Richland district budgets show improvement with extra state funds
Trustees report the preliminary 1969 70 budget now closer to balance thanks to an additional 65 948 in state funds and 30 000 spread to reluctant items. The district holds the tax line and expects no meal price increases as construction continues. A column from Shafter notes cooperation of public officials and residents while promising continued progress.
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Richland
Ee Orl Sen
Budge
Mystery Deepens in Search for Allen Wiggs Missing Ranch Foreman
Authorities continued the search for 63 year old Thomas Allen Wiggs, foreman for L A Camp Farms, who disappeared on July 20. Kern County detective M J Higgins led the effort as the Aero Squadron and farm properties were combed. Wiggs was last seen at his residence between Canelo and Lerdo.
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Thomas Allen Wiggs
L. A. Camp
M. J. Higgins
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Bakersfield
Camp Company
Sheriff’s
Camp Farm
Wiggs
Body Recovered Describes Wiggs After Missing Incident
A body was recovered in connection with the missing person case. Wiggs was described as stocky, five feet seven inches tall and about 180 pounds. He wore a blue dress shirt blue trousers and a white straw hat when last seen.
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Wiggs
Services Held For Donald Maupin River Victim
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday for Donald Francis Maupin 54 of Shafter drowned in the Kings River near Sanger while a camper-trailer plunged into Pine Flat Lake. Burial was in Shafter Memorial Park. Maupin, on a Fresno business trip, drove to Pine Flat amid intense heat. the trailer left the highway and entry into the river blocked rescue. The coroner ruled accidental drowning. He was active in the Kern County Potato Growers Association and a member of several civic and fraternal groups. He is survived by his wife Louise, a son in the Shafter police, his parents, two brothers, a grandson and two granddaughters.
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Agee
Pine Flat Lake
Kern River
Alta Weir
Avocado Lake
Maupin
Fresno
Pine Flat
Fresno County Sheriff’s Search and
Henry EK. Hallam
Mr. Maupin
Arizona
New Mexico
Iie
Las Vegas
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Shafter
Irust Bros
Bakersfield
Ile
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Potato Growers Association of Californias
Western California
Long White Advisory Board
Louise Lockman
Southern Baptist Church
Mendell Lodge
al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine
Los Angeles
Louise
Donald Maupin
Kern County property assessments near state average
Kern County’s preliminary figures show an average property assessment at 22.2 percent of market value, just below the statewide 23.1 percent. The estimate underpins state school aid programs totaling more than a half billion dollars. details continue on page 9.
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Kern County
State Board of Equalization
Armed robber frightened off by cafe manager and later arrested
A would be robber armed with a pocket knife tried to hold up Ruth Trout at Sportsman Cafe on Central Avenue early Sunday. Trout’s screams prompted the suspect to flee. Wasco police later detained Raul Soria Cortez, 19, in Wasco and Bakersfield Municipal Court set a $2,500 bond for an August 6 appearance.
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Ruth Trout
Sportsman’s
Central Avenue
Terce
Wasco
Shafter
Raul Soria Cortez
Lost Hills
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Municipal Court
Shafter approves 1969 70 budget at $735 639
Shafter City Council approves a 1969 70 budget of 735 639 dollars maintaining a 1.79 tax rate. City Clerk Johnston will break down expenditures. SPUD separation, new valuation, and increased utility fees aid balance. Capital outlay trimmed. reserves tapped about 70 000, repaid at 9 500 yearly.
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Shafter
W.H. Johnston
City and
Shafter Public Utilities District
SPUD
City of
Thckr
Kern County
Johnston
Mayor's Job Has Its Woes and Perks in Shafter
Shafter mayor J. C. Atkinson welcomes Bill Hatcher's Shafter High School government class at a city council meeting. He notes the job brings challenges but offers a key benefit, the ability to delegate questions to a council member when he lacks an answer.
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Shafter
J. C. Atkinson
Bill Hatcher
Shafter High School
New Welfare Agency Opens In Shafter Public Help Urged
Community United For Progress begins operations in Shafter led by Rev Gregory D Andino with founder role. Board includes Gene Wilson and Benjamin Raygoza. Noted that 17-member board forming, headquarters at James and f, agency offers free services with staffers aged 14 to 21, all volunteers.
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Community United For Progress Organization
Shafter
Gregory D. Andino
Missionary Baptist Church
Gene Wilson
Benjamin Raygoza
Josepha Avila
Sarah Rodriguez
Community United For Progress
New Gratis Welfare Agency
Miss Rodriguez
Gregory D Andino
North Shafter
Shafter Agency
Andino
Wilson
James and
Fashion Touch
Kern County
Bakersfield
Rev
Andine
Raygora Allse
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