Price concerns as Kern beet harvest begins
Kern County and Antelope Valley sugar beet growers fear volatile prices as harvest starts July 5. Arvin grower Charles Fanucchi cites need for supply management to stabilize prices and maintain incentives for production amid falling sugar values and rising costs. Processors note several factors behind the late start and cool weather impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Antelope Valley
Arvin
Charles Fanucchi
California Beet Growers Association
Fanucchi
Home Economist Answers on Cooling Food and Beet Harvest Outlook
Gloria Runyan addresses safe cooling practices for hot foods in modern refrigeration and notes large containers take longer to chill. The article then reports on beet harvest starts across Spreckels Holly and Union Sugar districts with projected yields, dates, processing plans, and concerns about rail car availability to maintain schedules.
Santa Barbara Savings Merges Four Associations
Three groups merge with Santa Barbara Savings creating a single system with over 700 million dollars in assets. Passbooks from the four former associations will be honored at 45 SB Savings offices from the San Francisco Bay area to the Los Angeles basin. Alan Larsen manages the Shafter office at 332 Central Avenue with regional leadership by Gerald Peloian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara Savings and Loan Association
Financial Corporation of Santa Barbara
FSB
Santa Barbara Savings
Ross Valley Savings
San Francisco Bay Area
San Luis Obispo Savings
Orange Savings
David L. Tilton
Tilton
San Joaquin Valley
Central Coast
Los Angeles
Orange
Gerald Peloian
Santa Barbara
Shafter
Alan Larsen
Central Avenue
Wasco
Tehachapi
Bakersfield
Liberty Bell Jam Boree Planned For Kern County July
The Buck Owens Liberty Bell Jam boree will be July 5 at Hart Park from 1 to 5 pm. Tens of thousands from across the state will attend to raise funds for Kern County to buy a Liberty Bell replica with a $1 admission. Buck Owens and celebrity friends will perform. the bell arrives in 1976 from Whitechapel foundry near London. Art Tognini leads the Kern County American Revolution Bicentennial Committee. Grange scholarships noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Hart Park
Buck Owens
Buck
The
Art Tognini
KUZZ
All-American Broadcasting Station
Liberty Bell Foundation
White Chapel
London
Stricter Rules Set for California Farm Vehicle Drivers
California will enforce tougher standards for farm labor vehicle drivers starting July 1 after a deadly Blythe accident. Applicants must complete ten hours of classroom and behind the wheel training and pass CHP exams to obtain a permanent farm labor vehicle driver certificate. Renewals require ten additional classroom hours and reexamination every two years. Current holders may keep driving until their license expires, then transition to the new rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Highway Patrol
Blythe
Department of Education
Department of Motor Vehicles
CHP
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Kern
Marilyn Gladden
Martin Ajootian
Mrs. Gladden
Shafter Lady Lions
Gloria Runyan
Ll.c
Home Economist
Spreckels Sugar Division
Mendota
Salinas
Manteca
Buttonwillow
Spreckels
Gib Maurer
Holly Sugar Company
Lost Hills
Tracy
Dave Eddington
Union Sugar Division
Betteravia
Maricopa Flats
Bob Winters
Holly
Eddington
Maurer
Dave Merkel
Aea
Pracevnars
Norbest
Turkeys
Wilson’s Corn King
Patrick Cudhay
Dara RO
DELI
Springfield Biscuits
Wwe
Persson Ol’ Hickory
Kern Valley
Springfield
Lynden Farms
Springfield F.C.M
Taft
Roberts Lane
Oildale
E. Niles
State ST. Shafter
Lia
Zee
Holiday Picnic
Laura Scudder
Best Foods
Peake Es TM
Scie Com
Ahah
Springtieta
B. Bag
Pepsi Cola
Pangre
Tl.b. Peg
Armour Star
Shafter Press
S.B. Savings
Grange
Rosedale
Suzanne Wingfield
Sidney Russell
Bakersfield High Hool
Rosedale Grange
Wingfield
Bakersfield College
Cal State
Russell
T. J. Russell
Stockdale Highway
Pacific College
Free Methodist Church
Stine Road
N. Chegeer
Speedway Oildale
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