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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1949
Page
9
California passes a mandatory high school driving and highway safety curriculum to start next fall. Behind the wheel instruction may lag due to few training cars, but graduation may require driving competency. The program echoes a national push from the American Automobile Association.
National Future Farmer Week is observed nationwide. The Future Farmers of America group trains rural high school students in vocational agriculture to prepare them for feeding the nation amid concerns of soil depletion and overpopulation.
Six essays on What Dental Health Means To Me were chosen for final judging by Kern County Dental Association after a school contest among Shafter High School English classes. Three prizes will be awarded soon with Jerry Mixom named first, Gwen Hall second, and George Tidwell receiving a special prize.
California's crime commission spent over 220000 to adopt and submit a report on jail administration and alcoholic care. The report mirrors the Kilpatrick Assembly interim committee's earlier work, costing taxpayers about 3500.
A compact list of historical dates and events tied to California. Notable items include the 1856 founding of the National Future Farmers of America week, the 1855 Black Friday panic, and key infrastructure moments such as the Sacramento to Folsom railroad in 1856. Local meetings in San Francisco include the American Petroleum Institute board, Western Radio Conference, and Poultry Producers of Central California. Sacramento and Visalia are noted as incorporated in 1850 and 1854 respectively.
The Automobile Club of Southern California reports 1613 total traffic fatalities last year, with 142 in Kern County, down from 1840 deaths statewide and 175 in Kern County the prior year.
Henry Mulryan of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce reports 1947 mining value in ten southern counties reached 71.33 million dollars, up 31 percent from 1946. San Bernardino led with 34.64 million, while Kern produced 12.75 million and Riverside 7.71 million in various minerals.
Totals show a 12.4 percent drop from the previous year with declines in 10 of Southern California's 13 counties. Only Inyo, Riverside and Santa Barbara have higher fatalities than in 1947, according to the report.
L A traffic judge Roger Alton Pfaff warns eight speeders face jail and urges safety over buying luck. Johns Hopkins obstetric chief Dr Nicholson East Man quotes pain relief in childbirth. San Francisco city attorney John J O'Toole retires after 23 years. Michel Levitt opines on long life by contentment. David Penn notes that truth may fail to emerge despite beliefs.
A California mining note states that gold is sought as the primary product rather than as a by product of other mining.
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