Thomas addresses Kiwanis in Shafter on re election
Republican Congressman Bill Thomas spoke at a Kiwanis Club luncheon in Shafter on February 15 detailing plans to run for a fourth term. He noted the district will cover Kern Inyo Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo counties and cautioned about greater local visibility if reelected. Thomas linked 1985 farm legislation to local growers and contrasted Soviet leadership with U S processes, predicting a weary public come November.
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Shafter
Tern
Bill Thomas
Kiwanis Club
Veterans Hall
Thomas
Sharon
Kern
Inyo
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Nevada
Pacific Ocean
House
Ways and Means
Andropov
Ussr
Chernenko
U.S
America
Grenada
Central America
Lebanon
Fire rescuer crawls through flames to save man in wheelchair
Shafter Fire Department raced to 249 Cross Street at about 5 p.m. Thursday as a living room burned. Charlie Blattenberg, a multiple sclerosis patient in a wheelchair, was saved by Dan Zachery who crawled through smoke and heat to reach him. Blattenberg and rescue crews escaped with burns, and the fire was brought under control with substantial parts of the home spared.
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Shafter
Cross Street
Charles Blattenberg
Blattenberg
Kern County Medical Center
Zachery
Dan Zachery
Sales tax revenues down in Shafter 1982 83 period
Sales tax receipts for Shafter fell from the prior year high of 465000 to about 410000 as 1982 83 ended. City Manager August Caires cites the Payment in Kind cotton program and oil field layoffs as key factors. The Shop Shafter Committee seeks promotions to revive the shopping district and broaden the market beyond the city to Wasco, citing a 25000 potential customer base and local price competitiveness.
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Shafter
August Caires
Caires
Shop Shafter Committee
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafte
Wasco
Sandy Wiedmann
Wayne Wood
Milt Hawkins
Dave Anderson
Police Careers and Daily Life in Shafter
A recruitment ad outlines hazardous police work demanding sixteen weeks of training and costs, with a starter salary of 1500 dollars monthly plus annual allowances. It notes uniforms and equipment from recruits, 640 training hours at an academy, and stresses discipline and stress in classes. A field piece follows Officer Larry Beggs on an afternoon shift, detailing patrol routines, arrests, and the social issues faced in Shafter as similarities to Bakersfield emerge.
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Darby Lee Patterson
Shafter Police Department
Albiet
Bakersfield College
Shafter
Larry Beggs
Beggs
Bakersfield
Police Chief Leads Shafter Department Toward High Standards
In three years Beggs has learned the community, noting trust with locals and a calm approach with suspects. The Shafter Police Department, under Chief Frank Christensen, emphasizes strict procedures, probation, and ongoing training. The academy is only the start as officers advance through probation and merit-based steps amid budget cuts affecting in-house seminars.
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IRS
Supreme Court
Danny Zachery
Congressman Bill Thomas
Wife Sharon
Chamber of Commerce
Nel
Viticos
Underworld
Frank Christensen
P.D. Christensen
Police
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