Apathy and Hope Mark Shafter Election Year Buzz
In Shafter during the 1976 campaign year voters show mixed interest as registration drives and get out the vote efforts unfold. The Chamber hosts a candidate forum on October 14 while parties organize literature distribution and a Democratic headquarters opens on Central Avenue. Despite apathy, many residents are well informed and prepared to vote in November, giving optimism for Kern County turnout.
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Shafter
Assembly
Congress
White House
Kern County
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Senate Government Operations Committee
High School Football Safety Rules Aim to Reduce Injuries
Public outcry over football injuries led to studies by coaches groups and researchers. New rules for high school play ban head use in tackling and other safety measures to curb injuries, while noting serious incidents like Larry Austin's paralysis at agh School.
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Kern County
Larry Austin
Agh
Pensions Risk Future Costs for State and Local Plans
A Tax Foundation study finds plan funding gaps grow as payments rise 2.77 percent from 1965 costs. More than 9 million public employees covered and $9 billion paid in 1975. Many plans are underfunded or unfunded, secretive, and generous, foreshadowing heavier taxpayer burdens ahead.
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Tax Foundation
Legion fever sparks terrorism speculation over Philadelphia outbreak
Intelligence analysts weigh the possibility that the American Legion convention illness in Philadelphia, which killed 27 and hospitalised 128, could be an act of terrorism. Federal investigators probe Fort Detrick links and parade route exposure amid no hard evidence yet.
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Legion
Pennsylvania
American Legion
Philadelphia
Pentagon
Fort Detrick
Maryland
Nuclear security study flags weak controls and toxic risks
The General Accounting Office cites a confidential report warning that tracking nuclear materials is poor and physical security is weak. It warns plutonium danger includes bomb potential and toxic poisoning, with terrorists and criminals as possible users.
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General Accounting Office
Farming America proves free enterprise at work
Paul Harvey argues farming remains the most free and efficient sector in the American economy. He cites farm output rising faster than other industries since 1950 and notes agriculture exported 22 billion dollars in products last year while feeding the nation and maintaining employment.
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Paul Harvey
EEOC
FTE
EPA
OSHA
NHTSA
FEA
Garces Kern County voyage 1776 to Yokuts village
Padre Francisco Garces traveled from Sonora to Kern County on May 1 1776 with two Mohave companions. He crossed deserts and rivers to the Yokuts village near Bakersfield, witnessed a great river named Rio de San Felipe, and conducted the first Christian baptism in the San Joaquin valley before returning via Tehachapi. He was killed in an 1781 uprising along the Colorado River.
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Padre Francisco Garces
Kern County
Sonora
Mexico
Monterey
California
Colorado River
Yuma
Mojave Desert
San Bernardino Mountains
Mission San Gabriel
Garces
Antelope Valley
Tehachapi Mountains
Delano
San Joaquin Valley
Kern River
Tehachapi Valley
Letters to the Editor highlight civic tensions and safety
The letter set discusses tactics used by Freeway Builders and a controversial Kern County nuclear site bid. It praises Shafter Democratic Headquarters opening with local candidates and urges public safety, calling for broader adult responsibility to protect children and support safety literature from the National Safety Council.
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Wasco
Mary K. Shell
Kern County
Reagan
Board of Supervisors
National Safety Council
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Kern County Safety Council
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Henry Kissinger
Shelton
Bahamas
U.S. Senate
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Casablanca
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Newport
Rhode Island
Paul Harvey News
America
Kern
By Eugene Burmeister
Rancheria
Russia
Moscow
Mocratic
Bill Sharp
Central Ave
Steve Schilling
33Rd Assembly
Dean Close
Walter Stiern
Doris Miller
Shafter Democratic CI
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