Elk Hills oil reserve could ease fuel shortage in California
The Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve near Buttonwillow, a 46 000 acre field run by the Navy and Standard Oil since 1912, is urged to be tapped for civilian use to bolster energy supply. LNG from Pertamina and Mobil Indonesia could deliver 550 cubic feet daily to Southern California Gas, with regasified fuel moving through the Southern California system. Initial deliveries expected in 1978 pending regulatory approval.
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Buttonwillow
Elk Hille Naval Oil Reserve
Navy
Standard Oil
Nixon
Elk Hills
Pacific Lighting Corporation
Southern California Gas Company
California
Pertamina
Mobil Indonesia
Sumatra
U. S
Shafter Chamber Float Wins Wasco Parade Top Honors
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce float won first place in the Wasco Festival of Roses parade organization division last Saturday. It carried Susan Franklin and six other riders, all with red and white rose bouquets, and was expanded from a previous entry with 31 dozen roses. An estimated 5,000 spectators watched the fifth annual parade while Rose winners Jackson and Perkins earned the sweepstakes trophy for their rose-filled float A Garden Wish.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Shafter
Susan Franklin
Miss Shafter
Carla Absher
Kim Handel
Jacque Janzen
Jenee Tadevich
Becky Witcher
Brenda Whitt
Helen Brown
East
Wasco
Jackson and
Perkins
Richland district backs bus purchase despite tax defeat
Richland School District trustees approved buying a $34,600 bus using borrowed funds after tax election failed 222 yes 258 no. They debated funding options and considered further sales to cover debt while planning to review Scicon and KEEP outdoor education programs amid concerns over teacher materials.
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Richland School Distrct
Evron Barber
Richland Board
Phillip Zachary
Scicon
Richland
Kern
KEEP
Zachary
Barber
Shafter Week Sees 96 Degree Highs At Cotton Station
Temperatures stayed mild in Shafter through the week ending Monday with a high of 96 on Sunday and nightly lows in the high fifties. Readings were recorded at the USDA Cotton Research Station.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
Motorcycle Car Collision Injures Two in Shafter
A Shafter man and a Bakersfield woman were injured in a Palm Avenue crash Sunday evening. Harry Lee Wentworth, 23, rode a motorcycle from a driveway and veered into oncoming traffic about 6 30 p m. Linda Pauline Phillips, 26, of Bakersfield, was northbound when the collision occurred.
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Bakersfield
Palm Avenue
California Highway Patrol
Harry Lee Wentworth
Palm
Fresno
Linda Pauline Phillips
Acres
Shafter Speeder Learns to Stop While He's Ahead
Adam G. Gutierrez of 440 Atkinson Street was cited for exhibition of speed in Shafter. He fled after the stop leaving 31 feet of rubber. He was pulled over again and arrested for speeding.
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Shafter Speeder
Shafter
Adam G. Gutierrez
Atkinson Street
Gutierrez
Buttonwillow Hay Loader Worker Struck by Power Line
A Buttonwillow man, Jess Simantel, was admitted to North Kern Hospital after his hay loader boom struck a 12,000 volt line near Lost Hills. He was knocked unconscious, burned his right leg, treated, and released the next day.
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A. Buttonwillow
North Kern
Wasco
Jess Simantel
First Street
Buttonwillow
Main Drain
Lost Hills
Simantel
North Kern Hospital
Disadvantaged Students Aid at Shafter High School
Shafter High School participates in a state funded program for educationally disadvantaged students for the first time this year under Senate Bill 90. Five new teacher assistants join reading and math programs, with Randy Cross, Sylvia Miller, Bruce Wiebe, Jerry Jarrett, and Marilyn Bergman listed among new staff. Additional classified staff include Richard Ross, Martin Goersching, Sue Pierce, and Sally Calder, bringing total instructional support to seventeen.
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Richland
Maple School
Rio Bravo- Greeley School
Dorothy Woodard
Susan Aguilera
Rebecca Krauter
Bob Trout
Marcia ‘Krause
Jim Prender
Iva Lepp
Dora Jara
Shafter High School
Randy Cross
Sylvia Miller
Bruce Wiebe
Jerry Jarrett
Marilyn Bergman
Richard Ross
Martin Goersching
Agriculture Department
Sue Pierce
Sally Calder
Guidance Department
Career Information Center
Kern County Business Activity Surges to 5.4 Billion
Kern County Business reports seven month bank debit totals reach 5.4 billion, up 941 million from last year. July alone sets a record 905.2 million as bank debits rise across the year. Construction for seven months hits a record 51.6 million amid overall rising indices.
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Kern County Business
County Economic Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Board of Trade
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Jack) Frost
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Wanda Montgomery
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Richland School
R. Jackson Scott
Bryan White
Richland Pta
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