Bruins Shine as Wooden Era Echoes in Cal Winter Note
Commentary recalls UCLA basketball legend John Wooden and his Big Ten roots. It praises Nooden as a top all around player and notes upcoming championship potential for the Bruins. Also mentions Shafter High wrestling teams and local city council reportage continuing on page 9.
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California
South Dakota
Black Hills
Mt. Rushmore
South
Dakota
USC
Belvie
UCLA
John Wooden
Purdue Boilermakers
Wooden
Nooden
Bruins
Serra
Midwest
Shafter councilman Atkinson to retire from council in April
Mayor Atkinson announced in his State of the City address at the Shafter Rotary Club that he will not seek re election to the City Council in the April 14 vote. He will resign to focus on duties as Kern County Building Inspection district supervisor overseeing four inspectors covering Shafter Wasco Meeky and surrounding areas.
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Jay C. Atkinson
Shafter
Atkinson
Kern County
Ventura
Glennville
Wasco
Meecy
Oklahoma
Bakersfield
Bernice Mayberry
Shafco
Atkinsons
North Reiker
Dennis
Bakersfield College
Melvin
Darrell
Richland Elementary
G.H
Ben) Grundy
Richard A. Larson
Wilmer
Bill) Hildebrand
Carl A. Moyer
Mently
May Atkinson
Fire loss at Sportsman's Cafe-Lounge cut to about $48 000
Vernon Pierce of the Shafter Fire Department reports a final estimate near 48 000 after rechecking damage from an early moving fire that razed the cafe lounge. The preliminary 30 000 figures for building and contents were scaled down about 6 000 each. A coin changing machine valued at 1 000 was salvaged from the ruins. Continued on page 9.
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Sportsman's Cafe
Vernon Pierce
Shafter Fire Department
Pierce
Sportsman Cafe
Frank Russell
Shafter
Russell
Sportsman
Council bids delay department project by weeks
At Monday’s council meeting the department building issue dominated as two bids from December 22 ran about twice the estimates, blamed on sub contractors. Lawrence B. Alexander of Alexander & Dorman defended contractors while noting few bidders and 130000 planned spending. The report also notes funeral services for 82 year old H Mettler of Shafter, longtime Kern County figure in potato industry history.
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Lawrence B. Alexander
Hanford
Alexander & Dorman
Alexander
A de Bree. Co Company
Shafter
Colom Construction Company
Bakersfield
Lawrence
Kern County
California
Menno
5.D
United States
Lodi
Plans Mapped for 1973 Start on Shafter Wasco Highway
State Highway 43 in Kern County between Riverside Street Shafter and Route 46 Wasco will become a four lane conventional highway with no access control. The project, following a safety hearing, will run along F Street Wasco to Kimber lina Road with 80 feet of right of way retained in the cities and an additional 28 to 40 feet outside.
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Shafter
A Bien Sgrivision
Kern
Riverside
Wasco
Division of Highways
Filburn
Kimberlina Road
Stasco
Riverside Street
Kimber
Night of Chamber Meeting Sets Officers and Awards
The Jan night at the Memorial Building in Bakersfield features a 7 p.m. dinner by St. Marks Episcopal Church, followed by installation of Chamber of Commerce officers, special awards, and an address by John E. Loustalot. He will discuss Kern County history and California bicentennial plans as 1969 activities are reviewed and 1970 plans outlined. Newly elected officers include Emil Jack Frost head of Jack Frost Publications Roy Kerber and Robert Millwee as incoming vice president with three-year terms. H W Pat Kelly will be installed as secretary. holdover directors include Jack Col Bob Gilbert and others.
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Othe
Memorial
James and
California
Stark’s Episcopal Church
Chamber. Commerce
John .E. Loustalot
Bakersfield
Kern County
Loustalot
Emil
Jack Frost
Jack Frost Publications
Shafter Press
Buttonwillow Times
Roy Kerber
Americaas Tive
Oreidrone
Robert Millwee
Frost
Bob Bann
Bud Johnson
H.W
Pat) Kelly
Chamber
Kelly
Jack Col
Bob Gilbert
Alley Pick-Up Schedule Announced for City
Shafter Public Works Director Lewis E. Carroll announced the annual alley pick-up plan. Crews will collect tree prunings and trash in the last two weeks of January with the east side starting Monday January 19 and the west side beginning Monday January 26. Residents should place debris in alleys before each week’s start.
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Lewis E. Carroll
Shafter Public Works
Carroll
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Jarrell Fletcher
Kal Matis
Suii
le Aes
Bill Plummer
Jay Atkinson
Kimix Rinna Road
Jiee Ali Aement
Ieave
oTtrict
R. E. Deffebach
Fresno
PTH
Mettler
Shafter-Wasco HighwayLink
Disney Music
KWSO
Bann
Eae
Poe
John E, Loustalot
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