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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1965
Page
10
Shafter leads the Northwest Recreation Basketball League as standings and schedule details unfold for the regional competition. Local teams vie for top positions and community support ramps up around this regional league event.
The Shafter Generals lost 51 57 at Lemoore after a 29 point top effort by Danny Costello and 22 by Mark Larson, with 7 of 30 in the second half and foul trouble for key players. They defeated Garces 58 44 the prior night as Tulare Western nipped for a league lead chance. Wasco looms next in a bid to stay atop the standings.
Shafter High School grapplers shut out Maricopa 63 0 in a Wednesday dual while the junior varsity beat the same opponent 59 3 on Friday. The team, new to wrestling, looks to the league tournament at Corcoran with Steve McIntosh unbeaten at 191 pounds.
The Wasco county fire department and police investigated a car fire 200 yards west of Rowlee on Lerdo. The car belonging to R. W. Rash of Wasco was damaged for 455 dollars with 150 dollars saved, and the incident remains under investigation as of Feb. 3.
Donald Perkins reported to the police on February 3 that his bicycle was taken while he was at Richland Intermediate School. He lives at 438 Curtis.
Report notes model car kits now outsell model trains and could become the top toy line within two years. It cites California as a key indoor racing hub where the hobby began in 1948 and notes centers vary in size with a minimum opening cost of $10,000.
Coach Tommy Colvard lists players for the First Baptist Church team including Ron Morris Keith Penning ton Bill Putnam and Gary Sells. The Northwest Area Recreation league schedule uses courts in Shafter Wasco and Buttonwillow.
Senator Walter W. Stiern, chair of the senate committee on public health and safety, announced the 1965 report urging expanded powers for the state board of medical examiners to discipline physicians whose conduct endangers patients. He said recommendations mirror proposals from the medical board, the California Medical Association, and the Los Angeles County Medical Association.
The County Fire Department responded to a resuscitation call on February 6 at 30720 Rodriguez. John Hernandez, 47, collapsed at his home and was treated with an inhalator for 15 minutes before being turned over to his family.
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