Looking Back – November 22

Around Columbus

Nov. 22News around Columbus and the surrounding area as reported on or about this date in the pages of The Evening Republican and The Republic 10, 25 and 50 years ago.2005

Plans were announced for a Dec. 17 parade to celebrate Tony Stewart’s NASCAR Nextel Cup win.

1990

Trains began running on the CSX line through Jennings County after crews cleared wreckage and repaired damage from a 10-car train derailment. No one was injured in the wreck.

1965

“Back Door,” a teen coffeehouse, opened in the basement at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with a near-capacity crowd.