Nuclear electricity pioneer tale from Moorpark to Humboldt Bay
The Moorpark community helped reveal the first atomic electricity demo in the late 1950s at the Santa Susana pilot plant. Pacific Gas and Electric later noted Humboldt Bay’s cost per unit fuel was about a quarter of oil, signaling growing nuclear viability.
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Southern California Edison Company
Santa Susana Mountains
San Fernando
Simi Valleys
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S.C
Santa Susana
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Humboldt Bay
Eureka
California
Humboldt Bay Nuclear Plant Marks 10 Years of Operation
California's Humboldt Bay Power Plant near Eureka completes a decade of operation with fuel costs lower than fuel oil or natural gas. The 63 MW unit, dedicated September 23 1963, is being refueled for the eighth time using about a quarter of the core. PG&E notes high availability and a $49,000 nuclear insurance refund for ten years without a claim, underscoring the safety record.
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California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Humboldt Bay
Eureka
Pg&e
Shafter FFA Exhibits 36 Fair Entries
The Shafter Future Farmers of America prepare 36 entries for Kern County Fair events. About 23 head of beef cattle, three sheep, eight feeder pigs and two dairy springer heifers are shown by FFA members along with four and one feeder pig from the Junior FFO. Judging runs swine beef and sheep on Monday and Tuesday, with dairy on Wednesday under advisor George Wise.
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Shafter High School
Future Farmers of America
Fred Starrh
Foreground
Dwayne Sephus
Kern County Fair
Starrh
Sephis
Kern County
Shafter Future Farmers of America
FFA
Junior Future Farmer Organization
Shafter High School Ag Department
George Wise
Cleanup Ordinance Ordered by Shafter Council
Shafter City Council directed City Attorney Al Mortimore to prepare an ordinance to curb unsightly junk. They also instructed City Clerk Bill Johnston to notify a local resident to clean her property, following a brief discussion at a prior meeting.
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Shafter City
al Mortimore
Bill Johnston
Shafter
Mortimore
Bill Banks
Clifford Ratzlaff
Public Works Department
Johnston
Steve Hickerson
Wicco Construction
Police Administration
Pastor Roy Wolcott Takes Post At Shafter Adventist Church
Roy Wolcott assumed duties as pastor of the Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church at 17898 Poplar Ave succeeding Elder Owen P. Jones who moved to Bakersfield. A native of Ohio and Andrews University graduate ordained in 1950 he has served as missionary in Japan and Singapore and pastored in Michigan Canada and Fremont. He led Gilroy SDA Church for six years and his two sons are ministers with a third studying business administration in Virginia. The Wolcotts will reside at 30112 W Lerdo Ave.
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Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church
Poplar Ave
Wolcott
Owen P. Jones
Central Day
Funeral services held for Gertrude Bergen 84
Funeral services for Gertrude Bergen 84 who died September 19 in a local convalescent hospital were held September 21 at Agee Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Harder of the Mennonite Brethren Church officiating. Interment was at Shafter Memorial Park. Bergen, a Kansas native, moved to Shafter in 1923. Survived by three sons Walter Roland Harry. two daughters Eloy Larson and Elizabeth Peters. 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
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Gertrude Bergen
Henry Harder
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter
Bergen
Kansas
Walter
Roland
Bakersfield
Harry
Valencia
Eloy Larson
Elizabeth Peters
Washington
Shafter Memorial Park
Rotary Fellow Begins Year in England for Doctoral Study
Jan Dargatz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin E. Dargatz of Shafter, arrived in Southampton to pursue doctoral work at the University of Southampton. A Rotary International Foundation graduate fellow from Rotary District 524, she will study communication with emphasis on intercultural communication and educational technology.
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Rollin E. Dargatz
Shafter
Southhampton
England
University of Southampton
Miss Dargatz
Rotary International Foundation
Rotary
Shafter High School
Oral Roberts University
University of Southern California
Killed On Denver Mountain Climb Scott Thuman
Scott Thuman son of Mr and Mrs D Roger Thuman former Shafter residents was killed while mountain climbing near Denver in his mid twenties no details available He is survived by his wife his parents and one sister Kathy Roger Thuman was the first manager of the Community National Bank in Shafter and now in Maywood Nebraska The Thuman family owns two banks and has ties to British educational and broadcasting networks Miss Dargatz left California for London visiting Rotary Foundation awardees and aims to join British society before returning to the United States
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Roger Thuman
Shafter
Denver
Thuman
Scott
Kathy
Community National Bank
Maywood
Nebr
London
Swansea
Wales
Rotary Foundation
Britain
England
Ireland
United States
Dargatz
Miss Dargatz
Shafter Rotary Club
Fall Arrives with Cooler Temperatures in Shafter
The week ending Monday saw a high of 88 in Shafter with Sunday’s high at 78. Night lows ranged from 50 to 58 degrees as cooler air settled in after the weekend. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station document daily highs and lows.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
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Jack) Frost
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New Adventist Church
Bill Bamn
Fred Patterson
Open University
British Broadcasting Company
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