Richland trustees approve six percent raises and more
The Richland Board of Trustees approved a six percent salary increase for all teachers and classified staff at a cost of about $92 000 with anticipated income covering the expense without reserves. Administrative raises will add roughly $6 000 more. A public hearing on the $2 887 849 publication budget attracted no audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Board of Trustees
Evron Barber
Barber
Shafter
Richland
Prison escapees suspected in rural armed robbery
Two Tehachapi prison escapees are suspects in an armed home robbery at 17403 Beech Avenue Wasco. One man in custody, the other sought. victim to identify photos. Targeted Mrs Lachenmaier and her husband. $30, a .38 revolver taken. Descriptions match escaped inmates linked to Stallion Springs Lamont Barstow and Idaho incidents. Deputies awaiting victim photo lineups.
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Tehachapi
Bill Lachenmaier
Beech Avenue
Wasco
Bill
Shafter
Bakersfield
Buttonwillow
Stallion Springs
Lamont
Barstow
Las Vegas
Idaho
Shafter Recreation Tennis Tourney Signups Nearing Close
Registration closes today at 5 p.m. for the Shafter Recreation Department tennis tournament. Mike Schmidt reports good signups with weaker turnout in younger groups. Action runs Friday evening through Saturday at Shafter High School courts with singles doubles and mixed doubles across four age divisions. Signups are at the Shafter swimming pool 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Final schedule to be posted at Shafter city hall Thursday.
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Shafter Recreation Department
Mike Schmidt
Shafter High School
Shafter
Shafter City Hall
SoCal Gas to Hold Shafter Meeting on August 12
Southern California Gas Company will host a meeting at Veterans Memorial Hall in Shafter on Thursday August 12 at 5 p.m. Kern District Manager Ken Johnson invites community leaders to learn about new gas supplies and energy conservation and to spread the word. Johnson notes rising gas bills and discusses a liquid natural gas project under way to provide supplemental supply.
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SoCal
Shafter
Southern California Gas Company
Veterans Memorial Hall
Kern
Ken Johnson
Johnson
Indust
McGees Safe After Colorado Floods Touch Canyon
Dorothy and Albert McGee of Shafter are reported safe and uninjured after catastrophic flooding in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado. A neighbor out of the canyon telephoned the family to confirm their status. The McGees two year residence in the canyon included a house with two inches of water inside while the house across the street and the couple’s car were washed away and a well polluted. Over 10 inches of rain fell in 90 minutes and more rain continued Sunday afternoon. the disaster has claimed at least 72 lives with many others injured or homeless. The area saw a dramatic weather swing from 103 to an unprecedented 85 in the period.
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Dorothy
Albert McGee
Shafter
Big Thompson Canyon
Colorado
McGee
Kerneth Anderson
McGees
Hunter Safety Course Offered in Shafter
Shafter police sergeant E C Williams and officer Stan Austin will teach a two evening hunter safety course from 7 to 10 p.m. August 17 and 18 at the police administration building at Sunset and Central Valley Highway. Both instructors are certified by the Department of Fish and Game. The six hour course is required before a California hunting license can be issued and students as young as 11 may enroll.
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Shafter
E. C. Williams
Stan Austin
Police Administration
Sunset
Central Valley Highway
Williams
Austin
Department of Fish and Game
California
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Bill Sheldon
Shafter Press
Tenneco Oil Company
Tenneco
al Sandrini
Sandrini
Sheldon
Shafter Area
State Board of Education
County, Board of Supervisors
Fred Starrh
Art Penner
Matoes
Penner
Starrh
Ralph Chappell
Palmdale
Chappell
Mark
Sheri
The
Colorado Canyon
Mercury
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