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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1964
Page
3
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan announces seventeen state propositions on the forthcoming ballot. Propositions include a 150 million dollar bond for beaches parks and facilities, a 380 million dollar construction bond program, a 260 million dollar school building bond issue, plus two veterans measures and amendments.
Under the Bond Act counties receive a minimum 75000 for parks of 50 acres or more, with grants based on 125 per person from 1980 population estimates. Kern County may gain wayside parks along the Aqueduct west of Shafter and near Buttonwillow, Taft, and Buena Vista as planning proceeds. The Board of Supervisors must approve under Proposition 1.
Fragmentary text shows a Republican dispute over Goldwater, with reference to Scranton and the western way of doing politics. The passage hints at party divisions within Kern County and the eastern wing reacting to past remarks.
Vernie Parrott was among seven Kern County Council Boy Scouts and leaders who returned last weekend from a two week instruction course in New Mexico and a tour of the West. The group spent two weeks at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron New Mexico. The Sears Foundation sponsored the course and Kern County Equipment Co provided a heavy duty station wagon for travel.
The state includes Prop 5 extending veterans tax exemptions Prop 6 on retaliatory taxation of insurers Prop 7 about investing retirement funds in stocks Prop 8 relating to election of judges and current law.
The Shafter Press lists Propositions 9 through 15 with brief topics including district boundary adjustments, school support provisions, municipal corporations, property taxation, ballot measures, Rumford toilet, and repeal of state legislation on pets. (Continued on Page 7)
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