1962 Press Photo Robert L. O'Dell Jr. and Frank Newton awarded in New Orleans

Charles Pearson Jr., left, vice-president of the Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council, presents safety awards to electrician Robert L. O'Dell Jr., center, and Frank Newton, chief engineer, aboard the SS Zoella Lykes yesterday. The President's Medal of the National Safety Council has been awarded to Frank Newton, chief engineer of the SS Zoella Lykes, for saving the life in 1961 of a member of his crew, Francis H. Wilson.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.