Richest California school district fails to ensure top scores
The Elk Hills Elementary district sits on vast Standard Oil wealth yet scores below average on state tests. High salaries and resources exist, but studies show student outcomes suffer from home environment and lack of parental reinforcement. Legislation aims to redistribute funds, not fix home factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Hills
Los Angeles Times
Standard Oil Company of California
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Tupman
California Supreme Court
Ray Pennington
Pennington
Elk Hills Elementary
Taft Hi School
California
Is It Too Late to Change Your Life
A reader asks if self understanding in midlife is possible. The response says change is always possible and growth is a lifelong process. It encourages continued self inquiry about fear, attention seeking, and the need to be liked to reveal the core self.
Self Love as Way to Love Others, A Faithful Call
The passage urges courage to examine feelings and inner life as the path to liking and changing oneself. It argues self love enables loving others, citing Jesus to love your neighbor as yourself and claiming God made you with worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Response to criticism of Miss Shafter pageant choices in town letter
A local committee member explains the selection for the Future Miss Shafter float, noting the queen was hospitalized and two other girls could not attend. He defends the effort, cites 400 hours of volunteer work involving over 100 youths, and thanks critics, city officials, service clubs, and the press for supporting the sixth Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Beatty
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Shafters
Shafter
Carter urged to keep his style amid White House debates
A confidential memo from White House adviser Greg Schneiders urges Carter to maintain his campaign style, while inviting average citizens to White House roundtables on reforms and hunger. The piece also notes rising prices across the economy due to drought and energy costs, and discusses privacy concerns from a Capitol Hill watch on gambling, surveillance, and electronic eavesdropping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erness
Leath
White House
Greg Schneiders
Schneiders
Carter
California
Mment
Emmentel
Juvenile crime and parental responsibility clash in public debate
Paul Harvey surveys evolving youth crime trends from New York to Philadelphia. He notes rising juvenile sophistication, calls for enforcing a century old child slavery law that makes parents liable for their underage children's crimes, and contrasts punitive ideas with societal safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Philadelphia
U.S
David Marston
Sixth Annual Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival Note
Ben Grundy, general chairman, thanks the Festival Committee for a sixth annual festival, praising volunteers and judging. He notes honors and awards may not satisfy all and that out of town judges handle judging while local decisions rest with committee chairs. The message asks for constructive public discourse and cites attendance as success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Grundy
Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival
OSHA field sanitation rules spark farm worker fee concerns
The Wall Street Journal reports OSHA seeks public comment on regulations requiring field sanitation facilities with toilet and hand washing fees within a five minute walk for farm workers. Critics say the plan ignores Plains agriculture and would raise compliance costs with no clear price estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Wall Street Journal
Shawyers
Washington
Rock Creek Park
OSHA
Department of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ghd
Jack Anderser
Jee
Commerce Dept
Pete McCloskey
McCloskey
General Accounting Office
Capitol Vice
Capitol Hill
Congress
Capitol I
Lew Perdue
Ken Cummins
Congressional
Perdue
Cummins
Capitol
The_young criminals of
U.S.A
Paul Harvey
J. Edgar Hoover
New Orleans
Nielsen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!