Shafter Generals Rally After Loss to Corcoran
Corcoran photographer Gary Van Zandt praises Shafter Generals for their sportsmanship after a 21 point halftime deficit. He wishes Shafter luck against Wasco and San Joaquin Memorial and notes Shafter’s JV and Frosh-Soph wins over Corcoran. Voters statewide rejected bond and revenue limit increases. local precincts narrowly supported bonds but opposed the increase.
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Shafter Generals
Corcoran
Gary van Zandt
van Zandt
Shafter Press
Wasco Tigers
San Joaquin Memorial Panthers
Taft
Wasco
Shafter
Generals
Warm week in Shafter with 80 degree high and 36 low
The week ending Monday in Shafter had a high of 80 degrees last Thursday and a 36 degree low recorded early Monday. Cooler mornings with heavy dew and light fog shortened daily cotton picking time for farmers.
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Shafter
Shafter votes for Flournoy in California governor race
Shafter area voters backed Republican Houston Flournoy 1230 to 879 as California elected Democrat Edmund G Brown Jr. governor. Kern County also favored Flournoy. In local races, Thomas defeated Gonzales for the 33rd District Assembly seat, Stiern won state senator race, and Loustalot captured sheriff. District bonds in Kern were defeated while Buttonwillow created a Recreation and Park district. Rogedale approved a 700000 bond but rejected borrowing 2 million from the state.
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Shafter Area
Houston Flournoy
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Kern County
Flournoy
Bill Thomas
Ray Gonzales
Shafter
Walter Stiern
LeRoy Jackson
al Loustalot
George Whiting
Kern
Buttonwillow
Rogedale
Rosedale
Shafter Council Deals with Roe Housing Plan and Police Chief Resignation
The Shafter City Council discussed the Marvin Roe low and moderate income housing project and related litigation, heard attorney Mortimore's update on the EIR and planner Wise, and accepted Hanley Witcher’s resignation as police chief effective January 1, 1975. The meeting also approved bids for an air compressor, adopted FAA boundary resolutions, prepared water well specifications, and forwarded zone change appeals to the Planning Commission.
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Marvin Roe
West Shafter
Hanley Witcher
al Mortimore
Roe
Kern County
Mortimore
Lawrence Wise
San Francisco
Hahn, Wise and Associates
Elm, State and
Pine Streets
Wise
Hse
Boyle Engineering
Planning Commission
Mar
Vin Roe
Ace Construction
Ace Development
Bakersfield
Walter Heisey
Rce
Council and Planning Commission
Shafter
Witcher
Bill Cummings
Jack Colvard
Cummings
Colvard
Mustang Equipment Co
Los Angeles
Schnidt
Shafter Avenue
Public Works
Lewis Carroll
Carroll
PTA appeals for warm clothing drive at Richland School
Richland School PTA appeals for warm clothing for children as mornings grow cold. Janet McCaslin urges mothers to donate sweaters, pants, jackets, and shoes from families with outgrown items. Swim suits are needed for next spring. donations go to the school nurse’s office.
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Richland School Pta
Janet McCaslin
Association
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Shafter High School
Shafter Cub Scout Pack
Sun
Houstoni. Flournoy
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Dymally
Harmer
Fong
van Camp
Corey
Bagley
Unruh
Kehoe
Younger
Norris
Lynch
Templeton
U.S
Cranston
Richardson
Ketchum
Seielstad
Stiern
Jackson
State Assembly
Thomas
Gonzales
Loustalot
Whiting
Otis Page
Otle Page
Willow Farmer
Farmere Cooperative Gins, Inc
Dick Larson
PTA
Murphy Products
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