Neville recalls first meeting his friend Al Olstrom, a Swede who worked for Standard Oil of California as head of personnel, in 1946, his first year coming out to lecture on the West Coast. Over the following two decades they visited each other every year, alternating between Neville's San Francisco visits and Al's home, sharing drinks and barbecues despite Al showing no real interest in Neville's teaching after his first few lectures and instead preferring to play old hymns and cry over his own version of God.
Date (happened)
1946
conclusion · probable
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1946 (passage:541246).
1946
stated · probable · preferred
Why
This is a stated year from the passage itself, not derived from the lecture's own delivery date.
Reasoning
Neville states the year of first meeting Al Olstrom directly in the transcript, briefly considering 1947 before correcting to 1946 -- 'the first year' he came out to lecture on the West Coast. Confidence held at probable rather than certain because the statement is an on-the-spot recollection with a visible self-correction.
Told / reported
14 November 1969
conclusion
Why
dc1-agreement-20261004, pm-actor-551 (PM 8702)
Reasoning
1 claim, no conflict: 1969-11-14 (node:1501).
14 November 1969
estimated
Reasoning
Two independently sourced delivery claims (legacy catalog #621 and a chrome dateline harvested from the transcript's own document head) agree exactly on 1969-11-14, with no conflict to adjudicate.