Ketchum to Seek Reelection From New California District
Representative William M. Ketchum of Bakersfield announced his bid for reelection to Congress from California's newly drawn 18th District. He touted efforts to curb inflation, reduce federal reach, and expand open government while criticizing past controls and urging a balanced budget constitutional amendment.
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William M. Ketchum
Bakersfield
Ketchum
California
Kern County
Inyo County
Antelope Valley
Los Angeles County
Tulare County
Washington
Good Old Days festival theme chosen for Shafter event
The Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival will feature “Good Old Days” as its theme after a May meeting of the Festival Committee. Corinne Huston, a seventh grade student, submitted the winning idea and will receive a $25 savings bond from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Ratzlaff
Bill Banks
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Banks
Whiting Files Papers for Kern County Sheriff Bid
George S Whiting files with Kern County Clerk Vera Gibson to run for Kern County Sheriff He is commander of the Sheriff's Department Intelligence Narcotics and Vice Division and a 29 year veteran Whiting is a Bakersfield College and San Jose State and UCLA graduate and a recent FBI Academy attendee He also served in the Navy during World War II and is married with five children in Bakersfield
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Kern County
Vera Gibson
George S. Whiting
Whiting
Sheriff’s Department
F.B.I. Academy
Bakersfield East
Vandelism at Minter Field Targets Trucks and Buildings
Deputies from the Wasco substation investigate malicious mischief at Minter Field where 800 to 900 dollars in damage occurred. Two five by five foot buildings used to check trucks were toppled and feed mixed with carrots by vandals. The incident prompts ongoing inquiry.
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Wasco
Minter Field
Community event honors Driggers family at Kumasi church
The article notes Driggers family members Verla and Bradley, their education paths at Whit tier College and Pepperdine University, and an invitation from Reverend Lloyd Hastings to attend a service. It also describes a racing colt named High Twinkle Star, its appearance, training, and the young rider Debbie Hernstedt, an eighth grader at Maple School, with her horse Ginger as her current mount.
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Driggers
Verla
Whittier College
Bradley
Pepperdine University
Lloyd Hastings
Church of God
Page 2 Animal
Debbie
John Hernstedt
Maple School
Star
Ginger
Mosquito Abatement Districts Expand in Kern County
The Kern mosquito abatement district uses oil insecticides growth inhibitors and natural predators like gambusia to curb larvae. Gambusia were imported in the early 1900s and now breed in Valley areas. they’re moved from district HQ to breeding grounds as needed. The program faces insecticide resistance and bans on certain chemicals, prompting experimental altoloid use. The district, started 1917, now covers 1300 square miles, with Shafter and Buttonwillow added since 1946 and 1956. Costs rise from nine cents per acre in 1960 to an estimated $1.50–$2 per acre this year. The annual budget runs about $500,000, funded by a 10 cent per $100 assessed valuation tax, with additional districts at Taft and Delano.
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Buttonwillow
Wasco
Manger DeWitt
Kern County Fair Grows Into Major Economic Force
Kern County Fair officials report a near half million dollar budget for 1973 with revenue over 400000 and state premium funds of 65000. About 800 on site workers and 100000 spent with local firms underline the fair as a tax free community asset drawing 206000 visitors and more than 500000 yearly in the grounds. The 1974 fair is expected to boost attendance as the event expands.
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Cy Allen
Kern County
California
Allen
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