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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1957

Page

8

Wasco Community Hospital to Dedicate New Facility

Wasco community hospital with 18 beds near 440 48 E street plans a dedication next month. Dr O G Ohlsson and Dr William Coates are affiliated with the facility which features a Dalton electrocardioscope for instant heartbeat monitoring and fibrillation warning. Melvin T McDaniel also tied to the hospital in Kern county.

Shafter-Wasco E Street O. G. Ohlsson Dalton Shafter-Wasco Hospital Kern County William Coates Melvin T. McDaniel Wasco C. G. Ohlsson

Funeral Services for Five Day Old Baby in Shafter

Graveside funeral held Friday at Shafter cemetery for Steve Allen Herrera five day old son of Mr and Mrs Jim D Herrera of 30144 W Tulare who died in February Rev Melvin Krug of First Baptist Church officiated and interment followed. He is survived by his parents a brother Jim D Jr a sister Barbara Ann grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Murphy all of Shafter and Al Herrera of Watsonville.

Shafter Cemetery Steve Allen Herrera Jim D. Herrera

Meet Your Teacher John Peterson Richland eighth grade instructor

John Peterson a longtime Richland eighth grade teacher grew up on a Utah farm then moved to Orem near Provo. He studied at BYU played college sports, joined Lockheed, served as an aviation metalsmith in the Navy, earned officer training, and taught in Duchesne Buttonwillow before arriving in Richland where he has taught since 1949. He married fellow teacher Mrs Peterson in 1946 and they own in Ballas.

John Peterson Richland Weer Hinkley Utah John Orem Provo Brigham Young University Lockheed Navy Farragut Idaho San Francisco Hawaii U. S Carrier Air Service Solomons Pocatello University of Washington Brigham Young Duchesne High School California Buttonwillow Peterson BYU Maple School Petersons Ballas

Experiments Point Toward Control of Nematodes

Soil scientist Milton Weiner of BC Laboratories reports intensive tests to map nematode movement and develop control. Nematodes, abundant in soil and water, damage crops and are targeted by soil fumigation, crop rotation, and breeding resistance, though each approach has limits and varies by host plant.

Shafter Milton Weiner BC Laboratories Weiner San Joaquin Animal Kingdom

Linderman proposes tax reform and budget controls for states

The piece outlines Linderman’s plan to curb state tax spending through a governor accountable tax commission and a budget controller. It notes rising government payrolls from 3% in 1910 to 20% in 1955, with one in five workers now funded by tax dollars. It also surveys nematode research and its potential to boost farming profits.

Linderman

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Wasco Community Hospital Recreation League Fresno State U.c.la Lew Carroll Lions Club Art Hemingson Kiwanis Tut Anderson Rotary Club Marvin Neuman Veterans Memorial Hall Maple Leaf Enterprises Joan Evans Ben Cooper Linda Darnell Dale Robertson Dakota Pier Angeli Phil Carey Port Afrique James Mason Barbara Rush Doctor Stringham's Shafter Drug Store Rexall Drug Store Central Ave Phone Pioneer Uw UK Swift del Montecorn Bisquick Libby LUX Frozen Foods Department Stokley Wesson Pioneer
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