Congress Faces Higher Federal Gasoline Tax Debate
Editorial argues Congress may raise the federal gasoline tax from three to five cents a gallon to cover highway trust fund deficits. Motorists already pay about 9 cents per gallon in combined taxes, with much revenue diverted to general funds. The piece notes highway costs rising from 27 to 40 billion and urges a broad reassessment of national road spending and taxation.
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Congress
Highway Trust Fund
General Fund of the Treasury
Aiit Defense
California
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
No Need for Pickets As Vaccine Supply Grows
The piece notes a shift from mass vaccine demand to surplus in Salk polio shots. It cites 45 million people under 40 still unvaccinated and at risk, warns of possible epidemics, and urges completing the three-shot series as cheap health protection.
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Mercs
March of Dimes
National Foundation
Merly
National Foundation For
Cambria public warned on freedoms and creeping bureaucracy
A Cambria newspaper column criticizes the Hoover Report and reactionary warnings, arguing the public trades freedom for money and slides toward bureaucratic control despite cautions. The piece portrays a national trend and urges vigilance against expanding government power.
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Cambria
California
Cambrian
Lerdo School News Items Published in Shafter Press
Lerdo Teachers Club publicity chairman Mrs Irene Johnson sends two Lerdo School news items to the Shafter Press for publication. Assemblyman Pat Kelly also thanks the paper for courteous legislative coverage over eight years.
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Irene Johnson
Lerdo Teachers Club
Triplett Named to West Point by U S Senator Kuchel
U S Senator Thomas H Kuchel of California designates Kern County youth William Triplett for admission to the U S Military Academy at West Point in the class entering next summer. Triplett, from Delano, was chosen from many candidates after Civil Service Commission exams last summer based on scholastic records.
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Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Kern County
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
William Triplett
Civil Service Commission
Kuchel
Triplett
Rounds Street
Delano
Attend the Church of Your Choice This Sunday
A brief church notices readers to attend services at a church of their choice this coming Sunday with reminders of regular weekly worship times and community activities.
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Church OF Your Choice
Shafter year ends with gala, growth plans and notes
A year end column highlights a Saturday gala at Weir s in Wasco to celebrate the year s close. Shafter shows 395 750 000 dollars in improvements for the year and plans a bigger 1951 with the Friant Kern Canal slated for completion by February 1. Commander John Reily reports disaster corps network in Shafter awaiting state ties.
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Weir’s
Wasco
Shafter
Millerton Lake
Fresno County
Kern River
Bakersfield
Graveside rites held for John S. Rowe Sr in Clovis
Graveside services were conducted Friday at Clovis Cemetery for John S. Rowe Sr father of Mrs Laura Hare of Shafter. He had been a Clovis resident for 54 years. Surviving are widow Irma of Clovis two sons Uriah of Mendota and John Sr of San Luis Obispo and a daughter Mir Rowe.
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Clovis
John S. Rowe
Laura Hare
Shafter
Mir Rowe
Irma
Uriah
Mendoza
John Sr
San Luis
Card of Thanks from the Mouser Family
The Mouser family expresses gratitude to friends for kind thoughts and sympathy during their bereavement. Their support is deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.
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Mouser
Deluxe Barbers Lead Shafter League Standings at Pause
At season pause before Christmas, DeLuxe Barber Shop tops the Shafter Adult Basketball League with 5 wins and 0 losses. Standings show Johnson-Neuman 1 0, Central Hardware 3 2, Hitchcock's 3 3, Nick's Drive Inn 1 4, and Brown & Bryant 0 2. League resumes January 6.
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Shafter
Johnson-Neuman
Central Hardware
Hitchock’s
Nick’s Drive Inn
Brown & Bryant
A. Camp
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