Shafter Council Votes Pay Hikes and Facility Delays
City leaders approved a 15 cent an hour raise for pool staff retroactive to June 1 and 15 cent increase from July 1 with an eight percent cost of living raise for recreation workers. They extended completion time for the Police Administration Facility due to sheet rock delays and named Jim Northcut Humane Officer replacing Joe Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie
Dick Larson
Bill Cummings
Shafter
Shafter Technical Advisory Committee
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Excel Mineral expands with Jonny Cat plant in Taft region
Excel Mineral Co. near Taft plans further growth after its Taft plant, the largest of its kind in California, processes 1,000 tons daily of diatomaceous earth absorbents. The 1.5 million dollar, highly automated facility employs over 125 people with annual payroll above 1.1 million.
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West Side
Excel. Mineral. Co
Taft
California
Taft District Chamber of Commerce
Kern County Board of Trade
Fay Rutledge
Buttonwillow
Taft Chamber and Board of Trade
Excel
Kern County
Exel
Rutledge
Excel Minerals
Firemen organize Call Firemen unit in Tupman
Kern County Fire Chief Robert Williams announced a Call-Fireman group organized in Tupman to provide emergency fire fighting. Superintendent Ray Pennington assisted the County Fire Department in forming the civic minded volunteers.
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Kern County
Robert Williams
Tupman
Ray Pennington
Elk Hills
Protest answered in final Roe subdivision article
The series ends with discussion of Roe planned houses, area prospects, and a park proposal for the controversial lot. It surveys marketing outlook and quotes key figures on whether the subdivision will become a reality, amid color based legal issues.
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Roe
Income thresholds for Roe development FHA loan eligibility
The chart outlines income levels for potential Roe development residents eligible for Federal Housing Administration loans. Based on a three bedroom home, financed at 8 3/4 percent for 33 years, monthly payments would be about 182 dollars.
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Roe
Federal Home Administration
Summer School Enrollment Reported at Rosedale School
Rosedale School lists 198 students enrolled in a five week Summer School session. Principal Jim Dickerson directs the program, which includes a swimming and water safety program at Fruitvale pool for kindergarten through seventh grade, with transport by school buses in four groups.
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Rosedale
Rosedale School
Jim Dickerson
Fruitvale Pool
Frosty Subscription Notice From Shafter Press
A terse 1974 notice from the Shafter Press states a subscription issue or offer priced at six dollars outside the regular count. The fragmentary text suggests a billing or renewal hint without full details.
Mozart Festival Opens July 31 In San Luis Obispo
The Fourth Annual San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival runs July 31 to August 4 featuring professional performers from the West Coast and beyond. The program includes orchestral, choral, and chamber concerts celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this coastal city along Highway 101.
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California
San Luis Obispo
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Luis
Amadeus Mozart
West Coast
Pennsylvania
New York
Iesion San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Public Notices Certification and Clerk Details
County Clerk Vera K Gibson certifies the copy is correct and on file. Deputy N F Newton signs. Publication in Shafter Press on June 5 12 19 and 26 1974.
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Vera K. Gibson
N. F. Newton
Shafter ‘Press
Shafter Press
Public hearing on mobile home permit in Kern County
Kern County Board of Zoning Adjustment schedules a 7 30 p m hearing on July 11 1974 at 1100 26th Street Bakersfield to consider a conditional use permit for placing a mobile home on an existing R1 lot at 514 Gibson Lane Shafter area. The project is categorically exempt. Witnesses may testify.
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Kern County Board of Zoning Adjustment
26Th Street
Bakersfield
California
Luda Hester
Gibson Lane
North Shafter Area
Mdb&m
Kerr County Planning Commission
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Excel Mineral
Jonny
Shafter Lions Club
Lady Lions
Bill
Mary Nixon
Lnvest
Itle
Pene Ieakte
Mozart
Zachary Avenue
Glen D. Holt
Californiia
Jack L. Dalton
Golden State Avenue
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Pg&e
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PGYE
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