Shafter appoints new City Clerk and Treasurer
The Shafter City Council approved Dolores Robinson as City Clerk beginning April 1 for a four year term and Bernice Atkinson as City Treasurer. Dorothy Neuman becomes Deputy City Clerk and Deputy City Treasurer. The council also elected to appoint, not elect, due to costs, for the two posts.
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William H. Johnson
Shafter
Johnston
Elmer Unruhn
Dolores Robinson
Bernice Atkinson
Dorothy Neuman
Senate Youth Program speaker at Shafter Chamber meeting
Jane Zachary Miss Shafter 1977 spoke to the Chamber of Commerce at the March 24 meeting, detailing the Senate Youth trip to Washington and meetings with figures like Howard Baker and George McGovern. She highlighted the Miss Shafter and Junior Miss pageants linking to state and national contests, and praised the trip’s value in secondary education.
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Jane Zachary
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Motel
Jane
Shafter
American Legion
Miss Zachary
Senate
Washington
Panama Canal
Howard Baker
George McGovern
Capitol
Supreme Court
CIA
S.I. Hiyakawa
Chamber
Sherrill Nixon
Festival Days
Ben Grundy
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Clara Schmidt- Miller
Phoenix
Arizona
Board of Trade fights to preserve Shafter cotton research
Kern County Board of Trade and Board of Supervisors urge the federal government to maintain the existing cotton research program at the Shafter Cotton Research Station. They warn that shifting $243000 from USDA priorities could abolish the Acala breeding program, jeopardize California’s leading crop, and hurt the San Joaquin Valley economy. The county owns the station site, leased to USDA for $1 yearly, with buildings funded by cotton growers.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Board of Supervisors
Farm Industry
Shafter
Board of Trade
Fred Frick
United States Department of Agriculture
Shafter Station
California
USDA
Frick
San Joaquin Valley
Kern
House
Board of Trade and
Santa Fe Derailment Near Shafter Involves 12 Cars
A 50 car Santa Fe train derailed four miles south of Shafter Monday night around 8 p.m. Fire crews reported 12 plus cars involved with four or five tipped. One tank car leaked methylchloroform, said to be not highly hazardous though flammable. No fires. experts worked to stop the leak and transfer the chemical to another car. Cause under investigation by Santa Fe officials.
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Santa Fe
Shafter
Kern County Fire Department
Kern County
Fire Department
Central Valley Highway
Commission Rejects Parking Plan For Kern Associates Project
Central Kern Associates asked the Planning Commission at a March 21 meeting for a zone modification to allow five off street spaces instead of nine for a building at Central Avenue and Kern. The panel disapproved due to a three year church lease backing the extra spaces. A wall along Joe O Brians property and a housing project were discussed amid safety concerns for horses and children. The commission approved a separate conditional use permit for therapy unit 77-18-Lewis and noted a landscaping plan and nearby parking arrangement with the Convalescent Hospital.
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Joe O'Brien
Central Avenue
Public Works
Lewis Carell
John Sloas
Nixon
Sloas
Jack Colvard
Loyd Link
Lewis Carroll
Link
William Cummings
Kern and
Central Kern Associates
Planning Commission
David Carthal
Kern
Carthal
O'Brien
Lewis
Convalescent Hospital
Tackett to Meet Shafter Residents This Thursday
District Supervisor Gene Tackett will visit Shafter on Thursday March 30 to meet citizens. He will hold appointments for specific concerns and spend remaining time walking door to door to hear county government input. Residents can call Tackett’s Delano office at Enterprise 14635 or his local rep at 746 2750 for appointments.
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Gene Tackett
Shafter
Tackett
Delano
Enterprise
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University of California Extension
Bob W. Nixon
University of California
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Sundesert
Rolf Jacobsen
Unruh
Jack Sill
Stanley Cook
al Mortimore
Cummings
Johnny Thomas
Sheldon
Senate Youth Program
Zachary
Ing
O’brien
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