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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1978
Page
5
A 1978 Senate decision on a major Labor Reform Act would ease union organizing by law, boosting unions while employer groups oppose it. The act would mandate equal time for unions in campaigns, forcing management to aid union drives and affecting nonunion workers caught in the middle.
A letter argues for removing Department Heads from the Civil Service System to make county government more responsive and accountable to voters. It urges a YES vote on Proposition 2, cites a planning commission decision as cautionary. The piece underscores government closest to the people and criticizes developers and officials for disregard of rules.
Linnie Cherry of 125 W Orange Ave Shafter CA asks ladies to send Betty Crocker coupons and to save cancelled postage stamps. She mentions a Braille project and thanks helpers, inviting continued support and stamp collection.
The Internal Revenue Service faces a rising taxpayer rebellion with an estimated 2,000 activists joining daily. Widespread tax anger centers on unfair rates and a 6,000 page code, while evasion and resistance push debates on reform. Somoza crisis deepens in Nicaragua as Chamorro's killing sparks nationwide strikes. Bergland plans long term wheat deals with the Soviet Union, and diplomats press for the release of jailed Americans in the USSR.
Paul Harvey reviews Philip Yancey’s Where is God When It Hurts, praising its candid exploration of suffering and the role of pain. The piece visits Carville leprosarium to illustrate pain’s absence, arguing pain’s necessity for survival and the dignity found in faith amid suffering.
The speaker outlines three levels of relationships from superficial bonds to deep trust. True closeness comes from sharing real feelings, listening, and spending time with someone, which requires time to build trust and mutual vulnerability.
The Lamont area, with about 11 000 residents including Hilltop and Weedpatch, faced repeats of wind and flood damage. A geography note traces flood waters to Tehachapi and Caliente creeks, Walker Basin Creek, and Caliente Wash, showing how storms funnel water to the alluvial fan east of Lamont and once to Kern Lake, with flood risks persisting until a control plan is built.
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