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Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California • Page 13

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San Rafael, California
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'War Of The Worlds' Still Sparks Calls BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) An updated version of the 1938 ol the broadcast, played by a Buffalo radio station late Halloween night, brought a flood of through switchboards late yesterday and early today. The broadcast over Station WKBW was billed as part of a Halloween night special. director Jeff Kaye was quoted by a local television and radio columnist yesterday as saying, use Orson script for a background and then treat it as a developing news story. It plays out very Welies" Mercury Theater group's show pretened to report an invasion from Mars.

News offices throughout the were called for information concerning the by the station. Callers asked about meteors crashing 1 on island in New and on Grand Island. Students at Alfred University, wtae homes are in the Buffalo ate a. tried desperately to reach I relatives to find out the Police in Buffalo said they ret ceived a few calls but did not of any incidents of panic. 'A telephone operator estimated that several thousand calls through the Buffalo switchboards during the broadcast.

Operators in the surrounding area said they had several calls for the or for information concerning the The 1938 broadcast, widely believed the report of an actual invasion, caused widespread pan- Linda And Infant Out Of Hospital WASHINGTON (AP) Johnson Robb says she calls 7-day-old daughter Cinda Cindy. Mrs. Robb and Lucinda Desha returned to the White yesterday from Bethesda Naval. Hospital and were greeted by the grandparents, President and Mrs. Johnson.

The aunt, Luci Johnson Nugent, drove them from the hospital where Cindy was bom Oct. 25. Her father, Marine Capt. Charles S. Robb, is serving in Vietnam.

WEATHER 70 76 50 61 36 37 86 67 76 64 73 55 63 34 .26 85 49 20 -3 8667 65 47 50 21 87 76 83 55 70 67 59 63 44 -55 -62 50 81 63 79 45 84 83 63 53 38 52 31 48 35 68 42 57 29 66 42 55 36 68 59 60 52 52 38 45 26 59 39 By P. INTERNATIONAL Temperatures and precipitation for the 24-hour period ending at 4 a.m. Albuquerque Atlanta Bakersfield Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Chicago Cincinnati Denver Des Moines Fairbanks Fort Worth Fresno Helena Honolulu Kansas City Las Vegas' Los Angeles Minneapolis New Orleans New York Oakland Oklahoma City Omaha Palm Springs Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Rapid City Red Bluff I Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City 1 San Diego San Francisco Seattle Spokane Washington FORECASTS: I San Francisco Bay Area: Cloudy through Saturday with 30 per cent chance of rain Saturday; high both days in 60s; low tonight 45-55; variable winds 5-15 m.p.h. shifting to south and reaching 10-20 m.p.h. Saturday.

Northern California: Increasing clouds through Saturday with chance of rain Saturday mostly on coastal sections; little temperature change. Northwestern California: Fair today except overcast in inland valleys; cloudy tonight and Saturday with chance of rain Saturday; little temperature change; high today and low tonight Ukiah 67-43. Mt. Shasta-Siskiyou area: Fair today; cloudy tonight and Saturday with chance of rain Saturday with snow above 6,000 feet; little temperature change. Sierra Nevada: Fair through Saturday; cloudy tonight and Saturday with chance of showers Saturday with snow above 6,000 feet in north and 7,000 feet in south; little temperature change.

Sacramento Valley: Fair today; cloudy tonight and Saturday with chance of light rain Saturday; high both days in 60s; low tonight in 40s; gentle winds becoming south 5-15 m.p.h. Saturday. Lower Sacramento Valley: Fair through Saturday except brief morning fog and cloudy by Saturday afternoon; high both days 68-72; low tonight 40-46; light winds becoming south 5-15 m.p.h. Saturday afternoon. San Joaquin Valley: Cloudy through Saturday with chance of light rain Saturday; high both days in 60s; low tonight ih 40s; light winds.

Salinas Valley: Mostly fair this afternoon, then cloudy through Saturday with chance of light rain Saturday; high both days in 60s; low tonight in 40s; gentle winds becmming south 5-15 m.p.h. Saturday; high today and low tonight Salinas 63-44, Paso Robles 62-46. Monterey Bay Area: Mostly fair this afternoon, then cloudy through Saturday with chance of rain Saturday; high both days from mid 50s to low 60s; low tonight in high 40s; variable winds 5-15 m.p.h. shifting to south and reaching 10-20 m.p.h. by Saturday.

Santa Clara Valley: Mostly fair this afternoon, then cloudy through Saturday with chance of light rain Saturday; high I both days in 60s; low tonight in 40s; gentle winds becoming south 5-15 m.p.h. Saturday. I Napa and Sonoma valleys: Fair this afternoon, then cloudy through Saturday with chance of light rain tonight and Saturday; little temperature change; high today and low tonight Santa Rosa 66-47; gentle winds becoming south 5-15 m.p.h. tonight and reaching 10-20 m.p.h. Saturday.

Friday, November 1, 7 968 13 Fairfax Trustees Set Tax Discussion The Fairfax School District board will discuss a proposal made by the California School Boards Association for a statewide property tax to finance 50 per cent California's cost at a meeting at 7:45 p.m. Monday in the district office. The board ordinarily meets on the first Tuesday of each month, but changed nights because of the election Tuesday, according to Dr. H. Reginald Hammond, superintendent.

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Srnce the turn of the century, only five men have represented the Redwood Empire in Congress. Each has been an outstanding representative a credit to our District and to our Country. This tradition does more than just keep good men working for us in Washington, D.C. It has enabled our Congressmen to acquire the seniority that puts them in key positions and greatly increases their ability to produce for all of us. Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree that we need Don Clausen's kind of ability and expedience and seniority.

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