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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1953
Page
13
Market shows a sagging trend with December 1953 options at new lows while prices in the South hover near loan values. Hedge selling may rise as ginnings increase, dampening prices into October. Reports note insect damage rising in Eastern and Central belts, with moisture shortages worsening openings.
Civil Defense Director Charles Pierce announced a 25 000 pound shipment of First Aid supplies worth over 35 000 arriving from the state warehouse in Fresno. Stored at Kern General Hospital, the stock will support Kern County First Aid teams led by Dr James F Barnard with equipment under John W Doubenmier.
Ernest Graf, director of the North High band, announced a rotating system where five drum majorettes perform each week from a pool of fifteen practicing girls. While five serve, the remaining ten act as Pom Poms so every girl gains marching experience at each football game. Included among those practicing are Judy Wattenbarger, Cathy Tidmore, Jackie Bilyeu, Pat Stephen, Reene Anderson, Joy Bailey, June Freeman, Janet Renfrow, Shirley Clevenger, Beatrice Miller, Sandy Gavin, Carol Wallace, Betty Rollins, Betty Lohr, and Mary Anna Pierson.
The lagoon area of Funafuti Atoll is 84 square miles while its land area measures 1.7 square miles indicating a predominantly aquatic environment in this Pacific atoll.
Hunters fanned out across Inyo Mono with high participation and solid harvests though per capita kills were moderate. Validation stations logged counts across areas including Bridgeport Coleville Sonora 150 deer and Bishop Buttermilk Pine Creek Horton 130 with other zones recording 30 to 70 deer. Riverside and San Bernardino bounty hunting was reported very poor.
Walter O Keefe hosts a segment praising a crooner for his standout turn in From Here to Eternity. The piece notes his career boost and hints at his renewed value as an actor. It mentions a TV return for My Little Margie and her wolf-father this fall. Capitol platter chatter highlights 334 album discs.
Among the 20 largest cities in the nation, San Francisco ranks tenth in retail store sales.
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