Tax and media scandals loom over Waxranento and Pee-Wee
A critical column rails at Waxranento tax hikes including a snack levy and a 1.25 percent rise with 0.5 percent rollback slated for 1994, noting consumer confusion and odd exemptions. The piece also blasts the BCCI scandal involving Clark Clifford and Jimmy Carter's networks, denounces televangelists and media sensationalism, and ends with Pee-Wee Herman’s public indecency charge and career doubts.
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Waxranento
Tomless
State Board of Equalization
Clark Clifford
Family awarded lawsuit over missing organs case at Peters Funeral Home
Bakersfield Superior Court awarded the Galvan family $690,000 after a jury found Peters Funeral Home liable in 1988 for the missing internal organs of David Galvan, who died in September 1987. The case raised questions about supervision, accountability, and fairness in awarding damages.
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Bakersfield Superior Court
Shafter
Peters Funeral Home
David Galvan
Galvan
Clarence Peters
Funeral Home
David McKnight
Peters
McKnight
Readers praise Shafter Press youth sports coverage
Letters applaud local athletes and praise coverage of the first place girls recreation team. The writers commend the sports writer for highlighting youth sports and congratulate the players and local sponsors for their support and good sportsmanship.
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Shafter Press
The Wages of sin resident Bush speaks on crime fears
The article notes Bush addressing PBS events in Orlando and a Del awareness session in Seaford, mentions Andrews Air Force Base pitch for the Stealth bomber, and White House remarks on civil rights and health care amid alarming crime statistics. It contrasts policy goals with rising urban violence and crime rates.
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Bush
PBS
Orlando
Seaford
Del
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Crime Pays The Attractiveness Of A Life Of Crime
The speaker argues the United States has the highest crime rate among developed nations due to crime profits. Burglars are arrested 7 percent, punished 1 percent, and jailed about 5.4 days on average. Arsonists average 12.5 days, rapists return within 81 days, and murderers served about 2.3 years if convicted. Gary Apple notes a rough neighborhood with a library sign urging silence.
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United States
Gary Apple
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