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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1970
Page
5
Clara J. Schnaitt operates Complete Insurance Service and is a realtor and agent for farm brokers. She is a member of the Bakersfield Board of Realtors and Farm Brokers, located at 317 Central Ave Shafter, with contact numbers 746-4574 and 746-3262.
A decontamination rig to neutralize poisonous pesticides and chemicals spilled on highways will be deployed in Kern County. The unit, similar to Fresno County’s, will be crewed and ready day or night, with lime and bleach methods for liquid and dry spills and disposal in designated areas.
The notice explains decontamination and burial readiness for a spill site. It describes using the same procedure as liquid spills, applying household bleach and water, then another washdown. It emphasizes protecting lives and preventing injury or inconvenience to anyone nearby a hazardous material spill on a roadway.
Pacific Telephone has filed with the California Public Utilities Commission for an annual rate rise totaling 195 million dollars. The filing runs 161 pages and follows an earlier March 11 announcement. Public hearings will be scheduled by the commission.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company files March 17 1970 with the California Public Utilities Commission for increased basic exchange rates and related charges across California counties and cities including Kern Shafter and Los Angeles. The proposal aims to raise residence and business rates with a projected $195 million annual gross revenue and would affect many services and equipment. Public copies available from G L Turretto and company offices in San Francisco Delano Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Highs and lows for the past week recorded at the Cotton Research Station in Shafter. Bob Bann, manager of radio station KWSO, received back-treatment at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital after an injury while loading a tape recorder into his car trunk. Mrs Bann also mentioned in the report.
Fragmented notes describe the Shafter Press with mentions of staff roles and advertising. Apartial sentence notes a diagnosis not completed by doctors indicating an injury likely muscular or a disc.
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