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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1979
Page
7
Our platform pledges local progress through balanced growth and strong leadership. We support attracting new industry to the area, enforce city and county laws, and back practical policies to boost jobs and services for residents.
The piece questions lifting the 55 mph federal speed limit, noting it curbed fatalities and saved gasoline during the 1970s oil crisis. It cites Wyoming and California lawmakers proposing alternatives, while warning higher speeds would raise fuel use and risk, amid Iran's oil disruptions.
China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping visited Washington and criticized the Soviet Union as a polar bear while urging an anti-Soviet alliance with the United States Europe and Japan. He spoke against SALT II and backed a joint U S China communique noted by Carter, signaling a shift in Asian security dynamics.
The essay notes that a future or current president may tilt the Supreme Court left or right, discusses new federal and state court judges added in 1976, and highlights reforms from the Pound Conference and Justice Department pilots to reduce backlogs. It credits efforts by the National Center for State Courts and the Federal Judicial Center and cites computer case assignments and ABA scrutiny of lawyers.
More than 30 kinds of Pleistocene animals have been found preserved in the McKittrick Area Pits on Kern County's west side. Geologists date the Pleistocene epoch to roughly 15,000 to 50,000 years ago and describe early Coast Range formation as ocean bottom sinking and bowing mountain uplift creating broad gentle anticlines.
In the McKittrick and Reward area the Brea Pits yielded bones from many extinct and contemporary animals when crude oil was used to fuel a local distillery in 1865. Fossils include mammoth, mastodon, camels, saber-toothed tiger, ground sloth, giant bison, deer, horse, bears, lion-like cats, and numerous birds. Excavations occurred in the 1920s by UC and CALTECH, with later work by LA and Kern County museums. Several tons of bones are now housed at Kern County Museum in Bakersfield.
The piece argues against inheritance and gift taxes, labeling them grave robbers and ghoul taxes. It cites Assemblyman Don Rogers proposing repeal to boost seed money, create thousands of jobs, and generate $126 million yearly for California while noting a projected $7 billion budget surplus.
The note urges Christians to view doubt as a path to truth and faith. Honest doubt prompts investigation and evidence seeking, potentially strengthening belief, while willful doubt leads to unbelief. The text cites Hebrews 11:1 and Luke 24:36-48 to argue doubt can refine faith rather than destroy it. It cautions against abandoning faith due to tragic events and encourages reliance on evidence and God’s guidance.
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