Enterprise College Offered for Kern High School Students
The Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce and KHSD sponsor a four day summer program at Cal State Bakersfield titled Enterprise College. KHSD seniors and parents will study the American free enterprise system with films discussions and a keynote by Glen S. Dumke. Cost is 35 dollars per student with 100 dollars sponsorship per attendee. Students stay in dormitories from August 21 to 25.
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Enterprise College
KHSD
Cal State Bakersfield
Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
Glen S. Dumke
California State College System
Naomi Uemura Reaches North Pole and Seeks Greenland Trek
The Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone by dogsled. He plans to push onward to cover the 1,678 miles across Greenland, proving endurance and contesting nature with minimal gear while others travel in safety.
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Naomi Uemura
Amazon
North Pole
Dogsle
Uemura
Greenland
Polar
Naomi Uemuras
Nature
Noise Burdened Night Voices Call for Motorcycle Rules
The EPA is holding hearings to curb motorcycle noise with proposed rules trimming engine racket by 55 to 75 percent by 1985. Off road bikes would face similar limits as homeowners modify and test in neighborhoods. Regulators seek balance between fun and reduced noise.
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Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Community Letters Welcome Reader Opinions
The paper invites readers to submit letters presenting viewpoints of broad community interest. Letters should be neatly typed or printed and triple spaced between lines, with a maximum length of two pages. All letters must be signed by the author.
Paul Harvey warns of creeping holocaust and tax revolt
Paul Harvey contrasts modern violence with historic oppression, warning that kidnapping robbery and political power shifts mirror prewar patterns. He cites Italy Britain and the United States to argue taxation and wealth redistribution threaten the productive class and echo pre-Hitler tactics leading to control and catastrophe.
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Italy
Germany
Genghis Khan
Castro
Britain
Marquess of Northampton
CalienteRailroad Era Recount From Boom to Flood Wipeout
A traveler recalls Caliente as a booming freighting center in the 1870s and 1880s with 20 plus saloons, the arrival of Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rails, and subsequent decline after floods and a 1909 dynamite depot explosion. The February 1978 flood finished the town’s eroded legacy.
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Ontario
Tehachapi
Loop
Woodford
Caliente
Keene
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Mojave
Allen’s Camp
Tehachapi Pass
Havilah
Caliente Creek
Bear Mountain
Walker Basin
Tacky politics and price controls in the lobby visit
A district office meeting turns sour as five businessmen hand a campaign check and press for four bills. The senator tears the check, denounces bribery, and argues that price supports erode competition while protection breeds corruption and inefficiency.
Biblical Prosperity and God’s Definition of Wealth
The passage argues that God desires prosperity aligned with his definition, balancing promises to prosper believers (Psalms 1 1 3 John 2) with stern warnings against ungodly wealth pursuit (Luke 12 16 21) and cites Proverbs 30 8 9 through King Agar as a model prayer for balanced living.
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Agar
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