Week of April 5th Headlines
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (April 4, 1917)
- War Approaching: Recruiting Offices Established in This City: Militia Men and Volunteer Infantry Regiments Now Being Organized: Justice Court and Newspaper Office Made Local Recruiting Headquarters: 20 Santa Clarans Have Already Enlisted
- Postmaster Charles D. South Made Civil Service Officer by President Wilson
- Santa Clara to have Free Night School for Foreign People Preparing for Citizenship
- Administration Candidate Defeated by A.G. Elliott: Other Election Results: W. Condon to be Marshall; Cronin, City Clerk; Fatjo, Treasurer; and for School Trustees — George, Merrill and Perks
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (April 5,1967)
- Prominent Hawaiian Financier, Clarence Ching in Process of Finalizing $12 Million Investment Plan: New Hope for High-Rise Commercial-Apartment Complex for Razed Six-Block Area of Downtown Santa Clara
- Canada Bound: Two Santa Clara Aquamaids, Kim Welshons and Nancy Hines, to Compete at Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships in Vancouver, B.C.
- Erosion Problems: Boy Scout Troop 130 Helps Parks & Recreation Department and County Flood Control District Stabilize Saratoga Creek Bank at Homeridge Park
- Local Chamber of Commerce Saluted: Healthy Business Climate Essential to Welfare of a Free Society
- All-American Athlete Ernie Nevers, at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, Touts Fledgling National Professional Soccer League — Sings Praises of New California Clippers Soccer Team
- Ray Wilbur, VP of Hewlett Packard, to Lead This Year’s ‘United Fund’ Drive
(compiled by Mary Hanel, Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara)