Letters Urge Help for Indochinese Boat People Emergency
In a plea to the editor, letters describe 300000 plus Indochinese boat people fleeing hunger and oppression. Refugee camps overflow as 60000 arrive monthly, with thousands on offshore islands lacking food health care and shelter. Save the Children launches an emergency appeal through the Save the Children Alliance and American Council of Nationalities Service. Checks aid can be mailed to Save the Children Boat People Emergency Fund Dept P Westport CT 06880. Call (800) 243-5076 for annual report.
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Indonesia
Save the Children Alliance
American Council of Nationalities Service
Save the Children
Boat People Emergency Fund
Dept. P. Westport
Bank of America Expands Quarters In Shafter
The Bank of America plans a 1300 square foot addition and a full interior retrofit with modern furnishings and equipment. Phil Clarkin is named bank manager. The Shafter Press shifts to a weekly publication on Thursdays. A large Aquacade at Richland Aquatic Center marks a ten week Red Cross swimming course led by Roy Farrell.
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Bank of America
Phil Clarkin
Richland Aquatic Center
Red Cross
Roy Farrell
Shafter
Miss Shafter Alternate in Kern County Beauty Pageant
Twenty years ago on August 5 1959 Miss Shafter Janice Luker age 16 earned the alternate spot in Kern County Beauty Pageant losing by one point. The Shafter Water Show posted a $63 profit to fund a canoe for Richland Aquatic Center safety lessons. The Shafter Swim Club grew to 48 members as Mrs Pat Hein became Garden Club president succeeding Mrs James Jacobs who moved to Kernville.
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Delano
Kern County
Janice Luker
Shafter
Janice
Richland Aquatic Center
Shafter Swim Club
Pat Hein
Shafter Garden Club
Wayne Horn
James Jacobs
Kernville
Ten Years Ago August 6 1969 Shafter Cotton Station Grantmist
Gordon Smith, a grandmist at the Shafter Cotton Research Station, is noted in a Ten Years Ago item dated August 6, 1969. The reference highlights his role during that period.
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Gordon Smith
Shafter Cotton Research Station
Richland District enrollment and staff in 1974
Five years ago on July 31 1974 Richland School District anticipated 1780 students with 72 teachers including Randy Cross a 1973 Cum Laude graduate from the University of California Santa Barbara. A driving simulator at Shafter High School featured 16 trainers and a master console in a 16 by 64 trailer. Students required 12 hours simulator time and 3 hours behind the wheel. Steve Penner son of Mr and Mrs Art Penner became the Mennonite Central Committee representative to Chad to aid victims there.
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Richland
Randy Cross
University of California, Santa Barbara
Shafter High School
Steve Penner
Art Penner
The
Mennonite Central Committee
Chad
Horses coping with three legs and prosthetic aids
The Q and A notes few foal cases where the lower leg is lost yet manage for a time. Adults or yearlings are unlikely to fare well without a prosthesis, which is possible but rarely practical.
Kern County poised to lead U S cement output says Kern County Business
Kern County Business reports major expansions at two east Kern cement plants will raise county output by about 1.5 million tons annually. California Portland Cement will nearly double Mojave capacity to 2.1 million tons by 1981. Monolith Portland boosts Tehachapi plant to 1 million tons. Getty Oil proposed McKittrick open pit could add about 420 residents. draft EIR notes staff up to 457. Additional items include a $1.5 million replacement pump plant in Lamont, a new Wasco Sandoz pest control facility, and Wasco rose festival plans.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Kern County Business
County Economic Board
Kern
California Portland Cement _Company
Mojave
Cal. Portland
California
United States
Monolith
Portland
Tehachapi
Getty Oil Company
McKittrick
Getty
Board of Trade
Lamont
James Thomas
Thomas Oil Company
Oildale
L.C
Sandoz
Wasco
Kern Valley
Lake Isabella
Kern River Valley
Taft
Ted Kreines
West
Midway-Sunset
Larry Ramirez
Said
James Radoumis
Hernandez completes Marine basic training
Pfc. Mark K Hernandez son of Frank and Wanda Hernandez of 1828 Thomas Lane Shafter California has completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego during an 11 week cycle. He learned battlefield survival basics was introduced to daily routine and standards. He participated in physical conditioning and gained proficiency in first aid rifle marksmanship and close order drill.
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Mark. K. Hernandez
Frank
Wanda Hernandez
Thomas Lane
Shafter
Calif
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Obituary of Walter C Grose 1894 1980 Grover City resident
Walter C. Grose, 84, of Grover City and former Shafter resident, died July 27 in an Arroyo Grande convalescent hospital. Born August 3, 1894 in Moody Missouri, he lived in Shafter until the late 1940s, then moved to Grover City. Survived by wife Verna, two daughters Lillie Eva May and Edna Lucille Hampton, two step children, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral July 31 at Pentecostal Church of God Shafter, with burial at Shafter Memorial Park. Arrangements Sunset Chapel Grover City.
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Walter C. Grose
Grover City
Shafter
Arroyo Grande
Mr. Grose
Moody
Missouri
Verna
Lillie Eva May
Pismo Beach
Edna Lucille Hampton
Fernwood
Idaho
Calvary Bible Church
Butcher's Union
Los Angeles
Pentecostal
Church of God
Shafter Memorial Park
Sunset Chapel
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Southeast Asia
Nesses
Shafter Press
Wofford Heights
Mr. Smith
Shafter Ffa
4-H
Kern County Fair
Jack Nikkel
Burley Dooley
FFA
John Milter
United States Department
Hernandez
Marine
Wednear
Hudson Park
Mt. View
Shafter Lions Club
Joe Sital
Anthony Gonzales
Thomas Dill
Kent Williams
Greg Sheldon
Scott Faulkenberry
Todd Miller
Louie Andreotti
Mike Moore
Tom Romanini
Kevin Crouch
Mike Phair
Brad Self
Carlos Ramirez
Ted Brown
David Anderson
Kevin Umholtz
John Meert
John Armendariz
Mark Hahs
Mike Jelletich
Lyle Norris
Marshal Crouch
Ctrta Chiropractic Life Clinic Inc
Life Clinic
Climica de Quiropractico
Walter C
Grose
Camation
Field & Farm
Iin Rae Day
Gary
Central Avenue
DIAL
Datsun
DV Ee
Truxtun Or Baker
Paxinskeyo
Thomson Land CO
Avo
Arvin
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