Two Escape Death In Car Mishap Near Shafter
Two men escaped serious injury when a car went out of control on Wasco highway east of Shafter. Driver R L Gotcher was jailed for drunken driving after pleading guilty. Passenger Clifford Morris suffered multiple injuries and was rushed to Kern General hospital.
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Wasco Highway
Shafter
R. L. Gotcher
Elmer E. Lobre
McFarland
Clifford Morris
Kern General Hospital
Janzen
Gotcher
Morris
Miss Travner Added to Shafter High School Staff
A Stanford graduate, Miss Travner, will join Shafter high school's teaching staff restoring classes in history, English and girls' physical education. She taught at Palo Alto high school last year and supervised recreational activities at the Protestant Orphanage in San Francisco this summer.
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Shafter High School
Stanford
Miss Travner
Palo Alto
San Francisco
Debris Laden Truck Sparks Fire Believed Started by Coals
Pasley drove a debris laden truck that sparked a blaze as flames fed by the wind spread from the moving load. He telephoned for the fire truck and suspected live coals from ashes dumped in the load ignited the fire.
Irrigation Hearing on Shafter-Wasco District Boundaries
Board of Supervisors continued the petition on Monday and set a hearing for today at 10 o clock in Bakersfield. A request seeks exclusion of land in the Poso creek area arguing no benefits from inclusion. Other landowners within the district may oppose withdrawals at today’s session.
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Shafter-Wasco
Board of Supervisors
Poso Creek
Bakersfield
Gretchen Knief to Become Kern County Librarian
Miss Gretchen Knieff, Siskiyou county librarian, will succeed John D. Henderson as Kern county librarian on August 2. The board of supervisors announced that only candidates passing the state librarian exam are eligible and none was available in this county.
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Gretchen Knieff
Siskiyou County
John D. Henderson
Kern County
Board of Supervisors
Shafter Bakery Reopens Under Mrs Merwin Hunt
The Shafter Bakery resumes business today under Mrs. Merwin Hunt. A grand opening is planned for Saturday with J W Reed in charge of the abduction department. Shafter bread will be sold in local stores.
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Shafter
Merwin Hunt
J. W. Reed
Bakersfield
Shafter Spud Harvest Sets New Record Across Markets
Shafter reports 8207 carloads of spuds harvested this year, 2446 more than last year’s 5261. Rail shipments totaled 7707 carloads with 8774 possible, plus 500 tons shipped to South America, a first for U S spuds. Holland remains the sole competitor in Latin markets.
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Shatter
Shafter
The
Horn
South America
United States
Holland
Recount Ordered in Leonard Election Contest
The election contest of Leonard has been ordered for recount in the superior court at Bakersdale.
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Leonard
Semandad
Escount
Bakersdale
Bobbie Schnaidt Narrowly Escapes Drowning At Reservoir
A four foot deep incident near a reservoir left Bobbie Schnaidt in distress until his mother reached the scene. She pulled him to shore and, after forty five minutes of resuscitation, he began responding to treatment and recovered.
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Bobbie
Station force cut to moving 7707 carloads of tubers
Station force achieves an all time high by moving 7707 carloads of tubers, boosting throughput for the season. The record reflects sustained demand and improved logistics across lines.
Record oil, agriculture lift Kern County valuations
Kern County saw a 21 million rise in assessed valuations this year the county assessor Tom Burke announced. The total reached 217 million up from 196 million with oil discoveries and activity driving much of the increase alongside growing agricultural output in cotton and potatoes.
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Kern County
Tom Burke
Burke
Ten
Eye Injury From Transom Break Involving Showalger
A transom broke injuring L Showalger 24 as glass lodged in his eyeball. The splinters were removed and officials believe the injury will not impair his vision. Showalger was also treated for further injuries.
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L. Showalger
Showalger
Shafter Youths Return From YMCA Camp
A group of ten Shafter boys and six total youths attended the YMCA summer camp at Portuguese Meadows on Green Horn Mountain. They returned home Tuesday with stories of the fun and memories from the period.
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Shafter
Portuguese Meadows
Greenhorn Mountain
Extra Crew Dispatches From Road Station
An additional crew moves from the road station to assist with the tremor response and related traffic management, expanding on-site capacity for emergency handling and coordination with local authorities.
Arkelo Wildcat Redrill And Test Three Sands
Arkelo Petroleum plans to sidetrack the old hole and redrill from 7465 feet in its wildcat east of Shafter section 28 28-26 to test three sands. A stuck pipe at 10056 feet delayed casing and testing but shows at 8600 and 9700 feet may be tested. George Vernon oversees drilling.
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Arkelo Petroleum Company
Redrill
Shafter
George Vernon
Carloadings Lead June Upturn in California Business
California June business shows broad gains led by carloadings up 8.4 percent over May per the Bank of America Business Review. Employment in industries outpaced June 1986 by 12.2 percent while total payrolls rose 0.6 percent and earnings 0.5 percent. The aircraft sector again led job gains, with payroll up 82.3 percent from 1986.
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California
Bank of America Business Review
New Well Near Shafter Tests Northwest Prospect
Standard Oil plans test at KCL 116 in section 17 29 26 near Shafter as nine inch casing at 7705 feet sets cement. drill stem test will occur after cement hardens and if promising the hole at 7765 feet may be deepened to cover more of the zone.
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Standard Oil Company
Greeley
Shafter
KCL 116
Giles
Union Oil Rushes to Shafter Wildcat Discovery Near Town
Union Oil company drilling at the Shafter Wildcat KCL 1-34 in section 34 28-25 reached 10 310 feet with 41 feet of oil bearing formation. Thirteen geologists from multiple companies joined the scene three miles south of Shafter as a production test is planned to gauge the field and its potential.
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Shafter
Greeley
Union Oil Company
KCL
Union
Wildcat
Oil World
J. E. Read
Elmer Hutchison
Walker
Derick
G. E. Buck
L. Rusk
R. V. Fisher
Rotary Helpem
Broadside Crashes Common in Shafter Area
A Kern county survey by the California highway patrol and the county health department finds broadside collisions are the most common accidents in the Shafter area. For a five month period most crashes stem from intersection difficulties with Shafter at 14 percent of county broadside incidents though only 4.2 percent of total accidents occur there.
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Shafter
Kern County
California Highway Patrol
County Health Department
Shafter Distret
Shafter Man Moves to New Home With Family
With his family he will leave for his new home next Wednesday. He will carry with him the best wishes of a large circle of Shafter friends.
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Shafter
Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M Smith
A brief notice mentions the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. M Smith. The readable text shows a family home statement without further details or dates.
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Mrs. W. M Smith
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Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
Roosevelt
Anda
Lord Tweedsmuir
Thomas
Senate
Republic Steel Plan
Gretchen Knief
Kern
Bobbie Schnaidt
Jacob Harr
Lehr
South
Transom
Myron Janzen
Marvin Neumann
Elmer Unruh
Kermitt Anderson
Charles Potter
Bell
Leroy Allen
Marvin Potter
Wilmer Hildebrand
Arkelo
Carloadings
Greeley Fields
Shafter Area
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