Long Beach youths named 500000th and 500001st hunter safety grads
Roberta Wentz and Lee Lingener, both from Long Beach, became the 500000th and 500001st graduates of California’s 16 year hunter safety training program. The youths received rifles, shotguns, cases, certificates, licenses, ammunition, shells, shooting glasses, and congratulatory letters from Governor Reagan. The program, run by the Department of Fish and Game with 3900 volunteers, has trained over 9000 in Long Beach since 1951 and boasts a national excellence award with no local hunting accidents among Beach graduates.
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Long Beach
Roberta Wentz
Lee Lingener
California
Department of Fish and Game
Miss Wentz
Young Lingener
Long Beach Police Junior Club
Long Beach Police Department
Lo Beach Club
Roberta
Ronald Reagan
Float to honor God enters local parade with roses
Bartlett announces first church group float built for glory of God. Co-chair Dorothy Whisler says winning is secondary to honoring God. Theme from Isaiah 35:1B, rose decorations from Grow-Plant Industries. Calling volunteers and material donors to contact Pat Kelley, Grady Bartlett, or Dorothy Whisler. breakfast meetings at Shafter Motel Fridays at 7 a.m. through Sept. 4.
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Bartlett
Chamber of Commerce
Dorothy Whisler
Desert
Grow - Plant Industries, Inc
Pat Kelley
Grady Bartlett
Shafter ‘Motel
Scholarships Boost 4-H Education with 286 Grants
The National 4-H Scholarship Committee in Chicago lists 286 scholarships totaling 166 700 dollars for current and former 4-H members. Donors include Montgomery, International Harvester, Santa Fe Railway, Sears Roebuck, Kerr Glass, Firestone, Westinghouse and Ford Fund. Scholarships cover four year colleges or vocational training and support a range of programs from achievement to veterinary science.
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National
Montgomery
International Harvester Company
Santa Fe Railway System
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation
Firestone Tire& Rubber Company
Coats & Clark Inc
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Eli Lilly and Comny
Simplicity Patterns, Inc
Standard Brands Incorporated
Allis
California AB 993 broadens Kern County water loan terms
Assemblyman Kent H Stacey reports AB 993 passed the State Senate and awaits Governor Reagan's signature. The bill extends loan commitments for State Water Project water from seven to ten years and ties interest to the agency bond cost. It also allows commitments on distribution systems used for exchanged water.
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Kent H. Stacey
Bakersfield
Kern County
State
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Stacey
Assembly Water Committee
Golden Empire
Old Timers To Match Speed In Bakersfield Races
A field of 20 ex-racers gathers for the Oildage track Old Timers Race at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night headlined by defending champ Paul Maxwell. Maxwell seeks a second straight win as Ben Stock Fay Mooney Mickey Gustafson Clete Cemintal Dick Wetzel Larry Hicks and Ernie Swain challenge him in the program that starts at 8 15 p m along with the regular eight race super stock card.
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Bakersfield
Bakersfield Speedway
Yesteryear
Paul Maxwell
Maxwell
Ben Stock
Fay Mooney
Mickey Gustafson
Clete Cemintal
Dick Wetzel
Larry Hicks
Ernie Swain
Dove Season Outlook Good Opens September 1 in California
California sets opening date of September 1 for dove season with a 46 day split, bag limit 10 per day and 20 in possession after day one. DFG reports breeding pops slightly down in some areas but overall outlook excellent with 4 million plus potential bag. Major dove activity expected in foothill zones of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. white-winged doves limited to Imperial Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Last year there were about 282000 hunters bagging around 4.68 million birds.
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California
Department of Fish and Game
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Modoc
Lassen
Imperial
Riverside
San Bernardino
Fresno
Kern
Tulare
Merced
Butte
Stanislaus
City Council Targets Top Programs Before Adoption Vote
The council planned two priority programs including a retroactive retirement program from last July 1 and policies to retain enforcement staff. Police Chief Witcher cited Patrolman Tom Arnold’s resignation to Oxnard for higher pay, prompting a replacement and broader personnel guidelines.
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Hanley Witcher
Tom Arnold
Force
Arnold
Oxnard
Shafter
Jimmie’ de Wayne Laughlin
Ventura
Witcher
Laughlin
Oxnard College
Fred Ward
Bakersfield
Kern County Employees Association
Kern Exhibit Wins Sixth Straight State Fair Trophy
Kern County’s crowd stopping zodiac exhibit won first place and a $1,600 top prize at the California Exposition and State Fair. It marks the sixth consecutive sweepstakes win in the diversity of industry category, with a $300 bonus bringing total cash premiums to $1,900. The display reflected the theme Kern County Land of Fortune With a Future.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Sacramento
Kern
James Radoumis
Board of Trade
Radoumis
Calcot Board Proposes Two Farm Plans in 1970 Act Reforms
Calcot Board of Directors in Bakersfield unanimously adopted two resolutions on the Agricultural Act of 1970. They seek to boost cotton market development and establish loan and price support language. The measures target 3 percent funding for merchandising and flexible loan rates to preserve U S cotton competitiveness.
