Kelly Home Robbery and Zone of Benefit Tax Debate
Jewelry cash and other items valued around 1600 dollars were stolen from the Kelly home after a church coffee hour. Mrs. Kelly left her purse at St. Mark's Episcopal Church and returned to find a burglar fled. Separately Kern Water Agency hearings discussed a 9.1 cent zone of benefit tax rate and an area expansion totaling about 285 square miles.
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H. W. Pat
Kelly's
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Boor
Hohe
Cummings
Kern Water Agency
Horsley
Shafter Airport Site Emerges in Kern County College Plans
Kern County weighs multiple sites for a four year college as Shafter Airport area stands out for proximity to Delano Wasco Bakersfield and McFarland. The Shafter option offers level land near Highway 99 with easy access and potential to absorb staff and students.
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Shatter
Kern County
John Broome
Morton Slater
Delano
Haskill Wilson
China Lake
George Pg
le BR Lane
North Kern College
Wasco
Delano Shafter
McFarland
Porterville
Shafter
H. W. Pat Kelly
Maynard Hall
Delano Chamber of Commerce
Land
Chambers of Commerce
Kings
Tulare
Oildale
Bakersfield
Lerdo
Cue Valley
Highway 99
Central
California
Canelo
Cawelo
Foggy and Colder In Shafter Area
Shafter recorded four days of rain this week totaling 1.38 inches, slightly below last year’s 1.45 inches. Rain fell .17 inches on November 23 24 and 25 and .20 inches on November 26. Fog accompanied the rain as cooler air moved in. Week’s temperature highs and lows listed.
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Shafter
Football Banquet Planned at Shafter High School
A community football banquet honors the squad and coaching staff with guest speaker Phil Krueger of Fresno State College. Local organizations including Kiwanis Rotary Lions Christian Business Men’s Committee 20-30 Club and American Legion helped plan. Tickets cost 2.50.
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Phil Krueger
Fresno State College
Krueger
Shafter High School
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Ben Grundy
Shafter Rotary Club
Bruce Crawford
Barbara Spears
Laura Martens
Letter on Checks Urges Shafter Merchants to Watch Endorsers
Police Chief Hanley Witcher warns Shafter merchants that this season sees a rise in bogus checks. He cites three stolen payroll checks totaling 422.76 and three stolen personal checks totaling 1159.40 already cashed, urging thorough endorsement verification to limit sharpers exploiting busy merchants.
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Hanley Witcher
Shafter
Witcher
Scouts to Distribute Day Plans Across Council Units
The Day is to have each of the over S60 Cae Sree ant Se Scouts of the Council distribute materials and coordinate activities.
Shrine Potato Bowl Benefits Shriner Hospitals
The 18th Shrine Potato Bowl at Memorial Stadium features Cerritos College and Boise College in an intersectional charity game. Proceeds go to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. pre game pageant includes band performances and a downtown parade led by the million dollar band from Al Malaikah Temple.
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Met College
Memorial Stadium
Cerritos College
Los Angeles
Boise College
Idaho
Shriner's Hospital
Bakersfield
al Malaikah Temple
John Rounsavelle
al Malaikah
Roxanne Morrison
Cerritos
Ld College
Circie College
Boise Broncos
Boise
Taft
Compton
Decorations rise in Shafter for Christmas display
Decorations progress in Shafter with plans to complete and light the display by week’s end. Wayne Wood, decorations committee chairman, says the Merchants Association added to last year’s effort.
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Shafter
Wayne Wood
Merchants Association
Frisky Twist in California State Unemployment Rules
Frankly Speaking explains a hypothetical employee who strikes his boss and wonders if he could still collect unemployment. The column notes California’s unique stance allowing or potentially altering benefits after a separation, contrasting it with harsher outcomes elsewhere.
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California
Collective Bargaining For County Employees To Become Method of Salary Approach
Edwin A Buck Kern County personnel director predicts future use of collective bargaining for county employee salaries following private sector practice. A December 1 raise was granted by the Board of Supervisors and a Pittsburg contract with AFL CIO illustrates evolving trends. Buck notes the right to strike as a private tool, while public wages may move to arbitration and public opinion. George Wales cites civil service policies on salary setting and annual review. The KCPOA discussed naming East-West Freeway as Josh Clarke Freeway and prepared a letter to Governor Brown. Donald Hawkins presided.
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Kern ‘Owners Association
Edwin A. Buck
Buck
Fornia
Ripal
Afl-Cio
Pittsburg
Civil Service
Kern County
George Wales
KCPOA
Josh Clarke
Brown
Donald E. Hawkins
Tax repeal group acknowledges chamber support in California
The California Retailers Association acknowledges the Shafter Chamber of Commerce resolution backing its program to repeal the California business inventory tax. Retailers wholesalers and manufacturers support repeal as the tax remains described as unfair and discriminatory.
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California Retailers Association
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
California
Chamber Ballot Deadline For 1966 Board Nominations
Ballots have been mailed to Seid of the board of directors for 1966. Nominations for the board in Colvard's Four will be elected from the OS SOSS. Ballots must be mailed or returned to the Chamber office by December 1. Ballots will be counted at the regular Chamber meeting on December 13 at a 7 a.m. breakfast at the Shafter Motel.
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Chamber of Commerce
Seid
Eee Board of Directors
Colvard
Chamber
Shafter
JC Tourney schedule and title contenders announced
The tournament opens with San Joaquin Delta vs Monterey Peninsula at 10 50 a m and Modesto vs San Francisco at 12 25 p m with the final round at 2 p m Fresno and San Francisco enter as favorites after early wins Bakersfield defending champ defeated Merritt of Oakland in 1964 finals Fresno has beaten Bakersfield and Hancock this season San Francisco is described as very strong
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San Joaquin Delta
Monterey Peninsula
Modesto
San Francisco
Fresno
Bakersfield
Hancock
Merritt
Oakland
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Kern County Association
Roland Curran
Jack Thompson
Ray Garnett
Joe Fox
Kern County Board of Supervisors
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Waters Agency
26Th Street
Shafter Area
Dalke Brothers of
Prank Wisner
Board of Supervisors
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