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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
8
Article reports complaints by home builders about government credit curbs in 1955. Federal Reserve Board actions raised down payments and tightened credit for savings and loan members, contributing to a drop in new home construction. January starts at 1,416 units. October annual rate projected around 1,242,000.
Education Today reports concern over apparent sabotage after a fire extinguisher was removed and the second unit damaged at the Observation Post. James Barnett of the Air Defense Command and Cathy Morgan led the post during reactivation efforts, with awards given to staff for hours served.
The article describes Heather plant varieties Alba Hammondi and Coccinea among others, plus pruning needs and cultivation tips for Heather in sunny, well drained soil. It also discusses school methods for gifted children including acceleration, segregation, and enrichment with the note that enrichment is most common today.
Gary Weyand resumes studies at University of California Berkeley after spending holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Weyand.
Seven additional tuberculosis cases were reported in Kern County over the past week, two of them infants. James Moquist of the Kern County Health Association urged community education and frequent physical exams including chest X-rays to curb spread, noting 155 new TB cases and 11 children under five among them.
John Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Jack Thompson of Cross Street returns to studies at Oklahoma A and M after spending the holiday break with his parents.
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