Looking Back – February 9

2007

Cummins Inc. launched Cummins West Africa, a new joint venture in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, hoping to emulate the strategy that brought successes in India and China.

1992

Columbus Human Rights Commission reported a survey of the city’s retail parking lots showed many did not provide adequate access for the disabled and numerous curb cuts that allowed access to sidewalks for those in wheelchairs were rough and uneven or were located in inconvenient areas.

1967

Columbus service stations raised gasoline prices 1 cent to about 29 cents a gallon for regular and 32 cents for premium gas.