Vacation Guests and Returning Residents at Donner Lake Visit
Dr and Mrs E Russell K Det and sons Paul and Todd returned to Shafter from Donner Lake after a week of fishing boating and water skiing. High school friends Dr Robert Lachman anesthesiologist at Bryn Mawr Hospital and his five children visited during the trip. Nearby families and guests from Phoenix Philadelphia and Concord joined in summer travels including Pismo Beach Walnut and Los Angeles while others hosted relatives and attended weekends in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Russell Kodet
Paul
Todd
Pine
Shafter
Donner Lake
Robert Lachman
Philadelphia
Kodets
Letters discuss offset print change and local travel notes
A reader letter praises the Shafter Press offset edition and advertiser communication. Community items report visitors and residents traveling to Lake Sequoia, Sequoia National Park, and Redondo Beach, with family details and a stroke recovery update for Mrs. Riley.
City of Shafter praises 4th of July barbecue success
The Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion thanks Shafter citizens and local merchants for their contributions to the 4th of July barbecue. Commander Bill Banks credits community support for school awards youth programs and a Christmas tree sale project as the next effort. Local businesses named include Kern County Land Co. and Tops Super Market among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Shafter
Bill Banks
Kern County Land Co
R. A. Jacobsen Farms
Tops Super Market Fabric Jewelry
Hemingson’s Dept Store
Western Auto
United Cigar Store
Johnson's Dept. Store
Colvard's Furniture
City Furniture
Nick’s Drive-in
Shafter Re-Cap
Wood's Shoe Store
Shafter Drug
Shafter Paint Store
Budget Food Mart
Waldo Unruh
Jim Banks
Shafter Press
Banks
Controversy over Land of the Free book notes balance
A California Curriculum Commission analysis criticizes the eighth grade text Land of the Free for bias against communism Japan and the Allies. The author cites distorted history, selective focus on atrocities and a lengthy antiwar poem, urging revisions before school use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Krushchev
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Finland
Poland
Germany
America
Japan
Manhattan Project
Soviet Union
Truman
Vietnam
Curriculum Commission
Conrad
Letter from Shafter American Legion Past Commander
Dear Mr Wisner I have just become Past Commander of the Shafter Post American Legion and thank you for your support and cooperation over the past two years Dan Hetherington June 28 1966 McFarland California Shafter Press Shafter Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wisner
Shafter Press
P. O
Shafter
California
Frank
Pg&e
Roger F. Ellingson
McFarland
Calif
Shafter, Calif
Wisner
Shafter Post American Legion
Legion
TV Newscaster Ready for South Vietnam Coverage
Armand Noble a Bakersfield television newscaster prepares for a July 4 departure to South Vietnam to cover American servicemen for hometown papers and stations. He will photo graph and report for more than 40 states on a freelance basis, with local reports airing on Channel 23. Noble has worked for Time-Life Broadcast and KERO-TV and produced political documentaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Noble
Bakersfield
South Vietnam
United States
Noble
U. S
Channel 23
Kero-Tv
California
United Press International
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clifford Ratzlaff
Debbie
Greg
Glen
Elm
Pismo
Walnut
Eugene Pescatore
H. G. Blaisdell
Phoenix
Ariz
Victor Pescatore
Superior
Wis
Eugene
San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles
Richard Moon
Kevin
Danny
Clairmont
Ray Wiley
Shaw
Moons
Wileys
E. S. Bell
Wenatche
Wash
E. S. Bell Jr
Concord
Marcus Abshear
Lois Gaither
E. C. Williams
Bell
E. Ss. Bell Sr
Alabama
John Spear
Daugters
Cyndie
Stephanie
Patty Smith
Melanie Neuman
Hershel Rodgers
Coper
Pismo Beach
Beverly “Cissy” Greene
Harold Greene
Sycamore
Fresno State
Greene
B. B. Smith
Beverly Smith
Fresno
Nell Jones
Bunceton, Mo
Stephen Fuller
John Fuller
John Kelley
Michael
Shawn
Melissa
Patrick Kelley
Tom Kelly
Lake Sequoia
Oliver Siedschlaw
Bowman, N. S
Siedschlaw
Jessie Tilley
Irene Tilley
Helen Hoellworth
Fred Hasty
Mary
Martha
Sequoia National Park
Ranger
John Muir
Lodgepole Camp Grounds
B. F. Riley
West Euclid
Riley
Redondo Beach
Walter
Gay) Jett
Joseph Star
Roberts
Watson
Herb Roberts
Hoover Commission
John W. Lynch
State Board of Equalization
Lynch
Kern Assesgor
Kern Assessor
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Land of the Free
Hiroshima
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Sincerely, Dan Hetherington
Church of Christ
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern Street
Buel Mouser
Dexter C. Ogan
Training Union
Horace Womack
J.C. Wells
Pres. Brotherhood
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