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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1974
Page
6
Shafter High School varsity baseball ends South Sequoia League play with a 6-0 loss to Taft to finish 3-16. First year coach Mike Nichols calls the season disappointing but notes bright spots. Senior Robert Pino hits .323 and sophomore Norm Williams bats just under .300 and is praised as a standout young pitcher.
Shafter failed to place any athlete in the top three at the South Area meet last Friday at Bakersfield College. Glenn Sliter placed fourth in discus with 152 feet, edged by Leonard of South at 155-5, making Sliter an alternate if a spot opens. Bakersfield Track Classic saw Shafter earn two third places in events including a 3:37 mile relay. The eight man relay clocked 3:19.
Shafter High sent most of its swimmers to the Valley Finals in Clovis, finishing with ninth places for many competitors. Julie Bannantine placed ninth in the 50 yard breaststroke, and the girls medley relay team also finished ninth. The boys medley relay set a season best previously but was disqualified for an early start.
Kern County Board of Trade presents its Distinguished Service Award to Gil Bishop at the Bakersfield Track Classic. John Logan notes Bishop as educator administrator civic leader and athletic director who created and has led the annual event since its start.
Kern County Day at the 21 year California State Fair centers on the county exhibit in the counties building. A thoroughbred race will be dedicated to The Golden Empire of Kern and the theme Reflections of the Good Life in Kern County. State Parks official James Penn Mott Jr reports rising enthusiasm for 1974 fair participation.
Television listings show a May 23 schedule with NBA playoff coverage and Hogan's Heroes on NBC. The May 24 lineup includes The Waltons Ironside Dragnet Firehouse Sanford and Son and The Tonight Show among prime time programs.
Morning lineups show The Today Show and CBS programs at 7 to 8 a.m. followed by classics like Bullwinkle Dinah's Place and The Joker Is Wild. NBC News airs at 9:25 a.m. with Public Affairs at 9:30 and The AM Affair at 10 a.m.
A listing of morning to afternoon programs including Bugs Bunny Sideville Yogi’s Gang Addams Family Super Friends Sabrina Teenage Witch Inch High Private Eye and more with times and ages shown for a Saturday lineup.
A fragmented listing shows May 26 morning religious programs including Life Rex Humbard and Katherine Kuhlman revival, plus Osmonds and early TV features. Also notes for CBS NBC and CBS News Crona days with game shows and specials.
A fragmented TV schedule mentions Emmy honors tied to ABC Evening News and Eyewitness News 17 Hogan's Heroes. The garbled text hints at program listings and broadcast labels for May 28 with 6:00 p.m. start times.
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