1896 to offshore platforms in the 1930s. Progress included 615 wells angled from shore, underwater drilling concepts, and subsurface chambers.
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Sacramento
California
Catalina
Seal Beach
Orange County
Rincon
Sumimesland
Ventura
Orange Counties
Ventura-Orange
F. J. Hortig
State Lands Commission
World Petroleum Congress
Hortig
New Curtiss Vertiplane Makes Bow
Santa Barbara witnesses Curtiss-Wright unveil a vertical take-off craft resembling an X with rotor pods at each leg. The 17 by 16 foot aircraft, built for the Army Transport and Engineering Command, seats the pilot at the front and uses a turbine engine to drive rotors for lift and exhaust thrust.
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Santa Barbara
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Pas
Fad Spreads On Campus For Highway Patrol Hats
Vanderbilt University students join a growing fad of wearing discarded State Highway Patrol campaign hats found on campus. Geologists at Vanderbilt are using hats for a dollar, while researchers explore new exploration tools and underwater sleds with lathyspheres and remotely controlled TV cameras.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Patrol
Hortig
Pediatric Society to Mark 12th Year
The Long Beach Pediatric Society will observe its 10th anniversary with a Nov 10 dinner at Ricart's Restaurant. Dr. Robert Alway of Stanford University School of Medicine will speak.
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Long Beach Pediatric Society
Ricart
Robert Alway
Stanford University School of Medicine
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Ventura County
Huntington Beach
Long Beach
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Pediatric Society
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Abe
Bacardi Imports
Maditea Ave
Rema
Bacardi
Los Altos Center
Bellflower
Stearns
Mer
Thurs
Pinetore
Gould CO
Long Beach Blvd
A. E. Brier
Aisa Atlantic
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Hong Kong
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