Exactly 65 years ago today, on Nov. 7, 1946, the front page of the weekly El Cerrito Journal carried the news of an airplane giveaway whose contest rules would be dropped from the air by the El Cerrito Flyers Club. Here are some of the actual headlines from that day's front page, followed by our brief summaries of the articles:
Cerrito Flyers to Award Vultee Plane
The El Cerrito Flyers Club are sponsoring a contest with the prize being a Vultee Valiant plane, worth $7,000. Leaflets with contest instructions are to be dropped from the air on Saturday, Nov. 16, with the plane to be awarded on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. The heads of the club, local businessman Chuck Harden and Frank Scott, hope "to further the knowledge of aircraft in our community."
George Miller, Jr.
George Miller, Jr. was "swept into office" in the Tuesday election, making him Contra Costa County's representative in the state assembly. (Miller was the father of current U.S. Representative George Miller, who was one year old at the time and who now also represents part of Contra Costa County, though in a different legislative body.)
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