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Bakersfield
Calcot
Association
Arizona
California
Nevada
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
Cabot Board
G. L. Seitz
Cabot
Seitz
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Richland School District Announces Administrative Reassignments
Dr. E David Cooke returns as superintendent for a fourth year with Evron Barber as vice president and John Peterson Larry Schellenberg and Tom Flanagan leading upper intermediate and primary divisions. Verle Heller moves to vice principal in the primary department and Sylvia Baughman will again direct the cafeteria.
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Richland
E. David Cooke
Evron Barber
John Peterson
Larry Schellenberg
Tom Flanagan
Verle Heller
Schel Ienberg
Clay Hale
Sylvia Baughman
Grand National Horse Show Classes Set at Cow Palace
Classes for stock horses and hackamore horses are planned for the 1970 Grand National Horse Show at the Cow Palace October 23 to November 1. Elimination rounds run October 29, with a $1500 stock horse stake and a $1000 hackamore stake. World’s largest stock horse division and World Championship Jumper Sweepstakes featured. Premiums total 50000. entry deadline September 25. premiums include cash plates and added fees.
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Cow Palace
Joseph G. Moore
Moore
P. O
San Francisco
300 Hunters Get Antelope Permits
Three hundred Californi an hunters will get a chance to hunt antelope in northern California this year. The special buck antelope hunt will be held in seven areas in Modoc Lassen Shasta and Siskiyou counties August 29 through September 7. More than 8 800 applications were submitted for the hunt drawing. Hunters receiving an antelope permit will not be eligible again to apply for an antelope hunt for 10 years.
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California
Department of Fish and Game
Modoc
Lassen
Shasta
Siskiyou
New Richland Pool Hours Announced
Pool director Bob Smith announced new Richland pool hours from 4 to 8 p.m. daily starting Monday August 31 through Sunday September 6. The facility will be closed on Labor Day September 7.
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Richland Pool
Bob Smith
Smith
Horse Show At Kern Fair To Have Special Features
The 1970 Kern County Fair horse show runs Sept 29 to Oct 3 in the Howard K Dickson Pavilion with 135 events including 37 for juniors and three gymkhana specials. More than 600 exhibitors from multiple states will compete for $19,785 in premiums across hunters, jumpers, harness ponies, and other divisions. Entries close Sept 1 with the office open 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday.
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Howard K. Dickson
Hollis Roberts
Head Start Meeting Planned in Shafter
A meeting to explain Head Start goals and parent roles plus child eligibility will be held Thursday August 27 at 7 p.m. in the Boy Scout Hall, Sunset and Walker, with re registration for three and four year olds on August 29. Classes begin September 8 at the same hall.
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Florence Owens
Shafter
Boy Scout Hall
Sunset and
Walker
Shafter Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Owens
Rafferty Urges Resignations Over Angela Davis Ties
California Superintendent Dr. Max Rafferty demands UCLA Professor Donald Kalish resign and UC San Diego Professor Herbert Marcuse sever all ties with their campuses due to their close association with Angela Davis, now on the FBI ten most wanted list for murder and kidnapping.
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Sacramento
Max Rafferty
Superintendent of Public Instruction
UCLA
Donald Kalish
Herbert Marcuse
UC San Diego
Angela Davis
FBI
Marcuse
Kalish
Bakersfield Fire Department Steps To Enforce Hay Storage Rules
Kern County Fire Department informs hay growers buyers and sellers of Uniform Fire Code Section 7.05 on storage of hay straw and related products. The notice requires a distance equal to pile height between storage and combustibles and 100 ton stacks with a one hour separation or 20 feet clearance. Oliver F. Watson signs the outreach letter urging dissemination through California Cooperative Extension. Contact Fire Prevention Bureau at 324-6555 for details.
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Kern County Fire Department
Oliver F. Watson
Agricultural Extension Service of California
Fire Prevention Bureau
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Richland Drive
Public Works
Lewis Carroll
Richland Board of Trustees
State of California Department of Housing and Community Development
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Bil Banks
Highway Patrol
Leslie R. Williams
Central Ave
Bill Sharp
Police Department
Calcot Board
William F. McFarlane
Tually
Shafter Avenue
New Richland
Kern Fair
Rafferty
Dr. Rafferty
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