Sunny outlook for Kern County in 1979 economy
A 21st Kern County Business Outlook Conference forecast steady growth for 1979 across major sectors including agriculture mining retail and aerospace. Key speakers from GM California Portland Cement CS Bakersfield and NASA Dryden predicted strong oil output steady retail gains and continued aerospace activity at Edwards and Dryden with overall employment rising about 3 percent and education playing a vital supporting role.
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Golden Empire
Kern County
Outlook
Kern County Board of Trade
Kenneth E. Frick
Kenmar Farms
Arvin
Western Cotton Growers Association of California
Th County
Kern
Dryden Flight Test Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Naval Weapons Center
John G. Giumarra, Jr
Giumarra Vineyards Corporation
Giumarra
California
State Division of Oil and Gas
William F. Ford
Ells. Fargo Bank
San
Ford
San Joaquin Valley
China
Dick Hummel
Bakersfield
Hummel
Mark C. Bloome
Buffum's
Cloth
Murphy
Colton
Mojave
Richard S. Wallace
School of Business and Public Administration
California State College
Wallace
Isaac T. Gillam IV
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Edwards Air F
Gillam
Dryden
NASA Test Center
Los Angeles County
HiMat
Philip Conley, Jr
Air Force Flight Test Center
Edwards
Gen. Conley
General Dynamics
Boeing
Shafter
Kern County Business Outlook
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Gloria
City Administrator disputes Edwards letter on staffing and board powers
City Administrator Bill Sheldon argues Anthony Edwards misstates facts in last week’s Press letter. He says the Investigator position was a trial in 1977-78 and there has been no extra fireman since 1974. full-time staff and a part-time chief counts remain four and one respectively. He defends the Personnel Review Board created in 1948 as unchanged in authority and notes board members Johnston, Richardson and Butler are longtime residents. He invites the public to verify personnel counts at City Hall.
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Bill Sheldon
Shafter
Anthony Edwards
Sheldon
Edwards
Ted
Jon Johnston
Pat Richardson
Pat Butler
Shidon
Review Board
City Hall
Shafter Chamber mulls new secretary manager post
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture met Friday January 26 to discuss selecting a new secretary manager as retiring secretary-manager Herb Howell presents Susan Barton as a candidate. A special meeting is set for February 2 and a broader meeting for merchants on February 6 at Hutch's Coffee Shop.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Herb Howell
Susan Barton
Howell
Rtment
City Hall
Bob Bann
Eee Sennedt
Thief Tryst Report Involving Shafter Drug Owner
Ted Wiedmann reported a female left unpaid for an item at Shafter Drug on January 24. She fled in a brown Pinto as Wiedmann tried to stop her. Police investigate. On January 25 Cecil Thomas reported burglary at their home with four guns, jewelry, and cash missing. Jan 26 Jack Ogle reported theft of two tool boxes and tools from 658 Hoffman Drive.
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Ted Weidmann
Shafter Drug
Shafter
Wiedmann
Cecil Thomas
Jack Ogle
Hoffman Drive
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Giamarra
Giumarta
Merchant’s Assoc. Considered
Corinne Huston Shafter
Corinne
Santa Rosa
Mary Siemens
Chamber of Commerce
Hutch’s
Shirley
Weather Report
Tryst Tor