Looking Back – January 5

2008

A local group, “Hoosiers Helping Our Troops,” reported its last project of 2007 resulted in more than 300 cards being sent to two wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital.

1993

More than 1.1 inches of rain, the heaviest in one day since October, fell in the Columbus area.

1968

Bartholomew County Medical Society planned a “Stop Measles” Sunday, offering free inoculations to children from 1 to 12 years old.