Vote tallies and a late score save tied statewide Prop 1
The Buttonwillow Times corrects a headline error showing 20-1 instead of 20 to 17 for Proposition 1 with final results 1 945 143 Yes 2 284 705 No statewide 46 54. Kern County splits 31 328 to 31 925 against and local areas favor the initiative. Stanford tops Southern California 27 26 on a late field goal.
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Buttonwillow Times
Reagans
Kern
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Shafter
Kern County
Reagan
GOP
Bulletin
Court el Tejon
International Order of Foresters Lodge
Foresters Bulletin
Stanford
Southern California Trojans
Rod Garcia
Los Angeles Coliseum
Southern California
Trojans
Haden
Obradovich
Anthony Davis
Chris Limahelu
Consultants Urge City Administrator and Police Department Reforms
City Council hears proposals from Lampman and Associates to adopt a council administrator form, placing authority over personnel and budgeting with an administrator. Recommendations include adding police lieutenant positions, dispatch staffing, radio coordination, and longer term officer retention. Bid on Hudson Park lights provokes debate between metal halide and quartz iodine options. Council tables bids and plans to reconvene next Monday for further input.
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Shafter
Lampman and Associates
Phillip Brown
Brown
Ted Shettler
Fenderson Electric
McKee Electric
Ron Surgener
Mc- Kee Electric
Hudson Field
Surgener
Lewis Carroll
Roger Fenderson
Cotton Station Field Day Draws 62 Attendees
Attendance at the USDA Cotton Research Station field day totaled 62 with tours and lectures while last year drew over 100. Sessions covered ginning tests, moisture needs, insect resistance, and varieties SJ2 SJ1 and new T1307 with projected yields and potential 80 000 acres of plantable seed next season.
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W. T. Walhood
Usda Cotton Research Station
USDA
Merrill Lehman
Elva Elmore
Judy Cates
Dick Bassett
D. W. Grimes
Grimes
Garber
A. H. Hyer
Hyer
H. B. Cooper
Cooper
Monday Rain Not Hurt Cotton Harvest Area
Shafter received .15 inch of rain early Monday raising the season total to 0.41 inch. Week temperatures ranged from a high of 88 to a low of 40. Rain had little effect on cotton near Shafter where first picking is done. Ground stored cotton stayed safe when covered. Lost Hills saw light rain and normal incoming cotton. Daily highs and lows were recorded at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Shafters
Lost Hills
Usda Cotton Research Station
State Sales Tax Returns Break Record
The State Board of Equalization processed over 88 million dollars in sales tax payments on a single 8 hour work day, the highest weekday total in the board's 94 year history. About 140000 documents were handled by the Cashier's Unit. The next day another 75 million dollars was processed for deposit.
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State Board of Equalization
John W. Lynch
Shafter Area Ranks Proposition 1 Vote by Precincts
Early returns show Shafter and nearby areas supporting the Tax and Expenditure initiative with 636 yes to 474 no in three consolidated precincts. Kern County overall rejected the proposition by 31,925 to 31,328, while other precincts reported mixed results.
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Shafter
Robert Warren
Beech
Richland
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Bender
Maple
Rio Bravo
Lerdo-Cherry
Kern County
Landfills Close Early Hours This Fall and Winter
Beginning this month county sanitary landfills close one hour earlier due to shorter daylight. From November through February dumps open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In March they will extend to 6 p.m.
Turner Named Prep Athlete of the Month
David Turner of Buttonwillow the Shafter Generals tailback and top ground gainer in the San Joaquin Valley is named Prep Athlete of the Month by the Bakersfield Jockey Club. Turner, with 227 yards in the Shafter Corcoran game, posts a 1476 season total and will attend a noon luncheon at Perry's Chuck Wagon with Shafter coaches.
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David Turner
Buttonwillow
Shafter Generals
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield Jockey Club
Turner
Shafter
Jockey Club
Perry
Union and Brundage
David Nash
Bakersfield College Renegades
Loss of Cotton Picker Sunday Set at 37 000
Fire crews in Shafter battled a Sunday blaze that destroyed a 1973 John Deere cotton picker owned by David Fraysher. Officials cited friction sparks from picking up cement as the cause, with irrigation pipe contact noted as contributing. Damage pegged at 37 000, with additional losses noted.
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Shafter
Rowlee Road
Kimberlina
David Fraysher
Shafter Man in Kern Jail For Forgery
A Shafter man, Jesus Torres, 20, of 147 West Ash, is serving a Kern County jail sentence after pleading guilty in Shafter Justice Court to one count of forgery. He was arrested after Top's Market manager reported a payroll check for 127.63 that the bank said cleared a closed Kern River Delta Farms account. The market manager said he was given a bank warning and the incident led to the arrest.
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Shafter
Kern County
Shafter Justice Court
Jesus Torres
West Ash
Top’s Market
Kern River Delta Farms
Lightless Yule Decorations Get Certificates in Shafter
Bill Banks of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce said the chamber will award certificates of appreciation to individuals who decorate their homes with minimal use of lights this Christmas season. The aim is to conserve power during the current shortage.
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Bill Banks
Carroll
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Banks
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Emil
Jack) Frost
Tony Pino
Generals
Corcoran
Shettler
Hudson Park
T. F. Leigh
W. M. Tingey
C. E. Jackson
W. F. Peterson
A. L. Urie
J. H. Miller
P. F. Keeley
R. J. Thullen
C. H. Carter
W. T. Walhoad
R. H. Garber
Shafter Area
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