Death Penalty Backers Urge Action In California
A four member Assembly panel blocks restoration efforts for capital punishment as voters in Shafter Buttonwillow and 13 Buttonwillow Rosedale precincts backed the penalty in November. Readers urged to contact Speaker Moretti and other leaders to reflect public will.
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California
Shafter
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
Alan Sieroty
Henry Wasman
Ken Mead
Julian Dixon
House
Moretti
H. L. Richardson
Arcadia
Shafter to Host Free Fourth of July Fireworks Display
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce funds a public July 4th show worth 700 dollars with private donations. Secretary Bill Bankes notes 144 aerial and three ground displays were purchased for the event. Ground displays include a waterfall an American flag and a welcome sign. The shipment of pyrote tale details arrive ahead of the Wednesday evening display.
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Shafter
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Bill Bankes Banks
Evan Jones named Assistant Principal at Shafter High
Forty four year old Evan Jones formerly Dean of Students at Kern Valley High School will become Assistant Principal at Shafter High School starting July 1 after approval by the Kern High School District Board. Jones has seventeen years in education and previously served as teacher coach and athletic director in Engelood Colorado.
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Evan Jones
Kern Valley High School
Shafter High School
Kern High School District
Jones
Kern High
Engelood
Colorado
Kern High School
Estela Casas Wins Top Girls State Governor Spot
Estela Casas, 17, won the top Girls State post at the 30th annual session June 18 25 in Squaw Valley with a majority of 536 delegate votes. The ceremony swore in the governor and other officers as lawmakers in the two branches Wigs and Tories.
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Estela Casas
Olympic Village
Squaw Valley
State Approves Funds to Fight Pink Bollworm
The California State Senate approved 60000 to fund University of California researchers. They will develop a method to lure male pink bollworms into sterile or nonproductive mating, aiming to curb the pest in cotton crops.
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Oks
California
State Senate
University of California
110 Thursday Is Now High for Season in Shafter
Last Thursday's high of 110 set a new seasonal record in Shafter. Nighttime lows were mostly in the sixties during the week ending Monday. Readings come from the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Ketchum Presses Farm Relief Over Price Freeze
Congressman Bill Ketchum warns that phase 3 1/2 controls on perishable food prices will devastate California agriculture, especially San Joaquin Valley, if the President does not act. He urges growers processors and consumers to demand change immediately to avoid bankruptcies and ripple effects through shipping and jobs.
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Bill Ketchum
Paso Robles
California
San Joaquin Valley
Ketchum
Cost of Living Council
Dr White to Take Place of Dr Kodet in Shafter
Dr Russel Kodet who has practiced medicine in Shafter for 21 years retires June 30. Dr Thomas C White of Chariton Iowa will assume the practice. White is a WWII Navy flier who served overseas and stayed in naval aviation until 1952. He earned a BA in Education from the University of Iowa and MD from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1960. He practiced in Nebraska and Iowa before moving to Denison, and became a resident surgeon in July 1971.
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Russel Kodet
Shafter
Thomas C. White
Iowa
U.S. Navy
White
University of Iowa
Alda
Nebra
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Omaha
Immanuel Lutheran Hospital
Tom White
Shafter Council Approves 747 822 Budget for 1973 74
The Shafter City Council approved a 747 822 municipal budget for 1973 74 including 161 178 in capital outlay and set salary raise decisions for the next meeting. They reviewed plans for a new police building with bids from Wicco Construction Walker and Walker and Valley Steel Construction. A Fire Department retirement of Edwin Bender was announced, effective July 1 after 37 years of service. A personnel move shifted Jerry Schmidt within the department.
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Shafter’s
Wicco Construction
Porterville
Bill Banks
Richard Larson
Bob Grundy
Wicco, Walker and Walker
Fresno
Valley Steel Construction
Bakersfield
Walker
Edwin Bender
Shafter Fire Department
Bender
Fire Department
Jerry Schmidt
Department of Public
Shafter High School awards total $29742 in scholarships
Cash scholarships totaling 29742 were distributed to Shafter High School graduates at the annual Senior Awards assembly the last week of school. Buttonwillow and Shafter civic groups contributed 5400, California State scholarships 4792, College Opportunity Grant 4400, Shafter High School related groups 2150, Kern County groups 1100, and Colleges and vocational schools 2900. Fire department staffing and bids for hose and gasoline were discussed as the city prepares to take over fire protection on July 1.
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Shafter High School
Shafter Press
Buttonwillow
Shafter
California
Kern County
Colleges and Vocational Schools
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Jack) Frost
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United States
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John Pershing
Rtmrent
Columbia
William H. McKittrick
Vernon Pierce
Ed Bender
Richard Little
Shafter High
Clifford Ratzlaff
Allstar
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Jeff Eveland
Community National Bank
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Estela
C. Casas
West Lerdo
California Scholarship Federation
Lions Club
Sacramento
State Board of Education
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Ratzlaff
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Halprin Supply Company
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