Local News

By Lupita P. Gonzales
For the Optic

More than 70 years later, the memory is still vivid in Raymundo Angel’s mind.

He recalls the smoke and the burning ships. The day was Dec. 7, 1941, and the Japanese were attacking Pearl Harbor.

Ray, a Marine, was stationed at Ewa Airfield, two miles from Pearl Harbor. The airfield also came under attack, but Ray survived it.

Witnessing firsthand the death and destruction that rained down on our nation on that day of infamy didn’t rob Ray of his optimism.

By Barry Massey
The Associated Press

SANTA FE — Legislative auditors criticized state oversight of taxpayer-subsidized child care providers Wednesday, saying a government agency failed to detect sex offenders living at child care locations.

Staff auditors of the Legislative Finance Committee said the Children, Youth and Families Department suspended three child care homes after auditors told the agency that registered sex offenders listed the homes as their primary addresses.

In 1963

Monday, Sept. 23 — Memorial services will be held later this week for Ernest Norris Thwaites, 59, owner and operator of Las Vegas radio station KFUN, who was killed Saturday night in a plane crash east of Albuquerque, near Edgewood. Thwaites was en route to Las Vegas from Albuquerque in his private plane, 400 Charley, an all-metal Cessna 180. The crash was not discovered until early Sunday morning, by Pete Muller of Edgewood, who found the wreckage in a nearby pasture. Thwaites had more than 20 years of flying experience.
 

Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Windy, with a southwest wind 15-20 mph, increasing to 25-30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. A 10 percent chance of showers at night. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20-25 mph, becoming northwest 10-15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

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