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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1986
Page
4
In a thoughtful editorial, P.K.B. urges readers to engage in local democracy amid national and world concerns. The piece highlights upcoming Shafter public hearings on an improvement area April 14 and a town meeting April 22, urging personal attendance to shape a better community.
In a reflective piece Paul Harvey describes fugitives seeking isolation in the mountain west and desert, first building hidden escape houses behind Black Mountain in Arizona. He notes an initial burial in wild places, then a pull back toward civilization as action calls.
A travelogue notes a desert landscape along highway 260 near Christopher Mountain and Payson. It contrasts gleaming 345 000 volt transmission lines over Tonto Basin with Bunyan stilts crews in the field, linking Punkin Center Payson and other communities to distant medical and utility networks.
A reader urges Californians to support Senate and House bills to end the municipal preference in hydroelectric relicensing. The letter warns of higher electricity costs if private utilities like PG&E lose cheap power and calls for readers to write Congressmen for quick passage, citing Senators Cranston and Wilson.
Richland Junior High announces Public Schools Week with a fundraising dinner on Tuesday April 15 1986 from 5 to 6 30 p m in the cafeteria to benefit junior high extracurriculars. Donations of time food or money are welcomed and a follow up call is expected. An Open House Program in the music building runs 7 to 730 p m while the District Science Fair occupies the library from 630 to 900 p m with encouragement for participation and support.
A teen leaves a barren Texas-like town with friends in 1920s California bound for opportunity. He endures hunger and rough work, eventually returns home to finish school, and later becomes President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The tale frames the journey as The Rest of the Story.
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