Week of July 4th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (July 5, 1918)
*Over 10,000 People Attend Santa Clara Celebration: Greatest Independence Day Festival in the History of Our Mission Town
*Bank of Italy Shows Marked Advancement: Deposits at more than $73,000,000 With Over 150,000 Depositors
*Big Drive Soon for YWCA to Raise Funds for America’s Soldiers
*Red Cross Active at Camp Fremont
*Santa Claran, Herbert Hartford, Dies Suddenly While Drilling at Aviation School in St. Paul, Minnesota
*Albert J. Newlin, Formerly Assistant to Rev. Jerome Ricard, S.J., University of Santa Clara, Arrives Safely in France
*Cattle Industry is Flourishing Near Panama Canal: 100,000 Head of Cattle Soon to be Grazing Near Panama Canal: Will Feed Canal Employees and Military Stationed There
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (July 3, 1968)
*School Board Receives [Arthur D. Little, Inc.] Management Consultant Report Recommending Reapportionment of Large Share of Powers Now Held by Superintendant Lawrence Curtis
*Use of Motel Tax in Hands of City Council: Chamber of Commerce Asks for Allotment to Support Funds Earmarked for Promoting Sports Events and Tourism in Santa Clara
*Connie Mack League Complains about ‘Dirty’ Conditions and Poor Maintenance of Washington Park Ball Field: City Manager Don Von Raesfeld Says Park is Responsibility of School District during School Year, City Only Maintains Park in Summer
*School Board Balances Budget by Slashing it for Third Time in Two Months
*City Budget for 1968-69 Approved at $2.7 Million — Minor Adjustments for Library and Cultural Advisory Commission: Additional Funds for Parks & Recreation Department Rejected
*July 4th Celebrations Bustin’ Out All Over: Fireworks Tonight at Triton Museum of Art and Donkey Baseball at Buck Shaw Stadium Pitting City Council/City Official’s Team Against Women of Westside Little League’s Mother’s Auxiliary Team
*Planning Begins for 23rd Annual Parade of Champions Under Chairmanship of Fire Chief Leonard George
*Rev. Arthur D. Spearman, S.J. — Archivist at University of Santa Clara and City’s Honorary Historian — to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of his Priesthood