MPC FM radio bebefit, 1970

Monterey Peninsula College student Alena Coogan presents a bare "canvas" for the first strategic brush stroke, which quickly expands into a sunburst as music to paint by becomes music to dance by on October 7, 1970.  (Monterey County Herald Archives)

The local rock group Transatlantic Train performs in the ampphitheater at Monterey Peninsula College on October 6, 1970 to focus attention on a project to install a FM radio station at the college.  The benefit was hoping to raise $10,000.  (Monterey County Herald Archives)

Bob Beccli, organist in the local group Transatlantic Train, perform at Monterey Peninsula College on October 6, 1970 to focus attention on a project to install a FM radio station at the college.  The benefit was hoping to raise $10,000.  (Monterey County Herald Archives)

Boeing 747 in Monterey, 1970

People watch as a Pan Am Boeing 747 cruises past the Monterey Peninsula Airport in December of 1970.   The Boeing 747 was introduced to commercial flight in January of 1970.  The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft and was the first wide-body ever produced. Manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States, the original version of the 747 was two and a half times the size of the Boeing 707.  (Monterey County Herald Archives)

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1964

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower greets people at the Monterey Airport during a visit to the Monterey Peninsula for some golf in August of 1964. (Monterey County Herald archives)

Mayor Clint Eastwood, April 1986

Carmel mayor candidate Clint Eastwood holds a press conference on Election Day at the La Playa Hotel in Carmel on April 8, 1986.  Eastwood won the election over the incumbent mayor, Charlotte Townsend, who was then approaching the end of her second term.  (Robert Fish/Monterey County Herald)