Explosion ruins mobile home used by Kuhlman and Sharp
Debris and broken bottles fill the interior of a mobile home where Carl Junior Kuhlman and Andy Sharp conducted chemical experiments. The blast appears to have been a rocket project, killing Kuhlman and seriously injuring Sharp, with details continued in another story.
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Carl Junior Kuhlman
Andy Sharp
Kuhlman
Sharp
Carl Junior Run
Kuhman
Bakersfield
Bank of America Allocates 1960 Christmas Club Checks
Bank of America in Shafter distributes 23 548 to 211 local Christmas Club depositors as part of a statewide 72.5 million savings disbursement. The November mailings reach more than 500 000 Californians with an average of 141 71 per depositor.
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Shafter
Bank of America
Pat Hottman
Explosion Claims Life of Local Man in Sunday Tragic Event
A fatal explosion occurred Sunday evening at a former trailer house converted into a chemical lab on San Ego Avenue. Carl Junior Kuhlman, 20, of Bakersfield, died instantly. brother Andrew Sharp, Sr. and father Carl Kuhlman, Sr. survive along with multiple relatives. Interment is planned in Bakersfield.
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Carl Junior Kman
Carl Kuhlman
San Street
Andy Sharp
S.H.S
Anday Sharp
Sharp
Bakersfield
Sanego Avenue
Kennethdy
Kansas City
Kansas
Sportsmen To Meet November 17
North Kern sportsmen are invited to a meeting on November 17 at 8 00 p m. New members may join the Association but must be present at the meeting to join. Leon Snyder manager of the new Federal Wildlife Refuge north of Lost Hills will present a talk and show a refuge activities picture.
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Ger
Leon Snyder
Federal Wildlife Refuge
Lost Hills
North Kern
Wasco Generals overwhelm Wasco Shafter homecoming clash 25-0
Wasco Generals edge Shafter Tigers 25 to 0 in a fast paced homecoming game. Generals' Swan to Roberts for early TD, Ebling and Standridge add scores, Ware accurate on PATs as Shafter struggles to respond. Roberts intercepts, Taylor recovers fumbles sealing the win.
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Shafter
Lemoore
Wasco
Seacom
Generals
Tigers
Swan
Roberts
Ware
Tiger
Ebling
Allen Taylor
Standridge
Taylor
Friehaus
Farm-City Week Observed Amid Thanksgiving Praise
The piece notes Farm City Week during Thanksgiving and cites agriculture related employment comprising about 40 percent of the US labor force. It highlights food industry innovations and the Kiwanis International role in fostering farm city relations, praising cooperative efforts for a better America.
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United States
Kiwanis International
America
Bidders Due November 28 for Shafter and McFarland High Additions
Kern County Union High School and Junior College District set bids for three McFarland High era rooms and five classrooms plus auto shop at Shafter High. Wright Metcalf and Parsons prepared plans. final drawings filed with trustees and approved by the State Division of Architecture. Bond issue of 5.87 million dollars funds the projects. Board members Ruggenberg pro tem and others attended the session. Next meeting slated for 7:30 p.m. on the 14th at 24th Street administration offices.
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McFarland High
Shatter High 1
Kern. County Uniden High School and Junior College District
Dids
Bakersfield
Wright, Metcalf
Parsons
AIA
Metcalf
State Division of Architecture
McFarland
Country Boy and Modern Market Celebrate First Anniversary
Country Boy Market co owner Alvis Smith and Modern Market owner Bob Tatum celebrate one year of collaboration in Shafter. The pair emphasize improved meat quality and affordable prices as anniversary specials attract local customers. Smith married Minnie Koop and has been in Shafter since 1935.
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Alvis Smith
Country Boy Market
Country Boy
Alvis
Bob Tatum
Modern Market
Tatum
Shafter
Minnie Koop
Texas
Foggy morning political chatter and a famed visitor
A morning fog chills the valley as a prominent businessman visits the Press Office amid election talk. The piece notes a forthcoming political clash, hints at shifting powers, and recalls quotations about wisdom and progress from literature as commentary on the moment.
Kent New General Manager Named for Coberly West Company
The Board of Directors of Goberly West Company announces Don Kent as General Manager. The firm operates Kern County farming, owns nine cotton gins in Kern and Tulare counties, and provides crop financing and marketing facilities to independent farmers. Kent, a Navy veteran and Harvard Business School graduate, previously led Coberly-Plumb since November 1957 and served as acting manager since August this year.
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Goberly- West Company
Don Kent
Coberly-West
Shafter
Kern County
Kern
Tulare
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Harvard University Graduate School of Business
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Bert
Wess Foreman
Jason
Taylor Again
Shafter High
M. Glenn Bultman
W. C. Myers
Mark Raney
Donald E. Rugenberg
Ruggenberg
24Th Street
Shafter Play Center
Berkeley
Doug
Pg Mo Os Lane
Kent New General Mgr
Coberly West Company
Kent
Jim Youell
Earl Lynch
Joe Maniaci
Jack Thompson
Bry
Epensant IA
Bearvone
Central Valley Way
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