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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1961
Page
5
April 4 7 is the date for Kern Invitational Science Fair open to Kern County high school students. About 1700 in cash awards will be given at Awards Night April 5 730 p.m. in the Bakersfield college gymnasium. Biology chemistry and physics are main project categories with prizes also in mathematics health and related fields.
Assemblyman John C. Williamson of Kern County attends the White House Conference on Aging in Washington DC from January 9 to 12. He was appointed by the California Assembly Rules Committee to represent the state alongside 100 delegates from California and 2,800 nationwide. The conference will cover income trends inflation impact on retired persons and employment issues facing the aging.
Mrs Harriet Mason hosts a literary gathering at Shafter Library this month featuring a curated display of biographies and works by authors such as Ambrose Bierce Jack London and Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Attendees will meet writers including Willa Cather Ernest Hemingway Sherwood Anderson Vac Lav Lindsay Agnes Turnbull and Stephen Crane with Rhodes's wife Eve telling their pioneer New Mexico story.
Archaeologists report tracks on the Navajo Reservation north of Phoenix Arizona indicate stride lengths exceeding 12 feet revealing the gait of prehistoric monsters.
California reports about 86 motor vehicles for every mile of city streets and county roads. State Controller Alah Cranton released figures from 1959 60 showing total expenditures of 292 683 659 dollars. Of this amount 169 516 529 dollars funded 30 307 miles of city streets while 123 167 130 dollars supported 69 422 miles of county roads.
A letter from D. T. Boyd MD Kern County Health Officer thanks a newspaper for space to publicize public health work and asks for continued cooperation and donations wishing the staff a happy and prosperous new year.
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