Week of June 6th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (June 7, 1918)
*Allies to Take Part in Fourth of July Event: Santa Clara War Work Council Follows President Wilson’s Suggestion: This Year’s Santa Clara Patriotic Celebration and Parade Will Include Foreign Born Citizens and Sons and Daughters of Foreign Born Citizens
*Social Problem Agencies Plan Convention: Preliminary Plans for Conference in San Jose next April of Social Agencies Dealing with Problems of Caring for Sick, Wounded and Blinded Soldiers Soon Returning from War
*Commencement Week at College of the Pacific
*Stanford Students Will Assist in Harvesting Crops: Women’s Land Army Unit Camping at Leland Stanford Junior University: Massive Military Drill with Music Being Planned
*Former Vice President of the United States, Charles Warren Fairbanks is Dead: Served as 26th Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt
*Red Cross in Campaign to Recruit 25,000 Nurses for the US Army and Navy
*Four-Day Rodeo Round-Up Coming to San Jose July 4-7: Rodeo Riding Feats will Be Greater Than Ever
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (June 5, 1968)
*Chamber of Commerce Chooses Santa Clara’s Women of the Year: Mrs. Airi Kulpa is Woman of the Year and Sylvia Cerna is Young Woman of the Year
*Lester’s Plan Hits Deadlock: City Council Postpones Decision on Whether to Allow Apartment Development on Lester Property at Southwest Corner of Saratoga Ave. & Los Padres Blvd.
*Trio Eludes Police Trap: Armed Robbery at Speedee Mart at 2450 El Camino Real
*Quick Police Work Nets Suspect & Cash Following Robbery at Safeway on Homestead
*Three Santa Clara Men Get Patents for Ideas: All Work for Lockheed Missiles & Space Company: Walter Prise, Robert Yates and Louis McCollum
*City Council Turns Down Offer for Purchase of 11 City-owned Lots: Developer of Montague Subdivision Offers $6000 per Lot but City Council Wants Minimum of $7500 per lot
*Additions to List of Santa Clara Men Killed in Vietnam War: Master Sgt. John Poso and Capt. Kenneth Michael Shannon
*Building Change Denied for Bay Area Tire Co. Facade at Santa Clara Civic Plaza Shopping Center
*Timing 48 Years Off on Sidewalk Proposal: Though Her Parents Wanted Sidewalk at 1889 Market Street in 1920, Johanna Lass Haynes Not Happy with Current Plans
*Santa Clara Girl Swimmer’s Heroism Recognized: Maury Ervine Saves 4-year-old from Drowning
