General Fund Of State Hitt Bottom
State Controller Alan Cranston reports the General Fund for the first seven months shows revenues of 640,111,718 against expenditures of 827,251,048. Sales tax remains the top revenue source with 380,095,251, up 15.18 percent from 1958-59. cigarette tax adds 37,092,748. Cranston says revenue cycles are seasonal and the state is moving from low to high revenue, with $50 million of debt repayment this month and full payoff by May end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Mountain books highlight Everest and perilous climbs
Rio Bravo library features a mountain theme in a special month long collection. Edmund Hillary and Norgay Tenzing loom large with High Adventure Tiger of the Snows while The Butcher recounts a perilous Yerupaja ascent that nearly cost lives. Other titles include A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra and Manual of Ski Mountaineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Moore
Rio Bravo
Edmund Hillary
Norgay Tenzing
Mt. Everest
Hillary
Tenzing
the Butcher
John Sack
Mt. Yerucoe
Peru
Yerupaja
Hemisphere
Attend the Church of Your Choice This Sunday
A community notice invites readers to attend a church service this Sunday at a local place of worship. The brief stresses choosing a church and joining the event hosted by local faith groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Your Choice
Shafter Press Celebrates National Top Ten News Honor
The Shafter Press notes its 1959 recognition as a top ten newspaper in production and management. It credits staff, boasts about past awards, and promises to publicize facts with strong paid circulation and clear delivery to advertisers. The piece reiterates commitment to readers and forthcoming equipment upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Press
Easter Seal Campaign Set to Start March 17
Raymond G. Taylor of Bakersfield will lead the Kern County Society for Crippled Children 1960 Easter Seal Campaign from March 17 to April 17 Easter Sunday. The goal is 27000 dollars to fund direct services for physically handicapped individuals, building on last year’s 23717 raised to aid 363 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Taylor
Bakersfield
Kern Ae Society
Taylor
Senior Bowl players to attend Bakersfield track meet
High school seniors from the Kern County Fire Department Senior Bowl will attend the National Track and Field Championship Meet June 24 25. Burr Baldwin chairman of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce athletic committee announced the plan and said players will be seated in a special bloc at Memorial Stadium on both nights and introduced to spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Fire Department
Burr Baldwin
Greater Bakersfield
Meet Your Teacher at Shafter High School
Charles Van Blar joins Shafter High School as Freshman English and drama teacher and drama club advisor National Tespians. A Laramie Wyoming native, he earned a 1954 B A from the University of Wyoming and a 1957 master’s degree. He taught in Gillette and served in the Army Mountains and Cold Weather Training Command as a skiing instructor. He enjoys reading chess and golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Charles van Blar
National Tespians
Laramie
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Gillette
Army
van Blair
Candles n Cake Event Schedules Read Like Community Notices
A fragment lists dates and names for a local Candles n Cake gathering series from March 17 to March 23. Entries include Rose Schaeffer Dora Fitterer Dan Loewen W E Nicol Mrs Sandra McMichael Ted Kearby Riley Johnson Gene Guenther Jackie Ash Bob Wall and others. The text reads as a sequence of attendees by day with scattered misspellings and incomplete names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Schaeffer
Dora Fitterer
Dan Loewen
W. E. Nicol
Sandra McMichael
Ted Kearby
Riley Johnson
Gene Guenther
Jackie Ashmore
Governor Brown Proposes Special Session Agenda Breaks
The Governor sent 17 subjects for a special session including abolition of the death penalty linked to a bill by Senators Farr Fisher Miller Teale Stiern Rattigan. He cites 1955 California homicide totals and low death sentences while also urging air pollution control and a higher education master plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund G. Brown
California
Brown
Fred Farr
Carmel
Hugo Fisher
San Diego
George Miller, Jr
Martinez
Stephen P. Teale
Westpoint
Walter W. Stiern
Bakersfield
Joseph A. Rattigan
Santa Rosa
State Board of Education
Board of Regents
University of California
State Insurance Commissioner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Works
Ing
Jim Thompson
Pres
E. 21St
Ingo Bakersfield
Training Union
Morning Worship
360 Pine
Family Bible Hour
Shell Chemical Corporation
Bryant
Shafter
Arvin SP
General Fund of State
Powell Studio
Shafter Phone Pioneer
Oaks
Carrot
Calif
Paul Newell
Fenderson
Charles van Blair
Bob Wall
Jimmy
Rch
Fred W. Mettler
In Thompson
Martin Anders
Alice Biloff
Jerri Ohlsson
Bobby Gloeckler
Susan Mignolo
Rhea Rang
Johnny Wilkins
J. T. Badgett
Thomas Wedge
A. Peter Channeson
Abe Buller
Paul Dirksen
Keven Clay Hale
Brenda Boel
Bonner Boel
Anthony Taffera
H. Reg. Hammond
Tresa Destefani
Josephine Beltran
Deborah Goer ®En
Jessie Hein
Billy Cummings
Scott Robertson
Jill Panero
Nancy Barling
Carroll
Arlene Peters
Roberta Channeson
Herbert Spitzer
York
WAU
WU Capital
York Lease
rHaeshte
Ork
Leon Pitts
Central Ave
Pg&e
Pg&e Securities
Pg&e Profficiat and Electric Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!