Street Fair Echoes Of Shafter Chamber Effort
Editor Stephen McFadden notes the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture organized a successful street fair despite early rain and cloud cover. He praises Bob Jefferson and volunteers for keeping the event afloat, with Kiwanis pancake breakfast fueling vendors before 9 a.m. The piece reflects on lasting pride in this year’s positive community function.
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Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Bob Jefferson
Chamber
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
In This Corner on child self esteem and parenting
The piece argues top priorities for raising healthy children, urging honest communication, cooperation, personal responsibility, sound judgment, and unconditional love. It cites Kern County Community Health Centers guidance and stresses treating each child as unique and capable of making a difference.
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Kern County
Nuclear power doubt grows after TMI crisis and rising costs
In the 1960s optimism faded after Three Mile Island and rising costs. Public opposition to new nuclear plants surged to 61 percent by 1988 as construction prices ballooned to 3 to 6 billion dollars per reactor. NRC data show about 30,000 reactor mishaps since TMI, with 1,000 significant, and a 45 percent chance of a core meltdown at a U.S. plant in the next 20 years. Waste storage remains unresolved at Yucca Mountain amid ongoing site issues.
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Three-Mile Island
Harrisburg
Louis Harris
U.S
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
West Germany
Sweden
Virginia
California
Yucca Mountain
Nev
Seeking Johnson family in Logan County Arkansas
A reader requests help locating the family of James O. Johnson of Logan County Arkansas. He had a son Walter Johnson who lived at Buttonwillow. Please write if you have any descendants or knowledge of them.
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James O. Johnson
Logan County
Ark
Walter Johnson
Buttonwillow
MIT loses edge as grades drift and admissions widen
MIT shifted from a pure institute of technology to a broader university model. Grades rose from C to B and top math scores declined as selection broadened, with 1968 to 1988 data showing fewer top applicants admitted. Critics cite fading core science rigor versus Caltech.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Institute of Technology
Anthony P. French
French
Michael Behnke
California Institute of Technology
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