Nation's Largest Water System Contracts Let in Valley
Bids for the Westlands District water system will cover 62 miles of underground pipelines and 5.4 million feet of new pipe with 600 miles of main lines. The project, merging Westlands with West Plains Water Storage District, could exceed 200 million dollars. Bid openings are at 10 a.m. in Fresno with Rep. B F Sisk invited to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weststands Water District
San Joaquin Valley
Bureau of the Westlands District
Westplains Water Storage District
Westlands
Bureau of Or
Shasta
Sacramento River
Bureau
San Luis Dam
San Luis Cantal
Chablis
del Webb Towne House
Fresno
B F. Sisk
Puzzle of Players and Positions Reveals Team Ties
A complex set of clues assigns positions to players Brown Smith Hunter Knight White and others. The notes show relations by height weight and role with references to base man outfielders battery and infielders, plus connections through marriages and family ties. Interwoven are game actions and Star selections in a South League All Stars context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Brown
Smith
B. Hunter
Knight
White
D. Miller
Ae Wee Om
Brown
Green
Jones
Adams
Hunter
General Motors
Miller
M. Adams
N. Adams
Mills shines as Shafter honors famed runner Billy Mills
The Shafter High meeting honored Billy Mills with a ceremony hosted by Principal Harold Corrie. Local athletes heard Mills, a Kansas University graduate and Big 8 champion, recounts of his early times and career while Shafter players received gold shoes certificates and letters.
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Mills
Kansas University
Shafter High School
Kiwanis
John Lopez
Laird Parker
Pink Bollworm Eradication Begins in Bard Valley Fields
Federal state and county agricultural teams begin eradicating the pink bollworm in Bard Valley California. Robert W. Harper chief of the California Department of Agriculture says spraying insecticide from airplanes will cover all 4 000 acres of cotton in Imperial County on the Colorado River west bank.
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Sacramento
Bard Valley
California
Colorado River
Robert W. Harper
Bureau of Entomology
California Department of Agriculture
Imperial County
College Costs Still Going Up
The piece compares rising college costs across public and private institutions from 1945 to the present, noting UC Berkeley estimates of $1,800 annually for a typical male student and Stanford at $3,040. It discusses impacts on families, the Higher Education Act of 1965 loans, and public opinion on schooling and homework trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California At
San Francisco State College
Stanford University
Louis Harry
Gallup
Shoplifter Caught at Budget Mart. Stores Cautioned
Police report a shoplifter was apprehended at Budget Mart last week. Police chief Hanley Witcher warns peak theft season and urges merchants to stay vigilant through the Christmas period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Mart
Shafter
Hanley Witcher
Shafter School District Funds Needs For Maintenance
The committee outlined upcoming capital needs for Shafter schools including roof repairs at multiple buildings costing 20 30 thousand dollars black top and sidewalk repairs around 68 thousand dollars replacement of wooden basketball backstops with steel and major pool repairs with three new filter tanks estimated at 15 thousand dollars and possible total around 30 thousand dollars lighting upgrades in the cafeteria at 1400 dollars and ventilation upgrades for all year use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipkin
Shafter
Richland
Shafter Recreation Commission
Richland School Board
Bruce Crawford
Expect Good Pheasant Hunt in Kern Area
The 1965 late pheasant season in six California counties Merced Madera Fresno Kings Tulare and Kern runs Dec 11 through Dec 26 with forecasts of good to excellent bird populations in most areas. Kern and southern Kings Tulare show sparse populations. hunting hours 8 am to 4 30 pm. Bag two male pheasants per day ten per season, Kern allows either sex. public lands include Merced National Wildlife Refuge Mendota and Los Banos Waterfowl Management Areas.
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San Joaquin Valley
Department of Fish and Game
Merced
Madera
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Kern
State Fish and Game Commission
California
Central Valley
DFG
DPG
Kern Counties
Kern County
Pot Luck Dinner Honors Kiwanis Speaker Mrs Mills
Mrs Billy Mills wife of the Kiwanis Club awards speaker attended a potluck dinner at the home of Mrs Joe Frizzel 217 Golden West Oceanside guest of honor accompanied by her daughter Christie Several wives including Mrs Ben Grundy Mrs Tom Petrie and others and cross country boys with coach Bill Silverberg visited after the dinner The Millis spent the night at the Frizzel home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Mills
Joe Frizzel
Kiwanis Club
Golden West
Pat
Oceanside
Christie
Ben Grundy
Tom Petrie
Mirs
Billy Gladden
John Hanner
Harlan Wilson
Charles Hitchcock
Carole Anderson
Kiwanis Difiner
Bill Silverberg
Frizzel
Millis
Unsigned Legal Notice From Kern County Clerk
Public notice appears incomplete listing Vera K. Gibson as Kern County Clerk California. The fragment references highway sections and county entities but lacks full text, action, defendant names, or deadlines.
Kern County Board votes to abandon Kimberlina Road Merced Avenue
The Kern County Board of Supervisors resolves to abandon and close portions of Kimberlina Road and Merced Avenue to travel upon completion of a State Highway project. Rights of way, utilities, and public repair obligations are reserved and excepted from abandonment. The action references Public Utilities Commission Crossing No. 8-295.4 and historical Kern Pacific line rights.
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Kimberlina Road
Merced Avenue
North Line
Township
Range
Kern Pacific Company
Southern Company
Port Cunty
California Publicilities Commission
Legal Notice Summary From Damaged OCR Text
A legal notice fragment describes a hearing date and related actions. The text is incomplete but indicates an official notice concerning a case, with parties or authorities referenced and a deadline or hearing schedule.
Electric Dryers Save Time and Effort for Homemakers
The piece extols electric dryers as reducing ironing by producing wrinkle free clothes. It notes no sprinkling or rolling is needed and says many households shifted from line drying due to the conveniences of electric drying.
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A. J. Vaz
Pete Ortins
Rodriguez
DeWitte
Bill Pineda
Vazquez
Bobby Rodriguez
Mike Shellenberger
U.S.S. Brinkley Bass
Seventh Fleet
Mike
Buttonwillow School
Navy
L. R. Shellenberger
Buttonwillow
Crawford
Pat Kelly
Alma Nikke
Harry Blair
Vera K. Gibson
State of California
Highwa
Arm
Comores
Will
Snow Gates & Valves
Parkerizing Co
First Southern Baptist Church
Dexter C.ogan
Buel Mouser
Training Union
Horace Womack
Prayer Service
C. Wells
Church OF Chris
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