Looking Back: Week of November 21st Headlines

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (November 22, 1918)

Santa Claran, Edward Hurley, is Reappointed by Navy Department as United States Shipping Board Chairman
Tractor School To Open Here: Vocational Classes Related to Farm and Machinery Courses
United War Work (UWW) Drive is Successful Here
Santa Clara County Ranks 12th Among California’s 58 Counties in War Savings Drive
Reception Plans Underway for Local Boys Returning from War Front and Military Camps
Post-War Prosperity Will be Permanent Says Real Estate Man A.T. Helm
Native Daughters of the Golden West Will Hold Dance Saturday Night to Raise Funds for Red Cross
Miss Alice Richards Sails to France to do War Reconstruction Work for Red Cross
Judge Lorigan Urged for Appellate Court by Santa Clara County Bar Association
Jewel Baking Company Sold to I. J. Felis of San Jose
Public Library, Closed during Flu Epidemic, to Reopen this Afternoon
Popularity of County Clerk, Henry A. Pfister, Shown by Record Vote: Gets More Votes than Anyone Else Running for Office in Santa Clara County
New President of University of Santa Clara, Rev. Timothy Murphy, is Noted Orator
Robert Starr Writes Home to Father from French Front

50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (November 20, 1968)

100 Wilcox High Students Tutor at Local Elementary Schools During Study Hall Period: Teacher Ray Elwell Coordinates Project
Talks Expand in Wilcox Rift: Mexican-American Parents and Students Want More Representation in Personnel Hearings
Local Train Engineer, Santa Claran George Scott, Files Half Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Campbell Police for False Arrest
City Council Agrees to Help Subsidize Festivity Honoring Local Olympic Champions but Refuses to Pay for the Champagne
Annual ‘Santa Clara Santa Project’ Underway: Goal is to Raise Funds to Provide Christmas Food Baskets and Toys to Needy Families in Santa Clara and Alviso
Mayor Gillmor Suggests Forming a Liaison Committee Between City and SCUSD
Groundbreaking was held November 15th for Second Phase of Multi-Million Vista Del Lago Lakeside Apartments and Office Center on Saratoga Ave.: 170 Apartments to be Built in this Phase
Current Mayor, Gary Gillmor Announces He Will Run Again in April