Nixon Ford Transition Prompts Fresh Cabinet Shakeups
The piece notes Gerald Ford will retain Nixon era foreign policy with Kissinger likely to stay as Secretary of State. It suggests forthcoming cabinet changes and flares of debate on Nixon’s fate, with talks of possible impeachment versus immunity, amid public sentiment favoring resignation repercussions.
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Edward Brooks
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Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Christian Science Monitor
Congress
Monitor
Man nabbed again in heroin raid
Librado Gonzales Sotello, 26, arrested in Bakersfield during raids that netted about 1 million dollars in heroin. He faces a Superior Court appearance Monday on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs for sale after being released on 55000 bail. Continued on Page 5.
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Librado Gonzales (Lee) Sotello
Sotello
Shafter
Suit filed to block Roe development in Shafter
City of Shafter sues developer Marvin Roe and three others in Kern County Superior Court seeking declaratory relief on city authority over a proposed 66 to 75 foot wide lot subdivision near Elm State and Pine Streets. The suit asks rulings on police power denial of the project, post map ordinances, and housing element consistency. Roe has 30 days to respond and says he has not yet been notified.
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Shafter
Kern County
al Mortimore
Roe
Elm
State
Pine Streets
Planning Commission
Mortimore
Slightly Cooling Trend Noted In Week Weather Report
A slight cooling trend was noted for the week ending Monday with no readings above 100. The week saw a 98 reading on August 6 and a repeat the next day. Friday morning dropped to 61, the week’s low, with daily highs and lows recorded at the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter.
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Shafter
Crossing arms urged after tragedy at Shafter railroad crossing
At a Shafter City Council meeting Ada Stafford urged action after Carey Taylor Linda Rutledge and Barbara Jones were killed near Central Avenue. Residents want crossing arms and train speed limits with funds already deposited for three crossings and work expected within months.
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Carey Taylor
Linda Rutledge
Barbara Jones
Buttonwillow
Lewis Carroll
Ben Grundy
Shafter
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Avenue
Carroll
Santa Fe
al Mortimore
Dick Larson
Drug suspect arrested by wife is 1st booked at new facility
Delmar Pierce, 35, was the first person booked at the Shafter Police Administration Facility after a citizen’s arrest by his wife. He was transported to the new building and booked on possession of restricted dangerous drugs. Also booked was Leonard Wayne Freeman 22, aka Leonard Orr, last at the old building for Bakersfield and Taft Court warrants and a missing parolee charge.
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Witcher
Mortimore
Nick’ Nusz
Hie
Nuez
Schnaidt
Verdo Highway
Carroll
Chuck Johnson
Shafter
Earl O’brien
Delmar Pierce
New Shafter Police Administration
Pierce
Hubert Brown
Leonard Wayne Freeman
Leonard Orr
Brown
Bakersfield and Taft
California Youth Authority
Driver charged after hit and run crashes on Central Avenue
Police say Humberto Esparza, an illegal alien, caused a Wednesday night crash injuring two parked cars and two trees on Central Avenue at 9 30, nearly striking a passerby in a telephone booth. He fled on foot but was arrested later by Officer Hubert Brown.
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