Shafter Tops Coalinga in Rain Soaked Gridiron Clash
Shafter Generals erupt to a 26 to 0 win over Coalinga Horntoads as Scales and Dillard connect for early scores. Coalinga shows late life with a defensive surge but the Colonels roll to their 17th straight victory behind Muir and Palomo in the junior varsity clash.
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Scales
Coalinga
Horntoads
Dillard
Ken Garlinger
Shafter
Broom
Generals
Garlinger
Sherlock
Rudy Mendez
Hinsley
Coaling
Hamilton
Shafterites
Bill Peters
Rolf Jacobsen
Bill Henry
Ellis
Shatter
Colonels
Dave Muir
Carl Beach
Beach
Muir
Johnny Palomo
Coalingans
Jordan
Turk) Eliades
Palomo
Ken Smith
Leroy Moser
Carl Ill Beach
Shafter Colonels
PGE Workers Win Service Awards
Seven Wasco employes of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. were among 69 Kern District workers honored for long service at a Bakersfield banquet. Awards from five to 40 years recognized a total of 845 years of service, with Wasco recipients including Thomas M. McGinnis 30 years and R A Sirman 25 years among others.
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Wasco
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Kern
Bakersfield
R. A. Sirman
George V. Footman
Thomas M. McGinnis
Turkey Topic Highlighted In Bakersfield Open Forum
Jay P. Gould presents a lecture on The Key Position of Turkey in the Scheme of Things To Come at the Bakersfield Open Forum Tall series. Gould, a Missouri graduate with Baylor work and ex Iraq Petroleum Company drilling head from 1947 to 1951, speaks tonight at Harvey Auditorium 8 p.m. for free.
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Bakersfield
University of Missouri
Baylor
Gould
Iraq Petroleum Company, Ltd
Metal Dearth Hits Output Of Equipment
Farm equipment makers face continued shortages of raw materials as a Steel strike reduces civilian steel by millions of tons. J. Fisher of the Equipment Institute warns they will limp for years, while cotton mechanization is expected to grow with available equipment and new innovations.
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Ee J. Fisher
The
Equipment Institute
USDA
Fisher
Sergeant Wins Rest in Japan from Korea Duty
Sergeant Henry R. Bankston of the 7th Infantry Division spent a five day rest and recuperation leave in Japan. He serves as an aidman in the 31st infantry regiment and is the son of Mr and Mrs M S Bankston of Shafter. His wife Joan lives at 157 Tulare Ave. The leave reflects Army policy to rest fighting soldiers from combat rigors.
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Henry R. Bankston
Joan
Tulare Ave
Korea
Japan
7Th Infantry Division
Bankston
31St Infantry Regiment
M. S. Bankston
Shafter
Lisbon Earthquake Levelled City in 1755
A catastrophic earthquake struck Lisbon on November 1 1755 ranking among the most severe quakes in history. The disaster leveled much of the city and caused widespread casualties and fires, triggering a global outpouring of analysis and reflection.
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Lisbon
Portugal
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Andy Dillard
Shafter Generals
Dale Scales
Lance
Glen Hamilton
Dick Smith
PGE
Politica
Mr. and Mrs. Vater
MR. Woollomes
Shafter Walker
W. R. Woollomes
Kern County
E. Lordo
Pontiac
Turkey
General Motors
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