Looking Back – June 16

Columbus Parks and Recreation Department maintenance manager Steve Heck chatted with brother and sister Danny and Cindy Kershner after the two first-time riders were stuck 35 minutes in the elevator in the Mill Race Park Tower after it stopped working mid-trip in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

A study by Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research predicted manufacturing income in Columbus would increase by 12 percent in 2011 but remain largely unchanged in 2010.

1995

ISTEP scores showed Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. students continued to score above the state median and show gradual improvement.

1970

Columbus Police Chief Glenn Line was installed as president of the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police.