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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1984
Page
4
An editorial piece explores driving near big rigs on the freeway. The author admires truck design yet fears the speed and wind, noting trucks’ right of way and the illusion of driver omniscience. A humorous reflection on road psychology and safety ends with a standoff image.
Community members and volunteers are thanked for their support of the Shafter Recreation and Park Districts Second Annual Easter Egg Hunt held at Stringham Park on April 19. Over 300 children and parents attended. Special thanks to Easter bunnies Dorothy Neuman and Dolores Robinson for their outstanding work.
The essay traces Edward Alec and Mel, brothers of a London family struck by tuberculosis. Edward dies young, the father relocates to Brantford Ontario seeking a cure, and the middle Alec travels to Canada where he becomes Alexander Graham Bell, revealing The Rest Of The Story.
In West Texas the Midland and Odessa economies, once bitter rivals, collaborate to rebound from the 1980s oil bust. Shared costs cut 25 30 percent, rigs rise from 234 to 307, unemployment falls to 3 6 percent, and both cities rank among top national retail markets per household. The result is a steadier, smaller boom with continued fierce competition in sports and business.
A satirical chronicle of the Dippy coastal land grab, detailing the rise of the NazI zoning commission, Save the Slugs, Keep the Kelp Klan, and related lobbying, corruption, and political maneuvering that transformed coastal sand into state control, with developers and landowners coerced into selling.
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