Ann Landers Advice on Hair Loss and Shaving Myths
A reader asks if a monkey female-hormone cream can reverse male baldness. Ann says it helps only if money is to be made by sellers, and advises dermatology evaluation or hair transplant. Other letters cover leg shaving myths, a widow with a car, and a sex education booklet offer.
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Ann Landers
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Medicine Hat
Ann Sanders
Ann
Pensacola
Pan
Little Rock
Rock
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Chicago
Illinois
Scicon Barbecue and Wildflower Festival in Springville
The Scicon Barbecue and wildflower festival will be held Sunday April 30 drive through on Bear Creek Road. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. admission is 350 for adults and 150 for children under 15. Weeded abatement reminder from the Shafter Fire Department notes heavy spring rains have left weeds high and thick and abatement begins soon.
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Bear Creek
Springville
Balch Park
Schcon
The
Shafter Fire Department
Shafter Chamber maps festival plans and concessions
At a Friday meeting the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture discussed decorating the float for the Potato and Cotton Festival and approving funds for float decorations. Loyd Link offered outdoor carpeting at cost with free installation. The group planned a Chamber run concession stand at the Tractor Pull and set a June 1 fundraising deadline to help Dennis Martin meet his 1000 dollar goal to compete in Germany.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter
Chamber
Clara,Schnidt-Miller
Loyd Link
Shafter Floar Covering
Mary Siemens
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Don Reed
The
Shafter Press
City Council meets and approves officer conference travel
City Council approves Chief Nixon attending the 1978 Annual California Peace Officers Conference in Newport Beach in May. It authorizes disposal of three surplus manual typewriters amid opposition from Loyd Link. Dolores Robinson debuts as City Clerk. Public comment covers Sill properties water quality concerns and a proposed 24 hour tail water pipeline solution. Poles at Rodriguez Park are replaced after deteriorating bases. Executive session rejects Henry Rodrigues's $110,000 claim tied to Kern County Employee's Association.
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Nixon
Newport Beach
Bill Sheldon
Loyd Link
Mortimore
Dolores Robinson
Duffy Sill
Sill Properties
Shafter
Sheldon
Rodriguez Park
Henry Rodrigues
Rodriguez
Kern County
Siemens elected to county board and education panel
Siemens heads Board of county education and serves as trustee of Rosedale School District. A California native and Kern County resident for over 40 years, he is active in Lions International and 4-H work, and serves on the Kern County Board of Zoning Adjustment. He and his wife Janice farm in the Rosedale area.
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Board of Education
Rosedale
California
Kern County
Lions International
Kern County Board of Zoning Adjustment
Froehlich
Janice
Police log notes multiple thefts and a vandalism incident
Shafter Police investigated thefts reported on April 12 by Alan Robinson of 333 Rosalee who said a coathanger unlocked his car and a Clarion 8 track player 24 tapes tools and a Rockwell calculator were taken valued at 385 dollars. Also on April 12 Leonides Garibay Medina reported a yellow 1973 Ford Mustang stolen from Graddy's Lounge between 7 and 11 p.m. April 12. Harold Miller reported April 17 two window panes broken at Jacobsen's office with beer cans nearby and front left fender damage to a vehicle with Washington plates. Dorothy Evans noted her husband’s Remington red chainsaw with 15 inch bar stolen from an unlocked garage between April 8 and 14 valued at 195 dollars.
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Alan Robinson
Rosalee
Shafter
Robinson
Leonides Garibay Medina
First Street
Buttonwillow
Graddy
Harold Miller
Jacobsen
Central Avenue
Dorothy Evans
Willow
Assault and robbery report in Shafter and Richland Street
Wilma Keene of 739 Mayers Lane Shafter reported on April 1 the theft of a red wallet containing $60 during a 3 PM to 7 PM home entry. On April 7 Alfred McClure of 30350 Richland Street said two male suspects 18 to 20 years old struck him with a blunt instrument and tried to take money as he resisted. investigation is continuing.
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Wilma Keene
Mayers Lane
Shafter
Alfred McClure
Richland Street
McClure
Richland School Board Notes Optional Signatures on Survey
The Richland School Board of Trustees states that signatures on the Community Opinion Survey are optional. The cover letter asks sign on the last page, but the questionnaire itself shows optional beneath the signature spaces. Additional surveys will be delivered to service clubs churches libraries banks stores City Hall and other businesses to collect input from citizens without children in school. All questionnaires must be returned by Friday April 21 to guide the district and its students' future.
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Richland School Board ‘of Trustees
Richland
Two New Babies Born in Shafter Families
Cradle roll notes birth announcements from Shafter. Steven Daniel Wiggs arrived April 8 at 2 10 PM weighing 11 pounds 9½ ounces and 22 inches long. Joaquin Junior Cadena born at 3 18 AM weighing 7 pounds 1½ ounces. The Cadenas reside at 688 Fresno Avenue.
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Rudy Wiggs
Shafter
Steven Daniel
Steven
Joaquin Junior
Joaquin Cadena
Cadenas
Fresno Avenue
Lost Smiling Dog Susie Missing Near McFarland
Susie, a 12 year old small white smiling dog without a collar, disappeared March 31 between McFarland and Shafter after a lightning storm. Owners in Famoso urge sightings. call 399-3790 after 5 p.m. if seen.
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Susie
McFarland
Shafter
Famoso
Dog Vaccination Clinic Set At Shafter Fire Department
Vaccination for dogs will be held May 2 at the Shafter Fire Department from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Rabies shot costs $2.00 and county dog license is $4.00. A low cost license of $1.00 is available for spayed or neutered dogs whose owners present a vet certificate or note.
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Shafter Fire Department
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Christine Cuadras
Talipei
Taiwan
Republic of China
Henry Hernandez
Ben Grundy
Chamber of Commerce
Grundy
Dennis Martin
Germany
George Wise
Mennonite Brethren
Kern and Central Sat
Siemens Heads
Sunshine Land
Central Ave
Hutch’s
U.S. Postal Service
Ase Press Obina Sharter
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