Textbook review questions objectivity in Kern district adoption
Reader critic challenges History of a Free People by Bragdon McCutchen and Cole for bias and omissions. The piece notes Chavez coverage, Gandhi and King parallels, and quotes by Robert Kennedy. Shafter High uses an earlier edition, while Bakersfield schools adopt 1973 edition. Football season ends for Shafter Generals with strong prospects for 1975 under Coach Merv Huston.
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Shafter Press
M. Kirk Ragland
Terrace Way
Bakersfield
Kern Union High School
Bragdon, McCutchen and Cole
Ragland
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Chavez
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
New York City
California
Chavez’ Union
Robert Kennedy
Neal Olsen
Shafter High School
Shafter High
Olsen
Bakerefield
East Bakerefield
Roe tract EIR faces revisions for cluster development ideas
The Shafter Planning Commission, led by new chairman Don Zachary, asks developer Marvin Roe to submit an EIR supplement and considers Lawrence Wise's suggestions for clarification and cluster design. Planning consultants argue grid patterns are costly, favoring open spaces and shared areas, while noting Hatch could draft cluster plans if desired. City officials urge awaiting formal proposals before action.
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Marvin Roe
Shafter Planning Commission
New
Planning Commission
Don Zachary
Dean Lynch
Dennis Harrison
Carl Taffera
Roe
Roger Hatch
al Mortimore
Bill Sheldon
Boyle Engineering
Lawrence Wise
Wise
Hahn, Wise and Associates
San Carlos
Mortimore
Hatch
Commission
Sheldon
Fiatch
Weather notes from Shafter area week ending Tuesday
Temperatures dropped to freezing or below two nights during the week in the Shafter area. Daytime highs ranged from 62 to 73. Rainfall of .07 inch in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Friday raised the season total to 1.32 inches. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station list daily highs and lows.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Development plans in north Shafter hinge on annexation
Developer Ernie Hofman appeared before the commission Tuesday to report he is considering buying two and a half acres of land for a development. He said the property would be annexed into the city and asked for continued consideration.
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Ernie Hofman
Commission
North Shafter
Hofman
Carroll
Shafter
Colvard
Dick Larson
Construction spending tops 1.6 million in Shafter permits
Construction in Shafter surpassed 1.6 million in 1974 with November permits totaling 40,440. The year closed with record activity as total permits through November reached 1,604,678, exceeding 1955’s previous high of 1,534,759. The surge indicates record-building year in the city’s history.
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Shafter Go
Shafter
Nixon named chief of Shafter police
Shafter officials appoint Rob Nixon 41 as Chief of Police after repealing a hiring procedures resolution. Nixon had been interim chief since Sept and will begin at a $1200 monthly salary on December 1. He is a 17 year Shafter Police Dept veteran with OPS certs and 31 college police science units.
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Shafter City
Rob Nixon
Nixon
Hanley Witchers
Witcher
Council
Shafter
Jack Colvard
Colvard
Rekosh Prepares Shafter Basketball for Strong Start
Shafter High School will open its season under coach Charles Rekosh with emphasis on consistent effort and team shooting. He notes returning lettermen Greg Ratzlaff and Doug Berkshire as core players while promoting speed through a motion defense and pressure defense to force errors. New contributors include Wesley Smart Richard Brown Art Soliz Kelly Friesen Joe O’Brien Jerry Siffing and Fred Starrh with Goossen joining from the frosh soph ranks.
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Charles Rekosh
Shafter High
Rekosh
Shafter
South High
Bakersfield
Bakersfield College
Foothill
East High
Rekesh
Fense
Greg Ratzlaff
Doug Berkshire
Ratzlaff
Berkshire
Wesley Smart
Richard Brown
Art Soliz
Kelly Friesen
Joe O’brien
Jerry Siffing
Fred Starrh
Smart
Brown
Rekoshi
O’brien
Kern County Emerges as Major Fresh Vegetable Center
Belridge Packing Co highlights Kern County as a growing hub for fresh vegetables. The Belridge plant, a 160000 square foot facility, packs 25 tons of carrots per hour and employs up to 400 workers during a 10 month harvest.
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Kern County
California
Bob Herrick
Belridge Packing Co
Belridge Farms
Belridge
Herrick
Kern County Board of Supervisore
Board of Trade
Eich
Tts
Bedridge
Kern County Board of Supervisors
James Greene
Roy Jackson
Avid Parker
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Pome
Emilia Frost
Shafter Generals
San Joaquin Memorial
Merv Huston
M. Tolbert
South Shafter Avenue
Tolbert
Thurg
Sun
Ree
Shafter Police
Bob Millwee
Public Works
Lewis Carroll
Bob Nixon
Kern Emerging
Wydro Efenel
Arrots
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