Proposed vehicle code amendments for legislation
The Advisory Committee on Motor Vehicle Legislation, backed by the Automobile Club of Southern California, proposes amendments on right-of-way, braking distances, headlight specifications, speed zones, and truck passing rules. Proposals include yield signs at major entrances, varied brake performance by vehicle type, new seal beam headlamps, and local authority power to set 30 to 50 mph zones plus a 65 mph maximum, with a caution that 65 mph could not be exceeded under current law. Also proposed are a prohibition on sub standard brake fluid and clarified rules for trucks using left lanes when passing.
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sAutomobile Club
Southern
California
Auto Club
Business and Profession
Society of Automotive Engineers
Red Cross First Aid Courses Prove Useful at School
A school principal credits Red Cross first aid courses with preventing complications after a student broke an arm when no nurse was on duty and with timely care after a girl was hit by a car on Highway 99. Miller’s use of a magazine to splint the arm saved the day. The school thanks the Red Cross for aiding a safer campus.
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Miller
Highway 99
American Red Cross
Local Lawmakers Leave for Sacramento for 1955 Session
Kern countys two representatives in the state legislature Senator Jess R. Dorsey and Assemblyman Pat Kelly prepare to depart for Sacramento for the opening of the 1955 session. Dorsey begins his 16th year in the upper house and Kelly starts his third term in the lower house. Observers expect a controversial session with debates over cutting the state budget or new taxes on cigarettes liquor and horse race betting. Unemployment insurance labor laws highway needs hospitals and prisons are among issues likely to prompt a record number of bills in the opening days.
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Kern
Jess R. Dorsey
Pat Kelly
Sacramento
Dorsey
Kelly
Agriculture
Capitol
Recreation Department Organizes Kern District Basketball Leagues
Kern county recreation officials plan two meetings next week to form junior high and district leagues. Seven teams have signed up including Lerdo Shafter Standard Wasco Beardsley Fairfax Gareys Haven Drive schools. Games start January 10 with Saturday morning and twice weekly play.
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Kern County Department of Recreation
Bill Carpenter
Kern County
Lerdo
Shafter
Standard
Wasco
Beardsley
Fairfax
Garevs
Haven
Richland School
Richland
Car registration changes ease 1955 renewals with new tab
The state will use a single tab attached to the rear license plate for 1955 renewals. A staff of temporary crews will visit remote areas to issue tabs, following the 1953 Legislature. A pre punched card will serve as the file record with a stub displayed as the motorist’s record.
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Mason
Turner visiting Memphis for holidays with relatives
Bill Turner of Shafter is spending the holidays in Memphis Tennessee visiting his brother Mairne Robert Turner. He is staying with Mrs Arnette Turn é at an unspecified address.
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Bill Turner
Shafter
Memphis
Tennessee
Mairne Robert Turner
Arnette Turné
Funeral Services Held Friday for Mrs Thornburg
Funeral services for Mrs Zelma Mae Thornburg who died December 21 were held Friday at Jones Funeral chapel with Rev L F Schroeder officiating. Burial was in Wasco cemetery. A Wasco resident, she had lived in Mpale district, later moved to Wasco in 1942, worked as a cook at West's Hotel dining room, and died at her Wasco home after a period of illness.
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Zelma Mae Thornburg
Jones
L. F. Schroeder
Wasco
Helton Talbert Shafter Farmer Buried in Monday Funeral
Helton Talbert 74 died December 24 at his home 8482 Shafter avenue. Last rites held Monday at Armstrong mortuary Shafter with Rev E N Wheeler officiating. Interment in Shafter cemetery. Born Mountain Home Arkansas he lived in Shafter 13 years worked as a farm worker. Survived by widow Dolly and four sons Melvin Delphie Dallas Woodroe 24 grandchildren 34 great grandchildren.
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Shafter
Helton Talbert
Shafter Avenue
Mr. Talbert
Mountain Mome
Ark
Dolly
Melvin
Delphie
Marysville
Dallas
Woodroe
Los Angeles
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