Yorba Linda History


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View the documentRichard Nixon is Winning Orator
Yorba Linda Star March 29 1929 page 1
View the documentCongressman Tells Y. L. Audience How Communist Spy Ring Works
Yorba Linda Star October 8 1948 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Does Her Little Part in Electing Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1950 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda Signally Honored by Visit of Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star October 31 1952 page 1
View the documentResponsibility of Government Passes into Republican Hands as Voters Approve Ike and Dick
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1952 page 1
View the documentVice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd
Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1
View the documentMany Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President
Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1
View the documentBig day for Yorba Lindans when the vice-president visits
Yorba Linda Star June 18 1959 page 1
View the documentYorba Linda leads nation with first “Nixon for President” Club
Yorba Linda Star September 3 1959 page 1
View the documentHome town gives Nixon big vote
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1960 page 1
View the documentBrown elected; Rafferty wins
Yorba Linda Star November 14 1962 page 1
View the documentCity Jubilant over Nixon victory
1968 page 1
View the documentForm committee to preserve Nixon birthplace
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968
View the documentNorth Hollywood man pays $250 for president-elect Nixon's hat
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 page 1
View the documentNixon Birthplace Foundation organized here
Yorba Linda Star December 4 1968 page 1
View the documentDedication on President's birthday
Yorba Linda Star January 12 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon wins big in birthplace city
Yorba Linda Star November 15 1972 page 1
View the documentNixon Impeachment Rally Staged At Local Park
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star November 7 1973 page 1
View the documentResidents saddened by Nixon resignation
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star August 14 1974 page 1
View the document10-year effort ends with sale of Nixon home
by Margaret Anderson,
Yorba Linda Star July 15 1978 page 1
View the documentArchives Find Yorba Linda Home
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 10 1987 page 1
View the documentNixon library site deemed historic by commission
Yorba Linda Star June 9 1988 page 3
View the documentLibrary groundbreaking date set
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star July 21 1988 page 1
View the documentNixon Library to break ground
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 1 1988 page 1
View the documentGround broken for Nixon library
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 8 1988 page 1
View the documentFanfare greets Nixon Library
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 26 1990 page 1
View the document5,000 pay their respects to former first lady
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993
View the documentTime for tears, celebration
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 page 1
View the documentMan of vision, man of history
by David Montero,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 3
View the documentResidents cherish Nixon's ties to city
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 1

Vice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd

Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1   Open this page in a new window

“I'm thankful I had the opportunity of growing up in a small town,” the Vice President of the United States said last Friday as he talked informally to the residents of that small town. He addressed himself to the school children when he said that, and he proved he knew what he was talking about by telling of his own experiences which are now theirs. They were with him when he told of swimming in the Anaheim Union ditch—until the zanjero chased him out. They liked him.

Richard Nixon remembers Yorba Linda as a friendly own, and he spoke of his school, his teachers, the churches, with fondness. He really seemed to enjoy this short visit back to his birthplace.

When it came time for work Vice President Nixon told of the accomplishments of the Republican administration and stressed the fine leadership of President Eisenhower. “We don't believe the Republicans have all the right answers and the Democrats all the wrong ones,” he said. What counts is, `Is the president doing a better job for America than anyone else could do?' If so, we must support him.

President Eisenhower has a passion for peace, Nixon said. And the course of peace and freedom is stronger than it has ever been before. Ike's program is based upon strength. There can be no peace unless our effort is built upon strength.

There have been many occasions when the members of the National Security Council have peered into a crisis that could easily have drawn us into war, he said, but it is always the President who is cool, calm, and firm, and demands another solution.

What we want is for our government to be honest and decent, Nixon said. And we can have confidence in the Eisenhower administration, for it is conscientiously maintaining that kind of a government.

Encouraging peace, employment, business, he said, are policies that are bringing prosperity to America. “My father always said there must be no reaction; we must go ahead,” Nixon stated, and finished, “We've got it my friends. We have a government that is liberal without being socialist.”

Well over a thousand people, it was estimated, enjoyed the opportunity to see and hear the Vice President first hand. Three high school bands participated in the event; Fullerton, Placentia, and Brea. The upper grade school children were out and seemed to appreciate the importance of the event. The Boy Scouts did their bit in regulating the crowd. And all the oldtimers who “knew him way back when” wore red ribbons and had the pleasure of shaking his hand.

All the stores and shops and offices were closed for the occasion, and generally speaking, it was a great day for Yorba Linda.

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