Kern County Exhibit Praised At Sacramento Capitol
State officials and visitors praised Kern County’s exhibit in the Capitol East Wing as outstanding. The display highlights Kern water and power, oil and mining wealth, agriculture, and industry with a 3D Kern County Seal replica and a Isabella Dam water feature. It notes Kern leads California in petroleum and ranks high in agricultural output and industrial potential.
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Sacramento
Kern County
Capitol
County
Fred Links
State Department of Finance
Jess R. Dorsey
Dorsey
Kernity
Kern County Rd
Isabella Dam
Kern River
Buena Vista Lake
Striped Bass Map Issued By California Fish and Game
The California Department of Fish and Game releases a free second edition striped bass fishing map from the Golden Gate to Highways 9. Alex J. Calhoun, new inland fisheries chief, authored both editions. The map highlights 82 fishing resorts in San Francisco Bay and the Delta, with an estimate of over 200,000 anglers catching about 1,500,000 bass annually.
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California Department of Fish and Game
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Alex J. Calhoun
Inland Fisheries Branch
California cement industry ranked second in production
The Portland cement industry in California now trails only Pennsylvania in total production, marking a significant shift in regional output. This new ranking highlights California's growing role in cement manufacture and industrial capacity.
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California
Pennsylvania
Southeast Asia topic for Bakersfield Forum session
The Bakersfield Open Forum will host Joe Fisher for a Southeast Asia lecture in Harvey Auditorium at eight o’clock on February five. The event is free with admission and aims to explore World Culture as a basis for peace while highlighting Fisher’s Singapore residence and career touring Asia.
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Bakersfield
Orient
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Fisher
India
Burma
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
China
Ghandi
Pavlova
Will Rogers
Rudyard Kipling
George Bernard Shaw
Arthur Rubinstein
Mischa Elman
Jascha Heifetz
Rudolf Friml
Danny Kaye
Gracie Fields
County Nurserymen Invited to Meeting
Kern county nurserymen are invited to join the Nurserymen's Institute at the University of California campus in Davis tomorrow. The program features topics on climate control with plants soil amendments nursery insect control and weed management.
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Kern County
University of California
Davis
Long Beach Executive Bohannon Named Kern County Chamber Manager
Howard E. Bohannon of Long Beach has been appointed executive vice president of the Kern County Associated Chambers of Commerce. The selection, endorsed by the directors and a review committee led by W. T. O Donnell, follows a career at Long Beach and roles with Union Oil, Lockheed, Pennzoil, and banking firms. Bohannon will assume Feb 1 and will relocate to Bakersfield with his wife, bringing a background in industrial promotion and public relations.
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Howard E. Bohannon
Long Beach
Kern County Associated Champs of Commerce, Inc
Lorin Juday
Delano
Dent
Associated Chamber
Bohannon
Crountywide
Kern County Associated Chambers
W. T. O'Donnell
Bakersfield Chamber
Associated Chambers
Nebraska
California
Union Oil Company of California
Southern Division
Pennzoil Company of California
Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Security
Bakersfield
Episcopalian Church
New Tax Structure Cuts California Unemployment Taxes
James G. Bryant announced a 1953 tax change under which about 30,000 of 251,000 California employers will pay no unemployment insurance taxes and 25,000 more will pay less than the 1952 minimum. The lower rate, effective January 1, reduces revenue and actuarial funding needs while the fund remains pooled.
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California
James G. Bryant
Bryant
Inventory Team to Interview Kern Air Force Reservists
More than 600 Air Force reservists in Kern county will be interviewed by a Fourth Air Force inventory team starting Feb. 2. Maj. Gen. Alfred A. Kessler Jr. says the nationwide effort checks reserve strength and individual status, using records dating to 1945. Interviews at 1706 North Chester Ave. in Bakersfield will collect family status skills since discharge and physical condition, with no recall to active duty implied.
