State backs study of salt water barrier for Sacramento Bay confluence
Assemblyman H W Kelly pushes a measure to study feasibility of a salt water barrier at the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay confluence. Support comes from Kern County, San Joaquin Valley groups, and chambers of commerce statewide, with the Reber plan noted as a related concept. The bill’s passage signals commitment to a formal barrier study despite limited initial backing.
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Pat) Kelly
Sacramento River
San Francisco Bay
Los Angeles Basin
Kern County
San Joan Valley
Kelly
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
Kern County Board of Supervisors
State Supervisors Association
Shafter Ber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Reber
Richmond
San Rafael
East Bay
San Francisco
Major State Link to Be Added To Central Valley Highway
A bill advanced by Assemblyman H. aims to connect Wasco to Sunrise City by a continuous Central Valley Highway. The plan trades a Tulare county segment Sunrise City Ducor for the state to take over the Wasco Sunrise City route, aligning with county and state officials. The highway group seeks further extension from Rosedale to meet Highway 99 near Greenfield.
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Sunrise City
Shafter
Hanford
Central Valley Highway Association
Slare
Kings
Kern County
Tulare County
Ducor
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State
Wasgo
Corcoran
Rosedale
Highway Association
Greenfield
Water Development Needs Aroused Public Support
Kern County Board of Trade directors met in Wasco and voted to back a water development program for Kern County. Clifton Clemens of Wasco will lead a new water committee as the plan aims to mobilize North Kern and other areas with water problems to secure meaningful progress.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Wasco
Kern County
Board of Trade Pro
Clifton Clemens
Clemens
North
Kern
Roland Curran and Kern County Water Roads
The article credits Kern County citizen Roland Curran as a tough, pivotal advocate in the late 1930s and 1940s. As secretary of the Kern County Water Commission he lobbied Washington for the Central Valley Project and its Kern County benefits, fighting powerful interests and shaping future water development.
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Kern County
Roland Curran
Curran
California
Summer Readers Start at Rio Bravo Branch Library
Rio Bravo Branch Library launches its summer reading club with 30 youths signing up. The standout participant, Rocket All Seinen, aims to read 10 books before August 26 to earn a reading diploma. program runs through the summer with club activities concluding at a final event.
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Rio Bravo
Rice acreage soars in Merced County amid state rise
Merced County farm adviser C. C. Conley reports rice acreage increasing from 9 00 acres in 1951 to 13 000 in 1952 and an estimated 20 000 this year. The gains reflect broader rises observed in Madera and other counties.
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Merced County
C. C. Conley
Tnother
Madera
Buttonwillow Merchants Lead In Men's League Standings
The Buttonwillow Merchants lead the Men's League with five straight wins and top the first half standings in a busy schedule. Shafter Recap, Rio Bravo, and Central Hardware battle for positions as juniors and Pee Wee divisions push toward playoffs. schedules list key matchups at high and primary schools through June.
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Spotslan
Wood's Shoe Store
Lions
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Low Pee Wee
American Legion
Shamrock Cleaners
Neufeld Auto
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Wasco
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Church
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Low Pee Wee League
Neufeld Auto Parts
Buttonwillow Merchants
Frank Russell
Pee Wee League
Stringham’s
Handel Named to Honorary History Society at U C Berkeley
Lloyd Handel, son of Mr and Mrs W C Handel of 290 Faber Sr, a UC Berkeley junior, has been elected to Sigma Kappa Alpha an honorary history society for outstanding students in the history department. He returned home for his brother Kenneths Shafter High graduation and will spend the summer in Boston with a classmate.
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Lloyd Handel
W. C. Handel
Faber Sr
University of California In Berkeley
Sigma Kappa Alpha, Honorary
History Society
Handel
Kenneth
Shafter High School
Boston
Guests for a Week at Riverside Home
Mr and Mrs H B Duerksen hosted their son Raymond H Duerksen his wife and children Mich elle Rae and Kenneth of Cedar City for a week They also noted A Michelle had spent six weeks with her grandparents in Shafter
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H. B. Duerksen
Riverside Avenue
Raymond H. Duerksen
Michelle Rae
Kenneth
Cedar City
Michelle
Shafter
Traveling Exhibit Showcases Kern County Student Photography
Nearly 60 prints by Kern County high school students are displayed at the Shafter Branch Library as part of a county traveling exhibit organized by the Kern County Library Young Adult staff. The second group, featuring Wasco High School work, is now at the Wasco Branch Library. The show runs through next Thursday and may become an annual event.
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Shafter
Kern County
Wasco
Brary
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Rts
Shafters Branch
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