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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1978
Page
7
The Shafter City Council raised new construction water and sewer hook up fees from 50 to 800 dollars, intending funding for wells and a new sewer to meet growth. They delayed the increase six months, citing potential effects on growth and current projects, and pledged to adjust if needed.
A reader editorial accuses the Richland School District Board of Trustees of blocking public participation and failing to explain actions. It urges trustees to welcome input, accept criticism, and provide explanations, arguing that parents are not the problem but the public deserves accountability and clearer meetings.
The piece argues that despite an anti-Washington mood, the government expanded with 15,000 more federal civil servants and 427,000 new state and local jobs, while federal spending rose 13 percent. It cites billions in costs from paperwork, forms, and regulations, and notes rising house costs and the 42 percent of income consumed by government. It cautions that reforms like Prop 13 may curb costs but warns government aid inflates expenses.
Paul Harvey discusses whether government should fund abortions, noting Supreme Court rulings, HEW opposition, and a shift toward denying aid except in life threats or rape incest. He cites statistics on unmarried births and Black birth patterns, and urges considering animal cruelty of unwanted babies alongside fetuses in the abortion debate.
The Frazier Borate Company mine opened by John Stauffer and Thomas Thorkildsen after Colemanite was found in 1899 in Lockwood Valley. Rail and road improvements lagged, lumber shortages and rough trails hampered operations, with ore hauled seven days by mule teams from Bakersfield. A sawmill and later a larger one were built to supply lumber. two more mines, Russell and Columbus, followed, and a post office shifted from Griffin to Stauffer near the mine.
Parents remember sons leaving home to answer a nation’s call. Fear, dreams of glory fade as war’s grim toll becomes reality. War brings death, despair, defeat, loneliness, and hard truths that haunt families.
The text frames life as an ongoing war with no discharge for Christians. It contrasts surrender and retreat with pressing on toward victory, citing Paul and Jesus to claim spiritual triumph and the finish of the Savior’s work as assurance of victory.
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