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Air Force
Kern County
Fourth Air Force
Alfred A. Kessler
North Chester Ave
Bakersfield
X Ray Unit Set for Emergency Use by Kern County
The Christmas Seal mobile x-ray and disaster unit will be available for Kern County Civil Defense in emergencies. Officials say the unit, soon to be purchased, features a power plant running water and a lab and can serve as an emergency communications center. Donations to the Christmas Seal drive are urged to fund the project.
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Kern County Civil Defense and Disaster Council
Civil Defense
Charles Pierce
Pierce
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
James F. Barnard
County Civil Defense and Disaster Council
Barnard
M. Donald Harman
Teamsters' Union
Electricians’ Union
William Whiting
Harman
Lillian Karlan
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Missionary to Speak Four Weekend Addresses in Shafter
W. W. R. Lake a missionary with forty years in the Orient will present four talks at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Shafter this weekend. He has served in India Burma Malaya the Straits Settlements and Borneo. The schedule lists Friday 7 30 p m Four Years Experience in Japanese Prison Camp in Borneo Saturday 11 a m Providential Leanings in Sanrawak Borneo Saturday 3 p m Three Years Experience in the Maharajas Palace in India and Sunday 8 15 p m A Manifestation of Gods Power in Malaya.
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Orient
Shafter
Lake
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
India
Burma
Malaya
Straits Settlements
Borneo
Sanrawak
Maharaja's Palace
Shafter Area Prepares For Major Potato Planting Season
Agricultural experts forecast Shafter belt will plant over 6000 acres of potatoes this season. Seed potatoes processed through local sheds indicate a large upcoming crop. Growers in the immediate vicinity are actively planting and expect completion within two weeks.
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Shafter
Kern County backs Bay barrier bill to study feasibility
In a Motel Canelo meeting, about 28 Kern business and agricultural leaders endorsed H W Pat Kellys Bay barrier study bill. They urged early hearing and support from the San Joaquin Valley Supervisors Association as well as the Farm Bureau in seeking a $250000 feasibility study by the state water resources board.
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Kern County
H. W
Pat) Kelly
San Francisco Bay
Assembly
Canelo
Shafter
Kelly
San Joaquin
Charles P. Salzer
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Curtis Graves
Buttonwillow
Farm Bureau
Salzer
San Joaquin Valley Supervisors Association
Graves
Fresno
Assemblyman Joaquin Valley Supervisors ‘Association
State Water Resources Board
Senate
Zuyder Zee
Holland
Kern
Salter
W. R. Woollames
Delano
John Holt
Arvin
Vance Webb Taft
Jimmy Radoumis
Board of Trade
W. F. Jones
Clarence Anninster
Wasco Irrigation
Wasco
H. M. Holloway
Earl Cometta
Delano Chamber of Com Merce
SWID Directors Named With Bakersfield Leaders
The article lists a slate of SWID directors and engineers including Burt Greene Belano Herbert Sears Charles Manly R E McCarthy Paul Newell Ira Unruh Obie Hawkins John F Jacobsen John J Peters Jr David M eee George J Harrison C H Burns R Jacobsen C W Graves H E Woodworth and L B Nourse among Bakersfield Shafter Wasco Buttonwillow placements.
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Burt Greene
Southern
Shafter
C. W. Graves
Buttonwillow
H. E. Woodworth
Bakersfield
L. B. Nourse
Cooks Win Pillsbury Bake-Off Title With Snappy Turtle Cookies
Mrs. Peter S. Harlib, wife of a Chicago police officer, won the 1952 Pillsbury Bake-Off for Snappy Turtle Cookies earning $25,000 and appliances. The page details mold steps, egg white dip, and a chocolate frosting for the cookies and notes the presentation to Mrs. Nixon.
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Chicago
Peter S. Harlib
Waldorf Astoria
Pillsbury
Richard M. Nixon
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Shell Chemical Corporation
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Willys Jeeps
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Truxton
Chrysler
Imperial
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Plymouth
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