Looking Back – April 25

Susie Blizard carried the "Help End Hunger" sign when she and about 100 others particiapated in the Crop Walk in 1995. The annual event raised about $3,600. From The Republic archives

2010

Diesel Workers Union members accepted a new five-year contract with Cummins Inc. by a vote of 564 to 136.

1995

Children at KinderCare planted a tree as a memorial to the children who died in the Oklahoma City bombing, then placed a Band-Aid, brought to school by 5-year-old Michael Laswell in case the local building was bombed, on a branch of the tree.

1970

Air Commuters Service of Franklin announced it would run a commuter bus line between Columbus and Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis, offering three round trips daily with two-minute stops at Edinburgh, Franklin and Greenwood.