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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1975
Page
4
The May 28 1975 Shafter Press notes an exhibition baseball game to aid Camp Fire Girls. The passage extols an unnamed pitcher with extraordinary stats, describing a 90 mph fastball and a dramatic onfield display amid hazy lights.
Summer session at Bakersfield College begins June 9 offering History 4A Western Civilization, Plane Trigonometry Math C, and two Special Education courses for the deaf. Registration is underway. details available from the BC Summer Session Office and Records Office.
STEVE MERLO describes a shellfish bait idea where a clam shell on a line is taken by fish, the shellfish hooks strike, and the fish fights on a free line. He plans to test it on catfish at the lake or aqueduct but needs large fresh water clams about 2 inches in diameter.
The California Highway Commission urged the legislature to pass a temporary two cent a gallon gasoline tax to fund highway safety projects totaling 34.7 million dollars. Projects include Route 178 near Bakersfield, Route 184 widening, Route 58 expansion, and Route 46 upgrades. The plan estimates 2,200 deaths and 30,000 injuries prevented over 20 years, with a $500 million rise from 2.5 years of higher revenue.
The schedule shows programs across NBC CBS and ABC including The Bob Crane Show Streets of San Francisco Harry O The Rockford Files Columbo The Tonight Show and Victory at Sea. Notable entries include To Tell the Truth Hollywood Squares Sanford and Son Kolchak The Night Stalker Peter Gunn and The Rockford Files with late movie and Tonight Show wraps.
A dense OCR of broadcast schedules lists daytime programs from soap operas to game shows and classic cartoons. Entries include As the World Turns, All My Children, The Edge of Night, The Price is Right style shows, NBC News, and evening specials. Weekend mornings feature cartoons like Scooby Doo, Johnny Quest, Speed Buggy, Gilligan’s Island reruns, and religious and educational programs, with times scattered across late morning to early afternoon.
A Monday evening lineup lists Deslore Choice at 6 7 00 p m NBC Nightly News Bonanza To Tell the Truth Wide World of Animals and Gunem at 8 00 p m Monday Night Baseball Hawaii Five O S W A Victory at Sea Late Movie Tonight Show and Wide World Mystery among the options.
CBS Evening News ABC News at 6 30 pm Dealers Choice NBC Nightly News Good Times Adam 12 Happy Days at 8 30 pm Mash World Premiere Tuesday Movie of the Week Hawaii Five O Police Story Billy Graham program notes show schedule and hosts for the night.
Local listings show CBS Evening News at 6 30 p m followed by Marcus Welby M D and a range of dramas including Make a Deal That's My Mama and Lucas Tanner with late movie options and specials throughout the night. Local programs include News Hour and NBG News between familiar film and TV titles.
Television schedule fragment lists film titles and actors across several days from May 29 to June 4, including Cerbine Williams James Stewart James Arness Going Home Terror on the 40th Floor Onion Head Crisis One More Time The Seance Black Pearl June 2 Sea at Beton Moatar and June 3 Black Jungle and The Hatfield and Mccoys referenced with a range of stars William Powell Irene Dunne Ava Gardner Stewart Granger.
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