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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1958
Page
2
Editorial notes Fall air and the oil industry week runs October 12 to 18. It discusses rising American energy demand with projected 18 million more people by 1965 and 12 million new vehicles, urging policies to foster a strong, competitive oil industry and greater fuel consumption awareness.
The article argues that passing a weak labor reform bill would mislead the public into thinking major abuses were fixed, undermining future efforts. It criticizes Congress for doing little last session and urges decisive action next year to avoid creating new problems.
The piece argues against compulsory hospital insurance for seniors and urges strengthening voluntary prepayment and existing mechanisms. It cites the American Hospital Association’s cautious stance and notes progress via private plans, including a Kiplinger description of a life-renewable policy for ages 51 to 75.
Alaska, the 49th state, is likely to enter the Union before year’s end. It would be the largest state by far, more than twice the size of Texas, while the entire team measures about 210,000.
Terre Haute Indiana Tribune Star reports Guy L Brown chief engineer of the Brotherhood of locomotive engineers opposes uniting land sea and air unions into a single alliance. He warns a merged transport labor power could threaten national stability.
Legal notice lists publisher editors and managers as R. Robert Evans and Peggy L. Evans of Shafter California. It states the owners, bondholders, and security holders, with addresses in Shafter and Bakersfield, and notes average weekly circulation of 2650 copies. The document is sworn before a Kern County notary in 1958.
A retro glimpse from September 22 1949 notes season football tickets going on sale in town business offices announced by student body business manager Tom Kelly. Also Bert Ware became Kiwanis Club president with other new officers elected. Over 100 Kern County sports figures met at Cawelo for a Sportsmanship meeting arranged by Jack Hill.
William A. Dennis will teach a color and motion picture introduction as part of University Extension. The evening course runs twenty consecutive weeks from 7 to 10 30 p m in G A 12 at 1200 F Street.
The column notes the busy campaign mood with mail from politicians and visits. Proposit ion 18 the right to work is highlighted as the hot issue, while Phil Channeson a former Shafter mayor and Republican backs Knowland and farm subsidies.
A brief passage presents a worker torn between arriving late to work and explaining to a boss that a blade shortage caused the delay. The fragment hints at mundane office or shop floor friction without resolution or identification of people or places.
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