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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1970
Page
5
Shafter plays Monache Foothill McFarland and Taft in varsity football with home and away designations. The schedule lists Wasco as an opponent and notes locations for several games.
The Kern County Fair drew large crowds with a horse show and livestock auctions in Shafter, Bakersfield, and Tehachapi. Hog and lamb sales topped last year’s figures, while 56 hogs brought 7012 dollars and 381 lambs netted 41769 dollars. Doris Gilli’s reserve champion hog sold for one dollar per pound to Shafter Concrete Pipe Co. Local 4-H member Doris from Panama. Seven Shafter youths experienced eye irritation from crop dusting Oct. 2 near the city, prompting a safety warning from the police chief.
The California State Scholarship and Loan Commission opens the fifth competition for State Graduate Fellowships. About 1,320 fellowships for 1971-72 will support tuition and fees for graduate study in sciences social sciences humanities arts math engineering and education. Applications due January 16 1971 with winners announced April 1 1971.
Governor signs law expanding public higher education scholarships for California veterans older than 24. State Sen. Stiern notes current code barred all over 24, potentially denying service members who may be in combat on their 24th birthday.
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