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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1987
Page
4
The text shares Susan Walde News Editor recounting surviving a recent accident without serious injury due to not wearing a seat belt. She expresses gratitude for life, her children’s role as a ballast, and hope for the future as wintertime passages remind her of beauty and potential ahead.
Grady Bartlett laments a Shafter press report on a fair housing tester program, arguing it mirrors communism and threatens property rights. He warns of a state encroachment on freedom, citing Webster 1828 and Isaiah verses to urge vigilance.
The piece outlines a hypothetical plan by Satan to seize control of the United States by corrupting youth, undermining religion, and manipulating institutions. It argues how "the devil" would erode morality through culture, politics, and media, turning society toward vice and disempowering God in schools, courts, and government.
The piece argues drunk driving remains the top road killer, urging awareness and accountability. It highlights progress from 1982 to 1986, notes 19,000 alcohol-related deaths in 1987 figures, and calls for tougher laws, enforcement, and personal responsibility, urging restraint during holidays and larger public commitment to prevention.
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