Reading Ahead at Shafter Library New Shelf
Shafter Library announces new fiction and nonfiction titles in the recent shipment led by librarian Harriet Mason. Notable fiction includes Connie Bell M D Aschmann When Worlds Collide and The Flight of the Phoenix among many others. The next shipment is due July 7.
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Shafter Library
Harriet Mason
Connie Bell
M. D.” Aschmann
Balmer
Burdick
Hilligranegan
Joyce
Theal
Kafka
Aldanov
OU Honors Roll Names Teddy Oliver Among 2535 Students
The University of Oklahoma lists 2,535 students on the spring 1963-64 honor roll announced by OU president Dr. George L. Cross. Criteria include a B average across at least 12 credit hours with no failing or incomplete marks. Teddy Howard Oliver of Shafter is among those honored.
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University of Oklahoma
George L. Cross
Teddy Howard Oliver
Shafter
Role of Farmer in State Economy in Kern County
Editor's note traces agriculture's place in Kern County's economy. Kern ranks among California's top counties for farm output with 1963 value around 280 million dollars. Field crops fruits poultry products drive the total, much of which is marketed outside the county to other California areas, other states, and foreign markets.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Kern County
California
County farm output soars since 1940 despite slower jobs growth
The article notes a sharp rise in agricultural output from 1940 to 1963 with farm commodities valued at about 284 million dollars in 1963, roughly six times the 1940 level after price adjustments. Employment rose only about 12 percent, lagging output gains.
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Oliver
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