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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1949
Page
8
A fragmented report notes Californians face difficulty assessing fruit crop and climate damage after a recent cold wave. The piece ends with a quip about looking a bear in the eye to see which way it runs.
Chamber meeting approved forming a permanent annexation committee chaired by Hern don Hitchcock to study adding territory. Planning commission to coordinate with the panel, Pat Kelly to assist. The group declined Chamber sponsorship of a teen dance amid Legion stance and a fall resumption of Legion dances was noted. Federal Post Office project discussion was postponed to next Friday noon.
A railroad industry pamphlet critiques pending federal safety legislation. It argues the draft would grant the Interstate Commerce Commission excessive power over rail operations while promoting passenger safety. The piece compares rail, air, bus, and auto risks using National Safety Council data and notes postwar juvenile restlessness and a street fire as local color.
Two property listings include a movable three bedroom house with furnace cooler water heater bath service porch kitchen living and dining rooms priced at 3500, plus a large 30 by 44 foot shed with a box car and a 12 by 14 wash house. Call 288 Golden West. Also for rent a two room and bath apartment at 348 Cross Street.
The Bakersfield Press notes ongoing coverage of Kern County water problems risking the region's lush farming era, while local sports preview has the Fresno tied Indians opening a key California League three game series. readers rail against recurring policies and teen dance conflicts.
Answers include origins of common phrases the first U S school 1633 and the first ice cream sundae 1897. It notes crocodile tears origin explains religious holiday term Holy Day and references The Pennsylvania Gazette publishing a serial on Defoe in Philadelphia.
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