Cooling Off By Emil Frost National Editorial Note
An editorial column discusses the importance of local newspapers for community news and advertising. It emphasizes Shafter and Bakersfield papers, contrasts dailies and weeklies, and cites advertising spend of seven billion dollars in daily paper ads as evidence of broad reach. Continued on Page 3.
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Bakersfield
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Shafter
Shafter Press
Jack Kauffman
Newspaper Advertising Bureau, Inc
Rain Triggers Pole Fires Darkens County Evening
Sunday rain caused three power pole fires near Enos Lane Baker Lane Los Angeles Central Valley Highway and Riverside Shafter. Officials report pole losses ranging 110 to 210 dollars with transformers saved in all three incidents. Fire crews responded from 6:12 to 8:10 p.m. and contained the blazes.
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Shafter
Enos Lane
Baker Lane
Central Valley Highway
Los Angeles
Riverside
Shafter Avenue
Chief Ratzlaff Warns Shafter Fire Week Emphasizes Prevention
Fire Chief Clifford Ratzlaff urges personal responsibility to prevent fires during Fire Prevention Week in Shafter. He stresses home checks for hazards, safe storage of combustibles, proper testing of electrical equipment, and careful smoking practices both at home and on the job.
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Ratzlaff
Shafter
Clifford Ratzlaff
Oime
Shafter Receives First Rain Since March
Shafter recorded its first rain of the season Sunday night at .25 inch on the USDA Cotton Research Station gauge. The event ends a drought since March 26, with season total reaching 8.63 inches by July 1. Week remained cool with highs 74 to 88 and lows 44 to KA.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Council Debates Junk Fence Ordinance in Shafter
Shafter city council hears protests from businessmen over a proposed junk fence ordinance requiring sight obscuring enclosures around junk and wrecked vehicles. Critics say it could force fencing large parts of town and raise costs, while one member opposes citing theft concerns.
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Shafter City
Ben Grundy
Grundy
Chuck Johnson
Richard Larson
Johnson
Sary
Solvang
Bill Gladden
Gladden
Bill Banks
Larson
Bill
Moonlight Sale packs Shafter market with thousands
At Budget Foodmart in Shafter a Moonlight Sale drew an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 shoppers between 9 p.m. and midnight, with 1,500 waiting for two hours to buy fryers and pork steak. Baskets filled by 7:30, lines stretched to the meat counter, and 40,000 coupons were used at checkout. The event boosted normal daily attendance and created near gridlock in parking and aisles.
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Shafter Market
L-C Budget Foodmart
Shafter Press
Shafter
Jim Kofahl
Kofahl
Ray Long
Woman Hangs Clothes as House Burns
Firefighters responded to a Tuesday morning blaze at the Munzer residence in Shafter. Lydia Mettler was in the yard when firemen found the fire in the kitchen ignited by mops and rags on a hot water heater. Alarm at 9 14 a.m. three paid men five volunteers and two trucks extinguished the fire in five minutes, saving about 15000 with damage estimated at 2000.
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Shafter
Lydia Mettler
Munzer
Vernon Pierce
Don Houston
Tim Irving
Travis Garton
Atlantic
Pierce
Heart Attack Ends Life of Jonas Nickel at 54
Jonas Lloyd Nickel fifty four died suddenly October five while working on his Shafter ranch. Services were held October nine at the Mennonite Brethren Church of Shafter with Rev Henry Harder and Dr Don Hook officiating. Nickel, born in Hillsboro Kansas, moved to Shafter in 1939 and farmed in the Maple area.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter
Jonas Lloyd Nickel
Henry Harder
Don Hook
Calvary Baptist Church of
Bishop
Mr. Nickel
Hillsboro
Kansas
Maple
Shafter Man Enters Ministry at Local Church
Jerry E. Dozhier, a 20 year old Shafter man, has entered the ministry and was licensed to preach by the Shafter Missionary Baptist Church at 202 Golden West. He grew up in the Shafter area, attended Richland School, and graduated from Shafter High School in 1970. He completed one year at Bakersfield College majoring in psychology.
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Jerry E. Dozhier
Shafter
Shafter Missionary
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Jack) Frost
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Richland
PTA
Richland School
David Turner
Porterville
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Central Valley Ford
Ford
Shafter Improvement Council
Manuel Park
Gary Wilson
Alpha Kappa Chapter
Phi Epislon Phi Sorority
Munter
Jonas Nickel
Shafter Man
Jerry Dozhier
Ciology
California Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary
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