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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1978
Page
7
A humorous meditation on bathrooms as a retreat from family life. The author recalls unspoken rules of domestic life and a child’s view of the bathroom as sacred space, highlighting the perpetual battle over doors and discipline.
Richland written program directed by Martha Novak will be presented by primary grades at Shafter High School Auditorium on Tuesday December 17 at 7 00 p m Mrs Novak announced rehearsals began last month with teachers"
The California Department of Fish and Game seized and destroyed two shipments of piranhas arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on November 20. One shipment from Guyana and another from Hong Kong were consigned to local importers. State law bans importation and possession of piranhas. Biologists warn the species could adapt to Southern California climate and threaten native waters. A few fish were kept for educational identification. Community play scenes titled Nativity Window and Christmas Window will be staged by local schools with the public invited.
The Automobile Club of Southern California released gasohol test findings at a U S Department of Energy sub committee meeting in Los Angeles. Louis J. Bintz presented results from seven cars showing ten of eleven comparisons favoring gasohol blends for driveability, with little measurable difference in fuel economy acceleration or horsepower between gasohol and pure gasoline.
Health Department spokesmen warn that unvented gas heaters and charcoal burners in enclosed rooms without ventilation produce deadly carbon monoxide. The advisory notes illnesses and deaths from CO exposure, urges vented or electric heating, and offers contact numbers for more information and enforcement actions on rental properties with illegal heaters.
The text explains how green plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into oxygen and wood, releasing water and oxygen while alive. It notes that decaying plants use oxygen and emit carbon dioxide, while young trees produce more oxygen than they consume. As trees age or are harvested, photosynthesis slows and decay absorbs oxygen, with treated lumber eventually decaying.
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