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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1978
Page
5
A critique argues Senate Bill 1186 creates a new park district to spread Chico area costs and lower city taxes. It questions who pays, notes the bill passed overwhelmingly, and warns that majority rule does not justify taking from others.
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital stands on the site of Captain Elisha Stevens home. Born circa 1803 in South Carolina, Stevens was a trapper, guide, explorer, and frontier fighter who crossed the Sierra Nevada with the Stevens Murphy Townsend wagon train. He helped open California trails, served in the Mexican War, mined near Los Angeles, farmed near San Jose, and watched Bakersfield grow from a Kern River farm. He died September 9, 1887, and his obituary lamented that his achievements were not widely recognized due to his temperament and education.
Jimmy Carter pledged June 16 1976 to appoint prosecutors on merit removing political influence. Eastland's power in Mississippi blocked reform, with a secret deal conceding merit for appellate judges but keeping U S attorney appointments under Senate patronage. Bell confirmed despite the arrangement and began replacing capable U S attorneys. Ratcheting postal delays and rat infestations bedevil mail delivery as Cuban troops under Soviet payback loom in Africa with potential proxy conflict in Somalia and Red Sea oil routes.
Evel Knievel remains confined in jail for six months after a Los Angeles assault on an author. Judge Edward Rafeedie condemns his celebrity conduct as cowardly and urges him to serve with dignity, contrasting stuntman bravado with steady daily virtue celebrated by Adlai Stevenson.
Readers respond as Kern High School District plans a writing proficiency test for all freshmen on February 8 1978 with a single make up on February 15 1978 Two English teachers will independently rate samples and results will reach parents mid March The district urges freshmen to attend and notes questions can be directed to listed numbers.
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