Bakersfield named All American city sparks hometown pride
Dee NaQuin reflects on Bakersfield's All American city honor, seeing pride in Leadership Bakersfield efforts and media jokes, while contrasting hometown pride with criticisms of other places. The column weighs happiness, weather, and place attachment across various towns.
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Bakersfield
Ethel Landers
Landers
Johnny Carson
Salt Lake City
McDonalds
Boron
California
Chamber of Commerce
Miami
Florida
Lawton
Oklahoma
Apathy in Shafter Driven by Low Voter Turnout
A look at California voter apathy, noting 4.9 million voters in a primary and Kern County’s 35.1 percent turnout. The piece argues civic duty and personal stake drive participation, citing a Shafter City Council hearing with zero attendees and urging public involvement to prevent a few voices from shaping life without accountability.
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California
Kern County
Shafter
This Is No Way to Live Film Shines Light on USSR
Paul Harvey reviews a documentary titled This Is No Way to Live showcasing alleged USSR crimes since 1917. The piece highlights famine, Stalin era killings, and daily humiliations, noting Moscow screenings and praise from Gorbachev amid Cold War tensions. It contrasts with waning East-West friction and calls for lasting peace. It also cites rising US racial tensions and political rhetoric around France and immigrant sentiment, urging harmony.
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U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Stalin
Moscow
Gorbachev
France
le Pen
The
National Front
David Dinkins
Vernon Mason
Sharpton
Alton Maddox
Letters to the Editor on Voting Freedom and Racism
A reader defends personal voting choice and freedom in a response letter. The writer rejects claims of racism as the issue, arguing that adults should vote for their preferred candidates and that voting remains a free, individual right.
Dark cloud over IPM in California ballot fight
The Farmers Corner warns that Assemblyman Tom Hayden and environmental groups push a “Big Green” ballot measure that could ban key pesticides essential to integrated pest management IPM. UC cites a successful San Joaquin Valley program using residue plow down pheromone mating disruption targeted insecticides and sterile moth releases that cut pesticide use.
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California
Tom Hayden
University of California
San Joaquin Valley
Hayden
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Carmona
East Lerdo Highway
Congress
Buttonwillow Times
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Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Mike Bledsoe
Flora Nichols
P.O
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