Glen 500 This Weekend at Watkins Glen Street Race
Over 30 drivers from the United States and Canada enter the Third Annual Glen 500 at Watkins Glen for August 19 to 21. The highlight is a three hour endurance for production cars like Cobras Ferraris GT Mustangs and Corvettes on August 21 with co drivers and pit stops. Eight 20 lap sprint races fill August 20 followed by a 50 minute practice for the 500 kilometer event.
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Watkins Glen
United States
Canada
Sports Car Club of America
Watkins
America
SCCA
Ed Lowther
McMurrary
Bob Nagel
Bethel Park
Halbeck
Hellertown
Oscar Koveleski
Scranton
Lowther
Nagel
Koch
Koveleski
Senator Day Urges Hearings on Finger Lakes Beautification
Senator Ted Day of the 54th District seeks public hearings in the Finger Lakes on outdoor advertising and junk yard issues. He asks the Joint Legislative Committees on Conservation Natural Resources and Scenic Beauty and on State Commerce Economic Development and Motor Boats to study how to balance tourism with beautification.
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Interlaken
Finger Lakes
Ted Day
54Th
Day
Joint
Charles F.stockmeister
Rochester
J.lewis Fox
Far Rockaway
Lakeside Businesses Have New Owners
Lakeside on Cayuga Lake sees two vacation spots change hands. James A. Haviland Jr acquires Lakelawn Motel from the Perkinses on July 11. On August 16, James A. Haviland Sr buys King Cabins from King Brodhead. The two properties are adjacent about half a mile off Route 89.
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Interlaken
West Shore
Cayuga Lake
Rt 89
Naples Grape Festival Plans Highlight Local Tourism
Naples Public Relations Committee led by Wm. Domm arranged a meeting to plan the annual Grape Festival to be held on September 23 24 and 25. The community promotes Bristol Valley Playhouse Mees Observatory Bristol Mountain Ski Center and a county park as tourist draws amid Willard era localities.
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Naples
Canandaigua Lake
Bristol Valley Playhouse
Mees Observatory
Bristol Mountain
Wm. Domm
Castelli Elected President of Cayuga Lake Preserve Assoc
Robert Castelli of Union Springs was chosen president of the Cayuga Lake Preservation Association replacing Captain Paul Falconer who resigned. The board approved regular meetings, a membership drive, and forming a Water Level committee headed by Sam Sorbello to monitor lake levels. Directors include George W. Cramer, Joseph Barr, Edward Melchen, Louis Long, Henry Koch, Mrs Sichel, and others. Next meeting set for August 16 at the Aurora Inn.
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Cayuga Lake
Sam Sorbello
Seneca Seneca Falls
N.Y
Syracuse
Robert Castelli
Union Springs
George W. Cramer
Romulus
Jos
Eph S. Barr
Edward Melchen
Ithaca
Louis J. Long
Aurora
Henry Koch
Edward Sichel
Clarence Buchwald
Robert J.glessing
Seneca Falls
George Train
Auburn
Theodore Bogart
Geneva
Aurora Inn
Finger Lakes pollution concern voiced by Tunney urging action
Conrad Tunney, executive director of the Finger Lakes Association, warns water pollution remains a serious threat to the Finger Lakes recreational value. Health officials say lakes are generally satisfactory for recreation and public water supply, but future plans for sewer systems and watershed controls are urged to preserve water quality.
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Penn Yan - Finger Lakes
New York State
Conrad T. Tunney
Finger Lakes Assoc
Finger Lakes
Tunney
Henry Smith
New York State Department of Health
Geneva
Peter Gaeala
Syracuse
Dave Prosser
Cayuga County
Gauala
Lakeshore
Tunpey
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Glen
Senator Day
Lakeside
James A. Haviland Sr
James Jr. and
Karin Draheim
Lakelawn Motel
Deerlick Springs
Kidders
Lakelawn
Kings Kabins
Haviland
Bunnie
Willard State Hospital
Arline Wiggins
Ann Loree
Penn Yan
James A. Jr
Virginia Hickman
Olkahoma
John E
James Jr
Interlaken Central School
Perkins
King Brodhead
James A. Haviland
Kings Rabins
Castelli
Cayuga Lake Preservation Association Inc
Conrad Tuney
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