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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1963
Page
8
The local board agreed to a joint meeting with Porterville to explore affiliating with Kern Junior College. Superintendent McCuen noted Muroc Unified School District sought affiliation with Kern Junior College, pending further study by both boards.
The tally shows 10 210 yes and 3 442 no with 17 yes and 7 no absentee ballots included. A total of 13 646 votes cast with 18 void ballots. The May 21 poll spanned 61 precincts.
At a Bakersfield hearing on April 16 the Kern County citrus acreage was shown to have quadrupled in five years and most new plantings lie outside the Meyer lemon free district started in 1957. To curb Tristeza spread the district grows to include Kimberlina Road and Central Valley Highway, effective June 23, 1963, making Meyer lemon cultivation illegal inside the district after that date.
The California Public Utilities Commission approved gas rate reductions effective June 1 for Southern California Gas and Southern Counties Gas. The change saves about 64,500 dollars annually for 13,122 customers, with 52,500 dollars in Southern California Gas and 12,000 dollars in Southern Counties Gas. Tariff revisions move to lower rate zones in fast growing areas, not by city boundaries.
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