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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1988
Page
4
The writer recalls a lighter mood around graduation week as seniors receive more freedoms. Fred Starrh notes changing student attitudes from fear of smiling to enjoying high school life. A parent reflects on peaceful mornings without school traffic and shares a weekend fishing success at Lake Isabella despite rain.
Guest editorial argues the United States must push allies to share defense costs and responsibilities. It notes Europe and Japan’s rebuilt economies and calls for higher allied spending, tighter controls on high tech transfers, and respecting allies' security concerns while maintaining U.S. ability to move forces globally.
An enormous fire gutted a Hinsdale area telephone switching plant crippling regional communications. Businesses faced losses as calls dropped and rerouting failed, delaying services from florists to hospitals. Officials warned of long outages and national vulnerability to future attacks.
The piece argues California campaign costs inflated by PACs and the absence of donation limits, noting reform could empower bureaucrats and weaken parties. It asserts that public funding would curb partisan drive and that more partisanship is needed to counter the expanding unelected bureaucracy.
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