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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
3
Thieves pried the Foodland Market lock between midnight and 3 a.m. and stole 32 cases of beer eight fifths of wine 20 loaves of bread a 15 pound stick of bologna meat and more valued at over 400.
Carl Weeding of Los Angeles will speak at a meeting for forming a Vasa Lodge in Kern County. The event opens at the Veterans Community Hall East Bakersfield Ridge Road on Wednesday May 23 at 7 30 p m. The Vasa Order of America offers weekly Bakersfield meetings for Scandinavian people or spouses to join a lodge. Membership is open to anyone over 14. The order has lodges in the United States Canada and Sweden.
The triangular parcel bounded by section lines and an arc of a 20 foot radius circle offers a minimum bid of $500. Sealed bids due June 4 1973 at 2 00 PM in Bakersfield California. Highest oral bid above written bid by 5 percent may be considered. Details from Robert Graham, Property Management, Room 301.
Shafter gas stations face quotas on deliveries. Arco on Central Valley Highway may close by the 24th with staff layoffs. Standard on Lerdo Highway slashes hours and self‑service. Jiffy Mart on Central Avenue cuts loads and raises prices. Red Bull and Lerner stations reduce hours. Mobil outlets vary, with some not yet rationed.
A young male reported a fire at 270 Pine Street but police and fire units found no blaze and the number was fictitious. Officers McKay Laughlin observed extinguishing separate vehicle fires at 272 West Lerdo and 401 West Marengo on different mornings.
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