California Fires and Smog Hit Los Angeles Area
Southern Californians faced brush fires and record smog with heat waves. About 11 000 acres burned northeast of Los Angeles and in the Piru fire near Ventura County. Downtown Los Angeles reached 100 degrees with high ozone levels near Azusa and a 113 degree reading in Burbank. No injuries reported. 1 400 firefighters battled multiple blazes from El Cajon to San Diego County.
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Los Angeles
Vernon
San Diego County
el Cajon
LSD user shot by police kills father in San Jose
In San Jose California deputies shot and wounded James Arthur Smith twenty telling them he stabbed his father Elden Smith to death the night before. Smith alleged long term LSD use and described a fatal stabbing as officers rushed him with a knife.
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San Jose
Calif
Ken Cox
James Arthur Smith
Cox
Smith
Elden Smith
Young Smith
Dare to Make Mistakes Promotes Risk Taking Tips
A Digest feature titled Dare to Make Mistakes offers guidance from successful people who embraced errors as part of growth. The piece appears among 42 articles in the September Digest, encouraging readers to pursue pleasure, adventure, and fun without fear.
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Reader’s Digest
Eight-legged stuffed lamb traced to Bald Mountain Farm
Waterford residents recall an eight legged stuffed lamb found in a Waterford attic garage storage. The ewe reportedly hatched on Bald Mountain Road around 1865 on the VanPelt farm and was shown in a glass case by the VanPelts before being sold to Waterford residents years ago. Allen Hayner preserves a photo of the display.
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Waterford
Bald Mountain Road
Lansingburgh
Daniel Viladesau
Saratoga Ave
Willard Smith
3Rd Ave
VanPelt
VanPelts
Waterford Post Office Plans Postal Services Day
Postmaster William J. Brown Jr announces Waterford Postal Services Day on September 19 with hourly tours from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Residents can collect eight postal cards to update ZIP codes at no postage. cards return for the five digit code. Waterford Post Office serves 13,275 people with 18 employees in its 16th year as the town’s oldest continuous business.
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William J. Brown Jr
Plains
Waterford
Brown
Waterfords
Smith Family Relocates to Anaheim California
Mr and Mrs Ralph H Smith and sons Kevin and Stephen have moved from Waterford to Anaheim California where Mr Smith will teach in the San Joaquin School District He previously taught in Cambridge Central Roxbury Central and Shenendehowa districts Mrs Smith formerly Barbara Fairfield is daughter of Everett Fairfield Waterford
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Ralph H. Smith
Kevin
Stephen
Waterford
Anaheim
Calif
Smith
San Joaquin
Harold Smith
Cambridge Central
Roxbury Central
Shenendehowa
Barbara Fairfield
Everett Fairfield
Diplomat Don Madariaga Wins 1967 Goethe Prize
Don Salvador de Madariaga 81, writer diplomat and former Spanish ambassador to Washington, receives the Hanseatic Goethe prize for humanitarian and peace promoting work. The $6250 award will be presented at Hamburg University on September 29.
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Hamburg
Germany
Salvador de Madariaga
Washington
Princeton
Oxford
England
Hamburg University
Youth sets U S Embassy cars ablaze in Tokyo
A slim Japanese youth entered the U S Embassy in Tokyo and set three cars on fire with gasoline before fleeing. No injuries. It is the first such attack at the embassy since 1963. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kimura offered government regrets and apologies. A charred bucket was the sole clue. No motive is known.
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Tokyo
U. S
Edwin 0. Reischauer
Toshio Kimura
Kennedy Puts Aid To Cities Ahead Of War
Senator Robert F. Kennedy challenges Marine Commandant General Wallace Greene on Vietnam taking priority over domestic needs. He says the United States must balance war effort with aid to urban and rural poor, warning of a crisis unseen since the Civil War era. The remarks come amid national debate during the American Legion convention in Boston.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Vietnam
U.S
New York Democrat
Johnson
Greene
American Legion
Boston
United States
Heggen Named Park Director at Saratoga Spa State Park
George E. Heggen of Ballston becomes acting director of Saratoga Spa State Park replacing Peter Drury. A Clark RPI graduate and longtime university contributor, Heggen previously served as park assistant director and later as conservation administrator with the University of Virginia and Albany Medical Center. He and his wife reside at 28 Collamer Drive Ballston.
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George E. Heggen
Ballston
Capital District State Park
Heggen
Clark Rpi
Mission,son College
Waterford
RPI
B.S
M.S
Spa Park
Hasgrees
Saratoga Spa State Park
Stewart Kilborne
Conservation
Virginia
Albany
Peter
Saratoga Spa Reservation
Drury
Saratoga Springs
Mrs. Heggen
Collamer Drive
Road speeding man passes exam after probation
In Newport Pagnell England John Sealey admitted driving at 70 mph while reading notes. A judge renewed his license on probation for careless driving. He told the court he was en route to a history exam and glanced at his notes mid drive, but kept one eye on the road. He nevertheless passed the exam.
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Newport Pagnell
England
UPI
John Sealey
Here
Sealey
Vischer Ferry and area residents return from vacations
Vischer Ferry and nearby residents report recent vacations with Hog Island Narra ganset Bay trips and family visits. Church circle notes plans for the Shenendehowa WSCS Country Fair set for Sept 15 and 16 and a Japan program in October. Upcoming meetings include Sept 11 at Mrs Meredith Fellows home. Local church services listed with times and pastors across area churches.
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David Fotheringham
Keith
Vischer Ferry Road
Hog Island
Narraganset Bay
R.1
Harold Palmateer
Route 236
Halfmoon
Cynthia
Karen Palmateer
Galway
Palmager
Archie Glen
Cedar Lane
Lake George
Edna Allen
WSCS
Shenendehowa Methodist Church
Elnora
Adelle Harris
Japan
Meredith Fellows
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Mae A
Vance Eay Ward
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SUSE
Save Men
Oxfords
Carol Brent
Smale
Udane
Indus
Vischer Ferry
Victoria Kline
Christ Community Reformed
Robert J. de Young
Malla Ridge
Shenendechowa Methodist
Elmer N. Haley
Clifton Park
Center Baptist
James I. Meek
Faith Baptist
Rexford
Glennwood Cronin
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