1969 Press Photo SS Manhattan chief steward Leo Oliveira in supply room on ship
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Description
Above are Larry Roth, third assistant engineer, in the engine room, and Leo Oliveira, chief steward, in the supply room. At left, during a press briefing, is Mrs. Helen Bentley, chairman designate of the Federal Maritime Commission. The only woman aboard the Manhattan during the historic voyage, she used a four-letter word while calling in a news story over the ship's radio. This made Humble officials nervous and they forbade any more voice-to-voice communications between news media and their home offices. S. S. Manhattan.
