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Haggard now lives in a ranch-style home in Bakersfield, California, and drinks Old Grand-Dad warm out of the bottle...
...heeded the message. The President asked Congress to cancel 20 federal leases on 198,200 acres and establish a marine sanctuary in the Santa Barbara Channel. If Congress approves, the Government will compensate the oil companies for the 20 leases by selling crude oil from its federal reserve near Bakersfield, Calif. Courts will determine just how much the Government will pay. Since the area has not been fully explored, the oilmen may receive more than the $178 million they put out for the leases...
...kaleidoscopic plot, adapted from Arthur Hailey's bestselling novel, is absurdly complex, and the cast of a dozen stars scurries about to service it. Burt Lancaster lumbers about as Mel Bakersfield, manager of an unnamed metropolitan airport who is faced with the usual night of danger, laughter, suspense and heartbreak. Burt's main problem of the moment is the jetliner stuck in the snow out there on No. 29 runway. As if that were not enough, another flight just has to land on that runway. Seems there is a mad bomber (Van Heflin) on board, who is threatening...
...Reserve may ease money and credit. The stock market is so hungry for easier credit that the Dow-Jones industrial average bounded 20 points last week in a euphoric reaction to cuts in the prime lending rate, from 8½% to 8%, by two small banks in Philadelphia and Bakersfield, Calif. Major banks, however, scoffed at the idea of reducing their loan charges...
...What revisionists are saying is: we are mature enough to look at ourselves honestly and learn from our mistakes; and an honest look at the American past reveals a panorama of violence, racism, imperialism, demagoguery and economic exploitation. FORREST G. WOOD Associate Professor of History Fresno State College Bakersfield Center Bakersfield, Calif...