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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1959
Page
6
Editorial urges a Labor Day stay at home to reduce highway fatalities. National Safety Council data show hundreds injured or killed. promote home activities like games picnics and clean-up projects to boost family cooperation and avoid traffic stress.
A Senate subcommittee vote to raise the federal minimum wage from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour is questioned by Economic Intelligence. The piece argues a higher wage price reduces hiring for unskilled workers and limits learning opportunities, predicting broader employment squeezes if coverage expands to exempt groups such as retail workers.
A discussion argues that the federal gasoline tax hike is unnecessary as the recession ends and unemployment normalizes. It urges moderating the highway program to finish over time without increases, contending the excise tax on gas is unfairly burdensome to consumers.
The Shafter football squad under coach Cecil Dusty Rhoads aims to defend the Sierra League title this fall. The American Legion team beat Frank Russell last Thursday to boost morale as ex-teachers from Buttonwillow spread across the state. Eight years ago reports note cotton season activity at Garrison City Plant and a large local student return to school with 525 expected at Shafter High.
Average daily attendance in the Kern County Union School and Junior district climbed to 11,181 in 1953-54 and to 16,408 last year. The board reviewed instructional programs and per unit operation costs for 1958-59, noting district figures and comparing high schools such as McFarland North Bakersfield Bakersfield High East Bakersfield and Kern Valley.
The Normans fished from a private boat out of Morro Bay and spent part of Sunday with the Mullnicks at Morro Bay and Cayucos. They returned the next day after the outing on August 22 in the afternoon.
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