Looking Back – June 23

Kay Asher, an employee of the cable television headquarters in Columbus, practiced juggling the six telephones she manned during the American Cancer Society telethon in 1970. From The Republic archives

2010

City officials monitored local storage basins’ water levels after a two-day rain forced the discharge of 1.6 million gallons of partially treated wastewater into Haw Creek.

1995

The 16th annual Popfest was held at Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza.

1970

A 15-year-old boy whose knee snapped out of joint was carried by five friends more than a mile to a waiting Operation Life ambulance from an area along Flat Rock River, near Riverview Acres subdivision.