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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1962
Page
2
fragmented text discusses prop 23 to limit Metropolitan water control, Governor Brown telethon notes and Kern County water issues. mentions Sacramento decisions, contracts with water agencies, and a call to vote NO to keep control away from Los Angeles.
A discussion explains how vague standards from the Federal Trade Commission affect cooperative advertising across the country. It notes concerns within supplier and retailer ranks about enforcement, production of deceptive claims, and the need for careful oversight to protect the public interest and fair competition.
The text argues profits lag as the workforce grows and investments rise. It notes 1950 to 1961 GDP up 42 percent to 521.3 billion, wages 302.9 billion, while corporate profits edged low, earnings fell from five to three percent of sales, urging lawmakers to address the profit picture to curb unemployment and sustain national strength.
The piece notes that since 1936 Social Security began Old Age and Survivors Insurance and local relief sharing. It cites up to 15 billion dollars flowing yearly to beneficiaries and references unemployment relief in 1960, while commenting on relief programs and coverage.
Report highlights campaign tactics for Governor Edmund G Brown with tensions over political activity by state workers. Notes include mortgage rate changes and veteran loan adjustments, plus California storm damage, Feather River floods, and projected water deliveries from the East Bay aqueduct.
The Salinas course aimed at clerks and nurses. San Jose and Sonora vocations are noted. California educators and superintendents discuss Prop 1A a $270 million bond, higher legislator salaries, countywide school tax, junior college tax, and $60 million yearly state support. They back appointive county superintendents and tougher emergency vehicle rules.
A reader letter praises a new weekly feature titled The Upper Room praising strength beyond self and Christian values. The note highlights Bible verse comments daily meditations and a prayer focus, calling the column a jewel for meditation and human relations. The writers sign as Al and Eckmanns.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Putman have just returned from a trip to San Jose to visit their eldest son Glen and his family.
Inter club shoot invites Wasco service clubs with four man teams competing for trophies in trap shooting high dice and lady luck events.
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