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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1994
Page
6
Eric Hilliard Nelson, son of Hariette and Ozzie Nelson, rose with Ricky in the 1950s as a teen idol. The duo Harper Lee? No. Elvis Presley inspired a car radio moment that sparked Rick’s own fame and for years they bonded over music and football games with friends.
Shafter voters rejected Measure D delaying a switch to trustee area elections for Richland-Lerdo School District. MAPA leader Ben Benavidez threatens litigation against Tulare city and schools as the paper critiques motives behind Kinship toward fair, democratic policy.
A reminiscence of Rick Nelson detailing his music driven career from The Stone Canyon Band to bridging pop and country music. Highlights include his early influence on Bob Dylan songs, Garden Party at Madison Square Garden, and rumors about drug involvement debunked by investigators after his 1985 DC-3 crash in Texas.
A critique of direct democracy in the EU highlights the European Parliament’s growing influence versus Council control. The piece cites Italy’s 1994 election under Berlusconi as an example of direct outreach via media, warning that such shifts could erode incumbent governments amid European unity tensions.
Publishers Frank W. Reed and Donald L. Reed, News Editor Roy Patrick, and Office Manager LaVonne Westbrook operate at 107 East Lerdo Highway, Shafter, California. Mailing address P.O. Bing, phone numbers (805) 746 4942 and (805) 399 5925 for inquiries and notices.
Fred Davis condemns Assemblywoman Barbara Lee for AB 2212 proposing studies on area population, race, age, poverty, and languages before approving high impact development. He mocks a separate plan by Assemblyman Tom Hannigan to license and tax cats, quipping he should be State Cat catcher for enforcement.
A Shafter High School graduation letter complains that speeches were in Spanish and English was not provided. The writer, an American whose father fought in World War II, expresses anger at flag salutes and bilingual job pressures, urging respect for the U.S. flag and English.
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