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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1961
Page
2
Frank Russell and the Shafter Cubs compete for the Low Pee Wee first round championship in a tight playoff showdown. The outcome determines the league title in a close game between two local youth teams.
Hilton presented the 1960 61 annual report to Dist Sup t T L McCuen noting the past school year had no serious problems. He mentioned usual troublesome cases were anticipated but few and relatively insignificant.
Tony Trammell, electrician's mate third class, U S N, son of Mr and Mrs R E Trammell of Buttonwillow, returned to Long Beach California aboard the USS Tolovana after five months in the Western Pacific. He helped refuel more than 100 ships of the Seventh Fleet, earning the nickname floating gas station during the Far East cruise.
A. A. Wagner, local Seventh day Adventist pastor, will serve on the Motel Transportation and Mail committee at the 83rd Central California Adventist camp meeting in Soquel July 6 to 16. The encampment will host about 10,000 visitors on weekends with 11,034 family living units and 581 tents plus 70 cabins and 336 trailers. The event, directed by D. E. Wenden and R. L. Stretter, continues 100 years of Adventist Bible study and prayer.
The district votes on a single bond proposition at Maple School District for up to 25 years at 5 percent interest. Election officers are named Luella Funk Katherine Bone and Mary Lou Penner as inspectors and judges for Bond Election Precinct. The governing board will canvass results seven days after the election at 7 PM.
The article recounts the July 4 opening, the Jefferson draft, and the final phrasing of the Declaration of Independence including the famous phrase about unalienable rights. It notes the diffusion of copies, readings in Easton and Trenton, and the August 2 signing with minor changes but no word altered in the core sentence about governments deriving powers from the governed.
A U S Chamber of Commerce president warns a new inflationary threat arising from higher federal spending and defense costs. He cautions inflation could erode the dollar and urges balanced budgets and government economy to keep America strong.
A proposed Congressional bill aims to spur competition in the pharmaceutical industry but risks weakening the sector's ability to develop new drugs. Provisions would force patent holders to license after three years and require proving superior efficacy for new drugs, a near impossible standard given individual patient responses and ethical concerns. The pharmaceutical industry spent $215 million on research last year and warns the measure could choke future discoveries.
A fragmentary caption from New Orleans and Pittsburg reports quotes Roosevelt on national finance. The garbled text hints at income versus spending and sacrifice, with limited readable phrases about crisis and economy.
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