Lost Hills approves 14 million water delivery system
The Lost Hills District votes 99 percent in favor of a $14 million project to deliver State Water Project water for 129000 acre feet yearly. Construction may begin before year end 1966 with first deliveries January 1968, as Boyle Engineering guides staged installations for Westside No 1 and future expansion.
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Era County Board of Supervisors
Lanas
Lost Hills
Alex G. Sarah
Boyle Engineering Co
Bakersfield
Kern County
Sarah
Lost Hills District
Westside No. 1 Improvement District
Kern County Water Agency
David Weeks
University of California
Weeks
Ruben Metter Featured In Look Magazine Story
Dr Ruben Mettler head of TRW Systems in Los Angeles was featured on Look Magazine front page and inside story in June 28 issue. The piece profiles California growth driven by the state's "turned-on" people highlighting Mettler a Shafter native and Shafter schools graduate.
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Ruben Mettler
TRW Systems
Los Angeles
Look Magazine
Californa
Mettler
Shafter
Shafter Schools
Close Hearing On Budget By Supervisors
The Kern County Board of Supervisors closed the 1966 67 budget hearing at 69 763 165 dollars up 4 2 million from last year. Reserves of 1 84 million are set for future building and 1 13 million for new civic centers. The Kern County Taxpayers Association cites 490 thousand in construction reserves and 117 new jobs if approved.
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County Board of Supervisors
Kern County Taxpayers Association
Kern County
California
Youth Pleads Guilty in Damages at North Kern Course
Ival Hayden Henson a 19 year old Wasco youth pleaded guilty to malicious mischief for causing about 4000 dollars in damage to the golf grounds at the North Kern Course Hayden. He acted with Edward Duane Steel 17 also of Wasco who was accused of riding motorcycles over the greens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ival Hayden Henson
Wasco
North Kern
Hayden
Edward Duane Steel
Expert to Investigate Election at Di Giorgio Farms
Ronald W. Haughton, Michigan labor relations expert, will lead a fact finding inquiry into a disputed union representation election at two Di Giorgio Corporation farms. Governor Brown said Haughton, a mediator with presidential experience, will begin work in California Thursday after selection by the American Arbitration Association.
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Ronald W. Haughton
Michigan
di Giorgio Corporation
Edmund G. Brown
Haughton
Institute of Labor
Industrial Relations
Wayne State University
University of Michigan
American Arbitration Association
Cesar Chavez
National Farm Workers Association
Chavez
Teamsters Union
di Giorgio Farm Workers
Shafter City Council Reviews Budget Projections
The Shafter City Council meets to review this year's budget figures with income expected around 338131 dollars, near last year's. A first estimate shows a deficit of 35950 dollars. The draft includes retirement funds, salary increases, and railroad signal work at Lerdo and Central Valley Highway, plus capital items totaling 2086 dollars led by a 15000 dollar tractor loader.
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Shafter
Lerdo
Central Valley Highway
Frankly Speaking on Offset Printing and a School Text
A column thanks readers for last week’s offset printing and previews a continuation of the eighth grade text The Lands of the Free used in California schools. It cites Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad critiquing balance in the book noting contrasts in treatment of communism versus fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Gus Tisch Buried After Shafter Funeral Service
Funeral services for Gus Tisch 73 were held at the Seventh day Adventist Church in Shafter with burial at Shafter Memorial Park. Born May 23, 1894 in Poland, he migrated to the United States at 13 and later settled in Shafter in 1918. Survivors include his widow Rachel Tisch and several children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Shafter
Gus” Tisch
Wasco Ave
Bakersfield
M. E. Heinrich
Shafter Memorial Park
Mr. Tisch
Poland
United of
United States
Clinton
Hooker
Oklo
Missouri
Kansas
John
Rosalia Duerksen
William Schender
Lionel
Gary
Timothy Nightingale
Agee Family Funeral Home
Richland Trustee Meeting Raises Budget and Staffing Topics
The Richland board reviewed a preliminary budget likely to exceed last year as the Citizens Committee recommended keeping all services and funding from the tax election supports the request. They discussed teacher recruitment progress, organizational actions naming officers, and read Virginia Foster's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Board of Trustees
Richland Citizens Committee
Virginia Foster
Kern County Parade to Highlight County History at Fair
The Kern County Parade will stress the county’s centennial history with a theme Stagecoach to Spacecraft. Marine Color Guard in 1866 uniforms leads the line, followed by entries depicting 100 years of growth from oil to aviation with old and new vehicles and diverse cultures. The parade opens the Kern County Fair at 6 45 p m September 26 on the fairgrounds. the seven day fair ends October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Stanley Nwman
Newman
Stagecoach
Marine Color Guard
Moderate Weather Prevails In City
Weather in Shafter stayed moderate through the week with only one day above 100. Independence Day brought a warm afternoon and a cool evening ideal for fireworks or a pool. Highs and lows were not fully listed in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Herb Roberts Nominated for 1966 IAAO Achievement Award
Kern County Assessor Herb Roberts was selected as a nominee for the 1966 Achievement Award by the International Association of Assessing Officers. The announcement came this week in Chicago and Los Angeles, with the award to be presented at the IAAO Conference in Toronto the week of September 11.
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Kern County
Herb Roberts
International Association of Assessing Officers
Roberts
Chicago
Los Angeles
Phillip E. Watson
California
International Organization
Toronto
Canada
City Gasoline Bid Includes State Tax
City of Shafter awards Atlantic Richfield Company gasoline contract at 19.65 cents per gallon for regular and 21.75 cents for ethyl. State tax included in price. city pays it. City exempt from federal 4 cent tax.
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Shafter
Atlantic Richfield Company
Richfield
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Free Library
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Republic of Botswana
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St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Frankly Speaking
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Richland
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