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Shafter News Highlights Seventies Local Events
A look at Shafter California events from January to June 1972. Notables include the Paul Harris Memorial Library opening with county officials in attendance, a citizen of the year award, leadership changes at the Chamber of Commerce, church and civic founders passing, and local expansion projects. The period covers open houses, city planning actions, infrastructure openings, a freeway ribbon cutting, and school district retirements, elections, and appointments. Major developments include the Interstate 5 opening near Taft, a large fruit and vegetable packing complex plan, and the Kern County education leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Jackson
Grange
Community National Banks
Shafter
Tim Robnett
Stanford University Indians
University of Michigan
Julia Potter
Union Congregational Church
PTA
Chamber of Commerce
Smith Corner
Planning Commission
Improvement Council
Santa Barbara
Hubert B. Cooper, Jr
U.S. Cotton Research Station
John H. Turner
Knoxville
Tennessee
Taft Highway
Los Banos
Belridge Farms
J.E. Greene
Shafter Airport
Minter