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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1984
Page
4
An editorial reflection from a Shafter resident lauds community cooperation as essential to human survival. The author contrasts ancient cooperative instincts with aggression, calls for a 1984 Year of Cooperation, and emphasizes peace at home and in the broader world, praising local neighbors, merchants, and officials.
A letter by Assemblyman Don Rogers detailing a Farm Bureau farm-issue report card was denied for mailing by the Assembly Rules Committee. Rogers says the panel, controlled by Democrats, blocks release of the grading data and voting records, criticizing power politics and vowing to inform his constituents independently.
In a trove of seven thousand released FBI files, JFK and Eisenhower era scandals surface alongside Eleanor Roosevelt, Johnson pressuring journalists, and Truman wiretaps. Hoover’s decades as top lawman are debated as critics fear politicized use of sensitive files.
Profile of Joseph Merlin famed maker of instruments and inventor of the roller skate. His planned 1765 Soho debut ends with a crash into a crystal mirror, smashing his ego and violin, delaying roller skating’s public regard for nearly a century.
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