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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1960
Page
2
Editorial contrasts 1939 and 1989 medicine costs and outcomes. It notes deprivation of prescriptions then and modern antibiotics enabling home care. It cites pneumonia and other diseases once deadly, now treatable with new drugs, while praising pharmaceutical research and affordable progress.
Federal Budget Bureau Director Maurice H. Stans urged state governors at a press conference to trim government spending. He argued that government at all levels should focus on essential services and resemble a family that cannot endure a limitless spending spree without going broke.
A fragmentary account references Operation Pathfinder at an oil company, detailing specialists who plan routes for up to 100 meters and supervise crews on trips. It mentions varied city locations, staffers describing world of field work, and interactions with local centers as crews tour coastal regions and desert areas.
The article envisions a future where electricity transforms everyday life. It describes better lighting, wall illumination, automatic closets and vacuums, remote regulated heating and cooling, and giant televisions. Satellite signals will deliver entertainment with minimal setup.
A columnist laments fraying home life and rising delinquency. Citing Normia Carson and Professor Carle Zimmerman, it warns Western society faces a third violent crisis akin to ancient Greece and Rome, urging households to reclaim discipline and responsibility.
A 1960 Kern County court ceremony admitted 47 people as United States citizens in Department 1 of the Superior Court. The oath was administered by Vera K. Gibson. Petitioners hailed from ten countries, aged from 3 to 75, with Altagracia Ramos as the oldest and Dianne Shirley Rathbun as the youngest.
Whales can hold their breath for up to 50 minutes but still risk drowning when water enters their lungs. This risk mirrors other mammals under similar breathing disruptions.
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