Looking Back – January 8

Battling the cold, crossing guard Norman Barr, 73, of Columbus, stopped traffic for students to cross the street at the intersection of Parkside Drive and Arlington Street near Parkside Elementary School in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

Slick winter conditions led to dozens of crashes on Interstate 65, including an accident that killed a semitrailer driver, and lower-than-normal temperatures caused several waterline breaks around the city.

1995

Columbus postal officials hoped a massive shipment of 3-cent stamps would relieve waiting and frustration caused by a shortage of odd-sized denominations needed to meet the new 32-cent first-class rate.

1970

Local residents awoke to a 9-below-zero temperature recorded at the city sewage treatment plant’s weather station.