Shafter 20-30 Club Drives Petition to Study California Water
The Shafter 20-30 Club launches a petition drive to urge the California legislature to study water development options, pick practical proposals, and act. The group aims to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures to push lawmakers toward bold, inner state solutions and an unbiased engineering review of major plans.
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California
Shafter
Warren
Washington
Sacramento River Basin
Golden Gate
Shafter 20-30 Club
Unrealistic Supervisorial Boundaries Call For Re Districting
The article argues Kern county must redraw five supervisorial districts due to rapid growth in favored areas. It urges Bakersfield not to gain domination, proposes a plan with one Bakersfield district, East Bakersfield and Oildale in another, and three remaining districts covering Westside Oilfield, Eastern Kern, and agricultural regions. Northern agriculture would form one district with possible South Kern linkage. desert and mountain regions demand action.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
Board of Supervisors
East Bakersfield
Oildale
Buttonwillow
Westside Oilfield
Kern
Shafter
Wasco
Delano
McFarland
Arvin
Edison
North Kern
South Kern
Festival honors Agricultural Man of the Year in Kern county
Shafter's Potato n Cotton Festival names Lewis A. Burtch as Agricultural Man of the Year honoring his 23 years as Kern county agricultural commissioner. Committee members Harrison, Nay and Kelly selected him for unselfish service and community leadership rather than monetary gain.
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Shafter
Kern County
Farm
Lewis A. Burtch
Ye Harrison
Glenn O. Nay
H. W. Kelly
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cotton Rot Forces Storage Expansion in California
Leaders in California cotton warn that bale rot and moisture damage from a wet season threaten quality and reputation. The California Cotton Cooperative has begun doubling storage in Bakersfield and Fresno, with greater capacity needed in Shafter and the north.
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California
California Cotton Cooperative
Bakersfield
Fresno
Shafter
Price Ceilings Spark Potatoes Debate In Kern County
Don Maupin, secretary manager of the Kern County Potato Growers Association, told Shafter Chamber members that government price ceilings on potatoes create impossible conditions. He argued planners cannot match California potato growing realities and that ceilings will cause shortages or black market activity. He warned only a fully planned economy could work, which would be a dictatorship.
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Don Maupin
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Washington
California
Cobalt in feed and copper imports noted in 1950 figures
The report highlights cobalt as a minor essential element in livestock feed. It states the United States imported 319,8000 tons of copper in 1950 and notes Angel Island in San Francisco Bay spans about 750 acres.
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United States
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Editor's Mailbox Opposes Warren for President
A California reader argues Warren would be a national misfortune if nominated. He likens Warren to Truman, accuses both of socialism, and says preferred Republican dark horses could include Dirksen or Bracken Lee.
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California
Taft
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren
Harry Truman
Truman
Jefferson
Stalin
Dirksen
Illinois
Bracken Lee
Utah
Werdel
Mr. Warren
Early
Price
Red Cross Officials Praise Local Coverage of Campaign
Bakersfield chapter of the American Red Cross extends thanks to the editor and staff for excellent coverage of the 1952 fundraising drive. The letter, signed by Lawrence I. Weill and Mrs. F. J. Miller, credits newspaper cooperation with publicizing objectives in the Shafter area and boosting residents’ generous response.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
American Red Cross
Lawrence I. Weill
F. J. Miller
Kruger Named County Agent For Dixie Cotton Chopper
E. J. Kruger of Kruger Farm Supply in Shafter announces his firm as district agents for Kern county in the Dixie Cotton Chopper venture. The Dallas made machine claims to replace forty workers and has toured for two decades. Demonstrations run at the local plant with field tests and an all day event at Buttonwillow on Friday. Two models available include a four row four wheel drive unit and a pull type with adapters for various tractors.
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E. J. Kruger
Kruger Farm Supply
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Kern County
Dixie
Dallas
Tex
Kruger
Buttonwillow
Kruger States
Taxes Said Higher Than Food Products
The piece notes a NASM member’s claim taxes exceed food costs. It cites a $1300 yearly federal taxes burden, claimed to be $300 above the average household budget, implying relief is unlikely for budget minded families.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Wasco Third To Top Quota In 1952 Cancer Crusade
Wasco ranks third in Kern County as to fundraising in the 1952 Cancer Crusade with 20180.61 dollars raised toward the 25000 goal by the Kern County American Cancer Society branch. Arvin led the county, Buttonwillow second, Wasco junior women’s club exceeded its quota, and Boron and Glennville also surpassed targets.
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Wasco
Kern County
American Cancer Society
Frank E. Estribuo
Arvin
Arnold Cattani
Buttonwillow
Joe Tazioli
Tazioli
Brower Building
Bakersfield
Roy Wheat
Dorothy D. Hull
Kenneth Pa&alsay
Boron
George Killinger
China Lake
A. D. Brockman
Monolith-Tehachapi
Martin J. Gutunich
Delano
Mabel Smailes
Lebec
Zell Smith
Grapevine
Joe Aston
Wheeler Ridge
Gladys Hoodenpye
Mettler Station
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A Via Railway
Shepanette Press
National Ediation Association
Lasgpcharis
Ibbees
W. R. Standacher
Back Fleming Paul Dick Smith
Shatter
South Central Valley High
Calif
O. K. Treadwells
Lerdo Hwy
E.R. Harris
G Street
Wasco Phone
Ed Kruger
Dixie Cotton
Central Valley Hwy
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