Kern County Highway Meeting Weighs Lerdo West Improvements
State Highway Project meeting in Wasco Community Center will issue priority recommendations for Kern County road spending. Fred Bagshaw and other state officials will attend as county leaders discuss Lerdo west of Shafter to freeway plans and the Kern Canyon freeway as top priority.
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Lerdo
Shafter
Kern County
Wasco
Considera Lerdo
Feather River
Fred Bagshaw
State Department of Public Works
State
Chamber of Commerce
Kern
State Highway Commission
Kern Canyon
Drunk Driving Suspect Faces Fine and Jail Sentence
Mata is held in Sanger Fresno area after arrest for drunk driving. He possessed a gun and a home made weapon at the time of arrest.
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Mata
For Sanger
Fresno
Complete List of Sponsors For Chamber Awards
A submitted roster lists sponsors for awards including Fike's Chrysler and Plymouth Agency Kern County Equipment Co Inc and Bank of America. The document names Cub Scouts Blue Bird awards Majorette awards and various trophies with individual and organization donors.
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Chamber of Commerce Fike
Chrysler and Plymouth Agency
Vignolo Farms
Ae Stores
Kern County Equipment Co., Inc
KWSO
Bank of America
King Lumber Co
Coberly-West and Co
Frankly Speaking: Cotten and sovereignty under fire
In a Henry Wisner column fragment Cotten is cited amid scattered references to flag events and press interference. The piece questions U N charter acceptance and NATO flag displays in Richmond while hinting at press loyalty and national sovereignty concerns.
Two Die in Car Accidents in Local Highway Patrol Report
A Highway Patrol summary lists multiple crashes. Kenneth Presley died on arrival after a collision on Central Valley Highway near Poplar Avenue. Ethel Rolin escaped injury as Presley’s car swerved into a parked vehicle and a telephone pole. Annabelle Estep died after a crash at Los Angeles and Poplar. several children were injured. Gerald Lewis and Henry Visser were treated for injuries from separate incidents on Highway 466 and Wasco area. Johnson and Burns sustained injuries in a blind intersection crash at Mannel and Merced avenues with no stop sign present.
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Highway Patrol
Kenneth Lee Presley
West Orange
North Kern Medical Center
Central Valley Highway
Poplar Avenue
Ethel L. Rolin
West Lerdo
Presley
Rolin
Annabelle Estep
8Th Street
Porterville
Los Angeles
Estep
Los Angeles Avenue
Poplar
Dilemond Irmida Valdez
Burbank Avenue
Shafter
Henry J. Visser
Wasco
Gerald K. Lewis
Johnson
East Lerdo
Mannel and
Merced Avenues
Burns
Mannel
Merced
Two Bicycles Held at Police Station After Richland School Pickup
Two bicycles remain in police custody, one blue and one red, after being picked up on the Richland school grounds. The owners have yet to claim them.
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Richland
City Council Eyes Salary Hikes and Retirement Standards
The council endorses including salary adjustments and retirement standards in next year’s budget, with a total around 345000 dollars including capital expenditures. They consider eminent domain purchases from Kern County Land Co and Sill Properties, plus a 20 acre Hudson Tract for storm drainage and several safety upgrades. The panel backs capital spending as a forward looking move while debating land acquisitions and a fire alarm system.
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Gaede
Kern County Land Company
Shafter Public Utilities District
Hudson
Hight Heads to Far East on Naval Duty
Reginald C. Hight a US Navy commissaryman third class and son of Mrs Bessie L Hight of Shafter California participated in operations aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk on June 6 during a presidential visit to view a naval power demonstration The Kitty Hawk which had been in a repair period in Diego is set to deploy to the Far East with the Seventh Fleet late in July
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USS
Kitty Hawk
Reginald C. Hight
USN
Bessie L. Hight
Terra Vista Lane
Shafter
Kennedy
California
Diego
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Rotary Convention Opens in St Louis With Global Attendance
Dr and Mrs Thomas Leigh returned from the 54th Rotary convention in St Louis Missouri where 11 700 Rotarians and families from over 58 countries gathered June 9 to 13. Speakers included Willy Brandt Eric Johnston Nitish Laharry and highlights featured International Friendship Meetings and an outdoor Carnival performance.
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Thomas Leigh
St Louis
Leigh
Shafter Club
Leighs
Helen Traubel
Buffalo Bills
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Nitish C. Laharry
Calcutta
India
Rotary International
Rotary
Group Is Tried on Charges of Altering Orders
A group faces trial on charges of altering money orders. The ring forged and cashed a $4.00 order at a Mart and operated across Shafter Bakersfield and Visalia.
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Alterwe Pan
Speaker slams flag prestige loss calls for wake up appeal
Richard B. Cotten KGEE commentator and Friday night American Legion speaker criticizes U N flag precedence over the U S flag at the United Nations building and the Panama Canal Zone flag. warns of a world welfare state trend and loss of standing. He notes past Roosevelt era actions and recalls a flag burning ceremony led by Les Weber with Bakersfield Shafter legion members and Grady Bartlett as committee chair. Mrs Irvin Fike arranged after remarks.
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Richard B. Cotten
KGEE
Bakerster
Panama
U. N
NATO
Richmond
United States
Cotten
American Legion
United Nations
New York
Panama Canal Zone
Oneworld
John Whitney
Theodore Roosevelt
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Lordo Highare
Pat
Irvin Fike
Shatter
Juran Vignele Ool
Bruces
Bob Aamenial
Socen Re Charher
Sara
Frank H. Wisner
Council
Sill Properties
Robert Waugh
Hight
Les Weber
Shafter American Legionaire
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