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Smokey Bear is being introduced to school children at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Left to right: William T. Piper (with stripped tie), President of Piper Aircraft Corp.; unidentified Man; U.S. Forest Service Chief, Lyle F. Watts; Spicer Conant, 8, who accepted Smokey on behalf of the children of Washington, D.C.; Smokey; Stanlee Ann Miller, representing the children of New Mexico where Smokey was found; and Homer Pickens, Game Warden of New Mexico. Stanlee Ann Miller of Albuquerque is the granddaughter of New Mexico Senator Dennis Chavez.