Week of December 6th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (December 7, 1917)
*Active Campaign Launched for Santa Clara and Alviso Waterway and Terminals: Chamber of Commerce Will File Elaborate Data with Government Supporting Plan for Reduction of Freight Rates
*New Stamps are Popular: Santa Clara Letter Carriers Sell Government Thrift Stamps and War Saving Certificates
*Ladies of the Red Cross Packing Christmas Boxes for Soldiers and Sailors
*Booksin Farm in San Jose Grows 152-pound Squash!
*Santa Clara Farmer F.W. Bracher Cited for Speeding on the Streets of San Jose in his Automobile
*University of Santa Clara Now an Official Army Training Camp
*Santa Clara’s Methodist Episcopal Church Gets New Minister: Barry Owens
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (December 6, 1967)
*Vandals Run Wild in Santa Clara Parks: Damage Exceeding $10,000 to Tables and Trees at Maywood, Killarney, Homeridge, and Bowers Parks
*El Camino Hearing Tuesday: Discussion of Proposal to Widen and Improve a 2-mile Stretch of Roadway in Santa Clara
*Reapportionment Bill Passed: Santa Clara Redistricted: Represented by Congressman Don Edwards (D-San Jose) now instead of Congressman Charles Gubser (R-Gilroy)
*Thieves Hit Cars in Various Carports and Parking Lots in Santa Clara: Wide Variety of Items and Car Parts Stolen
*Rumors Unfounded: City is Not Paying for Construction of Triton Museum Complex but is Leasing City Land for $1 per year to Non-profit that is Building the Museum
*Controversy over $45 Flat Rate Per Diem for City Councilmen on Business Trips: Councilman Kiely Disputes Charge That He is Cheating City by Not Returning Unspent Money from Per Diem Allotment
*Santa Clara Rainfall for November Measured at One Inch
*Rev. Joseph J. Pociask, Jesuit Director of Santa Clara University’s deSaisset Art Gallery Passes: Services Being Held Today