Looking Back – September 28

2006

Honda Motor Co.ā€™s 400-page permit request to build an automobile assembly plant in Decatur County and a report of its air-emissions levels were quickly approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

1991

Nearly 1,550 residents in the Indiana Avenue/McKinley Avenue area near Columbus East High School were plunged into darkness when a squirrel tangled with power lines and lost.

1966

Arvin Industries introduced a new burglar alarm for the home powered by two ā€œCā€ size flashlight batteries.