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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1977
Page
7
The piece argues there is one energy crisis ignored for three years and emphasizes citizen responsibility. It urges smaller fuel efficient cars, greater mass transit use, cooler winter and warmer summer homes, and less reliance on electric conveniences to endure a future crisis.
A reader questions California leash laws and stray animal remedies, urging owners to keep pets home, consider neutering, and report damages. The piece notes dangers to farmers and cites a Kern County tree squirrel protection effort by Save Our Squirrels led by R. E. Bob Gunning.
National gas shortages bite as schools and factories close, with unemployment rising. President Carter's emergency bill aims to speed interstate gas flow, but critics warn prices will rise and some provisions may fail to prevent industrial shutdowns next summer. Federal probes surface alleged price gouging and industry influence.
Paul Harvey notes Californians now have a right to die with dignity via living wills and two witness attestations. The measure requires terminal illness, no natural survival chances, and bans mercy killing while leaving questions about imminent death unresolved.
The record details origin stories for Kern County landmarks such as Five Dogs Granit Station French Meadow Foxen Canyon Gehringer Grade Harris Grade Horse Canyon Linns Valley and McKittrick Brea Pit Mount Adelaide Old Bull Road with notes on founders explorers and ranching history. it ends noting the continuation next week.
Dr Richard R Zeppel discusses capital punishment in the United States and California The essay argues against state execution from a Christian perspective noting the harms of hate and revenge and urging rehabilitation over punishment It questions how to handle murderers while highlighting the potential for reform and public safety.
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