A petition signed by women employees of the city requested permission to wear pants in the interest of warmth, comfort and fashion, according to Sanregret's secretary Annie Bruce.
A joyful Kim Stoddard of Los Altos Hills was crowned Miss Los Altos 1970-1971 at the annual Chamber of Commerce Pageant and Coronation. The 17-year-old queen was a senior at Gunn High. Snow skiing, dancing and horseback riding were among her favorite pastimes.
Out of 10 candidates, the first runner-up was Karen Gerber, second runner up was Gayle Panto and third runner-up, Marilyn Flear. Cindy Swensen was chosen Miss Photogenic and Janet Roney, Miss Congeniality.
The cost of milk doubled in the Mountain View-Los Altos School district cafeterias in the fall of 1970. Students paid 10 cents for a carton containing one-third of a quart instead of previous five cents.
The reason given for the jump; was the State Department of Education had withdrawn its subsidy. Actual cost of the milk to the district was 9 1/2 cents per carton.
50 years ago in the Los Altos News
The Sept. 20, 1945 issue of the Los Altos News reported that among the new business establishments cropping up in Los Altos was the commercial art studio of Warren Goodrich in the Gregory Shoup building on Main Street. Goodrich was the author and cartoonist of the syndicated strip "Animal Crackers."
Other new enterprises included Lawrence Gentry's architect office on Main Street, William E. Doud's real estate office on El Camino near San Antonio and Brennan's Drive In at the corner of El Camino and San Antonio.
Edwin B. Woodworth, a 33-year-old Los Altan who rose from private to lieutenant colonel in less than three and one-half years' service during World War II, was awarded the Legion of Merit medal for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding service" in the Persian Gulf command.
First Lt. Paul V. Ammen of Los Altos was awarded an Air Medal for completion of 250 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the dangerous India-China air routes.
Frank L. King of State Street received reassuring news that his younger son Donald had recovered from wounds received in the Okinawa campaign. His older son Warren, who had been wounded earlier in 1945, was also assigned to Okinawa, so the two brothers were able to hold a reunion on the Pacific Island.
- Compiled by Ellen Shaw of the Los Altos History House Association.