Longer and Dirtier Campaigns Persist in Politics
The Shafter Press notes campaigns grow longer and dirtier as Bob Naylor announced a 1986 Senate run against Alan Cranston. The piece cites smear tactics from Lyndon LaRouche to local Assembly contenders Don Rogers and Gene Tackett, and worries no solution yet for the enduring trend.
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Shafter Press
United States Senate
California Assembly
Bob Naylor
Menlo Park
Alan Cranston
Naylor
Lyndon LaRouche
Walter Mondale
Assembly
Don Rogers
Gene Tackett
Paul Colter
Roy Ashburn
Shafter Scene: New Shops Open Along Central Avenue
Reporter Pat Bryart visits 157 Central Ave where Shafter Outlet offers new and used items run by Hope Rosas and Lucy Garcia. Next door Deb Stars School of Dance opens with classes in jazz tap ballet and baton led by Sue Anderson who coaches the Shafter High flag team. Also moved is Shafter Graphics by Lionel Rodriguez sharing space with Joaquin Patino. Bernee’s Music Connection run by Bernard Lopez opened in June and hosts a variety of music.
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Shafter Press
Central Avenue
Central Ave
Shafter
Hope Rosas
Lucy Garcia
Meyers Big Stop
Billy Stout
Sue Anderson
Deb Stars School of Dance
Sue
Debs
Buttonwillow
Europe
Mexico
Shafter Graphics
Bernee
Bernard Lopez
Bakersfield
Shafter High
Captain Funk
Meritocracy and the American Revolution in Ben Franklin’s frame
Paul Harvey argues that meritocracy, not class or royalty, drives American progress from 1607 onward. He claims the system spurs creativity and vast material wealth, and notes other nations imitate reforms while some Americans seek government aid rather than self-government. The piece ends with a call to finish the revolution by self-reliance.
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Ben Franklin
Koreas
Vietnams
el Salvadors
Curse of Rafinesque at Transylvania University
The Rest of the Story recounts Rafinesque at Transylvania University in Lexington Kentucky. He clashed with president Horace Holley and left. years later the administration building burned with a crypt for Rafinesque in it. The Rafinesque Society preserved his remains and annual birthday observances continued.
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Lexington
Constantine Rafinesque
America
Horace Holley
Holley
Rafinesque
Philadelphia
Rafinesque Society
Dracula
Transylvania
Transylvania University
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Lionel Rodriguez
Shafter -High
Lionel
Joaquin Patino
Paul Harvey News
Commentary By
Paul Harvey
el Salvador
Dee
P.O. bin A Shafter
Brede Weider
Monette Johnson
Hawaii
David Slade
Ranger
Buffie Whitworth
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