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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1991
Page
3
California ends last year with over 200 drunk driving deaths. The piece urges defensive driving, picks safe alternatives, designates a non drinking driver, and promotes cabs and rides from friends or police programs to prevent DUI tragedies. It warns of steep costs and stresses the duty to protect lives during holidays.
Budget talks reveal potential use of 25 million dollars earmarked for education by the Lottery Commission as Lottery Director Sharon Sharp delays decisions pending talks with school officials. An additional 7 million from lottery interest will raise scratch-off prizes starting April 1992 while state wage cuts loom to confront a large deficit.
The Kern County Motorist Aid Authority led system will place 535 electronic call boxes on highways across Kern, linked to CHP dispatchers via solar powered cellular units. Funding comes from a 1 dollar vehicle registration tax, with CalTrans CHP Bakersfield Cellular and GTE partnering on the project. Shafter Mayor Kathy Prout serves on KMAA’s board alongside officials from Kern County cities.
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