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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1961
Page
2
The secretary plans to set acreage for next year affecting the cotton industry in California. Hagen Uraes notes objections from California to any decrease in 1962 national cotton acreage, arguing against trading acres for small price support gains while hoping for a modest stock increase.
Congressman Harlan Hagen invites Kern Kings and Tulare youths to apply for nominations to the Military Naval Air Force and Merchant Marine Academies for next July. Civil Service Commission screening tests on November 4 in Bakersfield China Lake and Hanford aid selection, with a October 20 deadline. Applicants aged 17 to 22, unmarried, in good health, and high school graduates or seniors.
UCLA Vice Chancellor William G. Young is named recipient of the 1962 Award in Chemical Education, a $1,000 national honor. Recognized for a long career since 1930 at UCLA, Young is noted for research in lyric systems and petroleum chemistry, with election to the National Academy in 1951 and leadership roles as Dean and Chancellor.
Kern fair board members including Pearman Roy B. Boone Everett Baker and H K work without pay to plan the county exposition. They say the 1962 fair will be the best in Kern history with more attractions features and exhibits to delight residents and visitors.
The Senate unanimously approves an amendment to the Kenedy peace corps appropriation requiring volunteers to be indoctrinated in the menace and methods of communism. Debate arises whether Fulbright supports a selective enlightened corps or merely holds brighter ideas, while critics question the motives and intellect behind the vote.
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