Reagan urges permanent tax cut plan at California publishers event
Governor Reagan speaks to about 1,000 at the California Newspaper Publishers Association dinner in San Francisco. He advocates a 20 percent personal income tax cut next year funded by the state surplus, plus a seven month delay in a one cent sales tax hike. He warns he may seek a constitutional revision if the legislature rejects the plan, while critics warn of harm to state services.
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Reagan
California Newspap
St .Francis Hotel
San Francisco
California
Bob Moretti
Assembly
Associated Press
Public Offices and Stores to Close on Washington Birthday
Banks post office county and city offices will be closed in Shafter next Monday for Washington's Birthday. Some stores in the Shafter business district will close while others stay open. Earlier, only a restricted list of offices closed for Lincoln's birthday including schools and county offices. City offices banks and post office were open this week.
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Shafter
Washington
Lincoln
Finance & Thrift Company Opens New Shafter Office
Finance & Thrift Company celebrates its new Shafter office at 238 Central Avenue with a Wednesday ribbon cutting at 11 am. Wayne Sexton, longtime Wasco manager, leads the local office with Greg W. Rupert as assistant manager. The event includes city officials and Chamber of Commerce reps.
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Finance & Thrift Company
Central Avenue
Shafter
Shafter and
Home Office
Shafter City
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Sexton
Finance & Thrift
Wasco
Shaw Avenue
Ratzlaff Named Parade Chairman for Shafter Potato Festival
Fire Chief Clifford Ratzlaff will lead the parade committee for the Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival set for May 4 5 and 6. Mary Nixon and Mary Unruh were named co chairmen of the queen selection committee. The festival will feature a barbecue at Stringham Park May 5 hosted by the Shafter High School Booster Club and the American Legion sponsored queen from last year Melanie Neuman. Great Western Shows will operate evenings May 3 4 and all day Saturday with Sunday hours noon to midnight. Approximately 3000 advance carnival tickets will be sold and eleven carnival booths will be available for Shafter clubs.
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Clifford Ratzlaff
Shafter
Ben Grundy
Mary Nixon
Mary Unruh
Shafter Hi School
Melanie Neuman
American Legion
Jay Atkinson
Shafter High School
Stringham Park
Atkinson
Dick Larson
Merv Huston
Ter High School
Bill Banks
Banks
Lions Harness Meet Promises Big Racing Card at Shafter
The Shafter Lions Club hosts six harness races on February 25 at Joe O Brien stables and race track near East Lerdo Highway. Gates open at noon with racing from 2 p.m. and a barbecue at 4 p.m. Tickets are 750 for adults and 3 for children. Proceeds fund sight conservation and other Lions charities. O Brien is among the few drivers with over 3 000 career wins and about 11 million in earnings. Flowerchild, a horse in his stable, won Outstanding Aged Trotter in 1972.
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Joe O’brien
East Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Shafter Lions Club
Lions’ Sight Conservation Fund
O’brien
Flowerchild
Bein
Fresh Yankee
City Moves to Charge for Alley Cleanups and Upgrades
Lew Carroll, Director of Public Works, told council the city has spent about $10,000 on alley cleanup in the past three months and will begin charging owners for future projects. He cited equipment shortages and rising brush volume as drivers of higher costs and suggested a $0.50 per residential fee to raise about $7,590 yearly. He also proposed purchasing $64,000 in new equipment and outlined plans to run two full-time garbage trucks by year-end.
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Lew Carroll
Carroll
Lerdo
Pacific Avenue
Munzer
Sunset Avenue
Shafter Avenue
California Avenue
Nickel Street
Five Points
Farewell for Pastor Friesen and Wife in Shafter
The Mennonite Brethren Church of Shafter held a farewell service for Pastor Dan Friesen and his wife as they prepare to move to Vancouver British Columbia. Friesen will serve as chaplain to apartment dwellers and work with Black Bros Inc and Block Bros Inc on waterfront towers and a nearby ranch converted to a summer resort. They leave around Feb 23 with two daughters and a son remaining in California.
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Mennonite Brethren Church of
Shafter
Dan Friesen
Friesen
Vancouver
B. C
Friesens
Pastor Friesen
Black Bro. Inc
Block Bro. Inc
100 Mile House
Mont
Reedley
Calif
Donovan
Rubin Rohrbach Dies in Crop Dusting Plane Crash
Rubin Rohrbach 52, a Shafter flyer for J J Crop Dusters, was killed when his crop dusting plane struck a wire and pole near Edison about 12 30 pm Monday. Funeral plans to follow his wife June’s arrival from Oregon. Survived by widow, two sons Jeff and Dickie, daughter Beverly, mother Mrs Katie Rohrbach, two brothers Irvin Bill and Harold, and six sisters.
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Rubin Rohrbach
Shafter
Edison
June
Oregon
Rohrbach
U.S
Lamont
North Dakota
Kern County
Bakersfield
Beverly
Katie Rohrbach
Irvin
Bill) Rohrbach
Harold Rohrbach
Gonzales
Manuel Heinbach
Joe Smithers
Las Vegas
Posse Southern Ompoc
David Helbueh Passerrie
Eddie Hellby Shafter
Mra
Mul Man Lehr
Shafter Chamber funds prize for festival theme name
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce will award a twenty five dollar savings bond as first prize in a contest to name the festival theme for the Pot ato and Cotton Festival. Entries must reach the Chamber by March 1 and be mailed to P O Box 1088 Shafter.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Shafter Cham
Ber of Commerce
P. O
Bob Bann
Jack Frost
Herb Howell
Bill Banks
Bo Butler
Chamber
Millard LaGrange
Community National Bank
Kernville
LaGrange
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Mike Hutchison
Dennis Wiedmann
Mark Keeley
Max Miller
Ricky Friesen
Jay Olsen
Civic Auditorium
Mr. Sexton
Carol
Teresa
Dennis
Seventh Day Adventist School
Greg W. Rupert
Hofman Drive
Escrow
Francia
Nicolla
R. W. Rupert
Monterey Academy
Bakersfield College
Pacific Union College
Cal State
Tts
Porterville
San Joaquin Valley
J. A. Mosconi
Wayne A. Sexton Manager
Greg W. Rupert Asst
Lions
State Avenue
James
Usda Cotton Research Station
Ken Joseph
Water Pollution Control Service School
Chuck Waide
Council
Gloria Whitt
Shafter Flyer
Kerneth Anderson
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