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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1984
Page
2
An editorial argues that alcohol in Shafter parks threatens public safety and wellbeing. Citing Holmes on free speech versus public danger, it urges a parks alcohol ban to reduce litter and hazards, improve safety for children, and potentially lower crime, citing Wasco as a successful precedent.
A letter criticizes the Past Times column for using Pastimes as recreation. It cites Webster’s dictionary noting pastime as a diversion and hopes the history of Shafter in the column provides pleasure to readers.
A WWII captain stranded on a coral island carved a rescue message on a coconut using scrimshaw. The found piece led to his rescue, inspired a lifelong passion, and helped revive scrimshaw, culminating in Milton Delano engraving the Presidential Seal on a whale tooth. The tooth became the Kennedy Collection centerpiece, buried with him.
In a move to boost Western interests in water, agriculture, trade, and development, fifteen Western states and three Pacific territories join The Western Governor's Association with headquarters in Denver. The group aims to unite Western leaders once known for competition rather than cooperation and to push for policy changes in energy and economic policy.
Richardson Report discusses overcrowded prisons and proposed reforms including home incarceration. It cites Senate Bill 1658 by Senator Ken Maddy aiming to favor probation over jail, arguing liberal lawmakers use crowding as excuse while the public grows skeptical of the jail system.
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