Looking back – October 7

• 2007

• A development team from Chicago was finalizing a business plan to see if a 125,000-square-foot facility, costing $15 million to $17 million, would be a good investment in Columbus.

• 1992

• Indiana House of Representatives candidates Republican Jack Heaton and Rep. Bob Hayes, D-Columbus, clashed over abortion rights and the state’s spending policies at the First Tuesday Forum at Columbus City Hall.

• 1967

• John T. Owens, manager and operator of Columbus’ municipal airport at Walesboro, was named Indiana aviation’s Man of the Year at a three-day conference at Turkey Run State Park.