Week of July 18th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (July 19, 1918)
*Government to Send 250 Men to This City at Once: Residents Are Requested to Assist: Local War Council Needs to Find Suitable Room Accommodations for Mechanics from East Being Sent to Joshua Hendy Ironworks for Six Months: Sunnyvale Out of Rooms: Needs Help from Santa Clara to House Men
*Santa Clara Man, Arthur Starr, Commissioned: Sent to Duty in Riverside as Flight Instructor
*Santa Clarans Should Pay Their Red Cross Pledges at Bank of Italy
*Santa Clara County Fruit Crop Being Harvested: Successful Harvest Will Aid War Effort
*Better Babies Conference Being Held in Sacramento on Proper Care and Feeding of Infants: Over 3000 Babies to be Examined
*Dr. J.I Beattie Joins Colors: Well Known Santa Clara Physician Ordered to Camp Riley, Kansas
*Shortage in Supply of Paper: All Free Newspapers to be Discontinued
*Red Cross Active in Drive to Find Nurses to Send to France
*Large Throngs Attend Salinas Rodeo: All Proceeds Go to Red Cross
*Mrs. Holbrook First Woman to Run for Congress: Prominent San Jose Educator and Social Worker to Challenge E.A. Hayes in 8th Congressional District Race
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (July 17, 1968)
*School Board Gavel Passed: William A. Wilson Resigns as Chair: Succeeded by Board Member Maryanne K. Brooks
*Burglary Prevention Week Proclaimed: Police Chief Frank Sapena Gives Tips for Foiling Burglars
*City Council Rejects Fotomat Request: Approval Denied to Erect Small Yellow Buildings for Film Sales and Processing in Parking Lots at Shopping Centers at Lawrence & Stevens Creek and Lawrence & El Camino Real
*Pair Booked on Drug Charges for Possession of Marijuana
*Planning Commission Postpones Decision on Allowing Two-Story Apartment Complex at Warburton Ave. & Lawrence Rd.: Developer Says Land So Expensive That a 2-Story, 75-unit Complex Needed for Project to Work
*City Manager Don Von Raesfeld Given $3000-per-year Salary Increase: New Salary of $27,000 in Line with Salaries of City Managers in Neighboring Cities
*John M. Stewart Named to New Term as Planning Commissioner
*New Ordinance Requires Funeral Processions of More than Ten Cars to Have a Police Escort
