Water Agencies Back Flexible Terms For State Water Project
Representatives from Kern County and Southern California water agencies met in Bakersfield to discuss the state run Feather River Project contracts. A Kern spokesman said agencies would likely back a flexible repayment approach, stressing affordability for agricultural areas and avoiding exclusion of Kern County districts from the State Aqueduct System.
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San Joaquin Valley
California
Feather River
Bakersfield
Kern
Wheeler Ridge
Maricopa
Harvey O. Banks
Sam Barling
Kern County
Metropolitan Water District
The
Water Association of
South San Joaquin
Candles n Cake Event Names Through September 14
A list of attendees for Candles n Cake events spans September 8 to September 14. Names include Bill Johnston Pauline Johnston Virginia Hitchcock Vivian Neuman Gertude Oliver and others across multiple days with no described outcomes or activities.
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Bill Johnston
J.T. Badgett
Ed Warren
Katie Handel
Enola Bobst
Dwaine Banks
Laura Engel
Basil Teague
Pauline Johnston
Caroline Merz
Jacob Berg
Anthony Koehn
Arthur Kadel
John Nickelsen
T. P. Rootes
Pearl McClain
Claudia Tate
Bruce Enns
Lori Neuman
Bill Schacht
Nickalossa Carrasco
Johnnie Davis
Beverly
Beulah Barling
Pamela McCoy
Gertude Oliver
Virginia Heiser
Art Hemingson
Susan Laverty
Alma Fuller
Dorothy Hale
Blanche Watkins
Wayne Smith
General Fund Sees Dip as 1969 Revenues Lag
State Controller Alan Cranston reports July General Fund revenues of 50 million and expenditures of 101.98 million, a dip from 1969. He attributes the shortfall to a timing shift as about 73 million in sales tax receipts were transferred into the General Fund in early August, with expectations that July taxes will show up in August.
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Beeee Ant Coud Tcoree
Alan Cranston
Easton
Cranston
General Fund
Man's Freedom From Bondage Stressed Sunday
Sunday Christian Science lesson centers on spiritual healing as freedom from sickness and sin. It cites Luke 13:11-13, the healing of a bent woman, and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health emphasizing mastery over the body through spiritual truth.
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John
Luke
Christ Jesus
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Bank of America to Convert to ERMA Service
Bank of America advances in bank automation with the ERMA system. By mid 1961 nearly all accounts will transfer to ERMA as personalized checks become a standard service for commercial depositors. Six ERMA centers operate continuously in Berkeley Covina Los Angeles North Hollywood Paramount and San Jose.
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Bank of America
ERMA
Ss. Clark Beise
Beise
Berkeley
Covina
Los Angeles
North Hollywood
Paramount
San Jose
San Francisco
Shop With Shafter Merchants Helps Build Shafter
A local initiative invites shoppers to spend at Shafter merchants to boost the town’s economy and support community projects. Residents encouraged to visit shops and participate in the program to strengthen local business and municipal services.
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Shafter
California Farm Bureau Convention Opens in Berkeley
The California Farm Bureau Federation holds its annual convention from November 13 to 17, 1960 in Berkeley. More than 2,500 farmers are expected to attend as part of a state federation with 53 county bureaus and 65,000 member families.
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California Farm Bureau Federation
Berkeley
California Farm Bureau
Bottom Defoliation in Cotton Growth Practices
Bottom defoliation involves removing the lower one third to one half of the plant to reduce boll rots and losses. Mature boll indicators guide timing. use 14 to two thirds of the normal defoliant rate, higher on larger plants, and avoid lodged cotton where ground equipment cannot pass.
Quarter Million Expected at County Fair
Kern County Fair manager Bob King predicts a record attendance near a quarter million for the seven day event September 26 to October 2. King says this year will be the best in 34 years and aims for a new all time attendance record under the Family Funtime slogan.
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Bob King
Smelt Name Traced to Anglo-Saxon Word Smoelt
The term smelt derives from the old Anglo-Saxon word smoelt meaning smooth or shining, explaining the fish’s gleaming appearance and name origin.
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