Two-Thirds of Population Lives In State Water Areas
In 1964 California’s State Water Project advanced with Oroville and San Luis Dams high increases and the California Aqueduct shaping south through the San Joaquin Valley. The year saw major bond sales, expanded staff, and progress on Delta Pumping Plant, Tehachapis tunnel, and prefabrication of major facilities as water deliveries target 1968 1971 and 1972 at key reservoirs.
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Sacramento
Oroville
San Luis
California Aqueduct
San Joaquin Valley
SERCO
Et Eter
California
Sanorae
Plumas
Butte
Fresno
Resources
Capitol
Kern County
Los Angeles County
Riverside County
Department of Water Resources
Plumas County
Frenchman Lake
Antelope Lake
Grizzly Valley
Lake Davis
Oroville Dam
Yuba City
North Bay Aqueduct
Delta
San Luis Dam
San Joa
Quin Division
Charley V. Porter
Tehachapi Mountains
San Joaquin
Castaic_Reservoir
Cedar Springs
Perris
San Bernardino
Riverside
Enjoy Banquet and Bence Saturday
The Shafter Volunteer Firemen held their annual banquet at Shafter Memorial Hall with installation and dance Saturday evening. Clifford Ratzlaff reports chief, Milburn Cobb inducted as secretary, and Vernon Pierce and Bill Brown named training officers. In San Francisco the State Legislature was urged to strengthen auto smog controls and continue installing crankcase devices to avoid delaying smog progress.
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Shafter Volunter
Shafter Memorial Hall
Clifford Ratzlaff
Baehr
Milburn Cobb
Chester Neufeld
Vernon Pierce
Bill Brown
San Francisco
California
State
Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board
Loewens Tour Bogota Quito Andes Visiting Historic Sites
Herb Loewen and party visited famous churches and a solid gold relic display at the National Bank in Bogota. In Quito Ecuador they explored old churches and museums with an Ecuadorian guide, viewed the equator, and saw Avenida Kennedy funded by the Alliance for Progress. The four week trip ends with a Panama Canal and Guatemala return, with the Borns planning a mid June return to the States after school term.
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National Bank
Bogota
Loewen
Quito
Ecudaor
Christian Raiio
HCJB
Equator
Avenida Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Loewens
Panama Canal
Guatemala
Borns
Disaster-Ready Adventists Aided 2600 Flood Victims
A Shafter Seventh-day Adventist report details disaster response across six western states aiding over 2600 flood victims. Meals fed 2000 people, clothing for 700 families, and lodging medical care and furniture provided. Red Cross coordination plus 225 wardrobe replenishments. Crescent City feeding 1000 to 1500 evacuees. Church funds and reserve assets supported relief with a civil defense preparedness framework.
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Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church
Leola Fiterer
Seventh-day Adventist Ae
Oregon
Northern
Crescent City
Klamath and
Gasquet
Klamath
Seventh-day Adventist
Washington, D. C
North America
Church
U. S. Department of Health
Welfare
Kern County Leads California Mineral Production in 1963
Kern County generated 363 million dollars in mineral production for 1963, far above the state total, with gold and silver contributing only small shares. The report notes diverse outputs including clay, gypsum, sand and gravel, stone, and a new antimony discovery near Mojave. An asphalt oil field near Kern was producing 15 000 barrels daily, and tin concentration mining at the Meeke Hogan mine was underway.
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Board of Trade
Kern County
Robert Marshall
Marshall
California
Los Angeles
Asphalto
American Tin Corp
Lebec
Tejon Ranch Co
Concen
Kern
Mojave
Maricopa
California panel eyes ban on private armies
The 1965 bill was introduced January 19 at the request of the Attorney General. He cited rising concern over private armies in California and said lawmakers like Senator McAteer support pursuing necessary legislation.
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California
McAteer
PG&E Seeks Land for Key Inter-Tie Line Upgrade
PG&E requests additional acres at Midway power station near Buttonwillow raising the total from 112 to 166 acres to support a Western inter-tie link. The expansion would intrude on the county airport’s approach surface, prompting discussion of relocating Buttonwillow Airport with potential land swaps or purchase deals. The county could receive funds to buy and develop a new site with federal aid, while PG&E promises limited inconvenience and urges early action.
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Irport
Buttonwillow
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Midway Station
Midway
United States
Pg&e
Devel
Oped
Camp Fire Girls Start Nut and Candy Sale
Twenty Camp Fire groups will sell nuts and candy to Mrs Land Bell, chairman of the event. Girls can earn up to $35 in credit for 175 units at $1.00. Awards of $10 go to the group selling the most in each district.
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Leland Bell
New Drivers Tend to Be Safer Early On
Statistics show new drivers are less prone to accidents than experienced ones. After surpassing 10 000 miles, drivers often become overconfident and take more risks.
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William E. Warne
Rst
Feather River
Bence
Herb Loewens
Adventist Welfare
Red Cross
Eureka
Albany
Fense
Adventist
Riverside Avenue
Chrysler
Fike's
Shafter
Irvine. Fike, Inc
Chrysler - Plymouth - Valiant
Central Valley Hwy
Shafter Press
The
California Division of Mines and Geology
U. S. Department of the Interior
Kern Mineral
Division of Mines and Geology
C. Velma Thompson
Alvis Smith
Shafter Ave
del Haven
Stokely Shellie
Nalley
Oleo
Numar
Neo
del Haven Blackeye
del Haven Pork
del Haven Hominy Gold & White
Aren Agy
Dean‘s Meat Dept
Ibs
Bologna
Cudahy
Country Boy
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