Looking Back – March 29

2009

Columbus Regional Hospital applied for up to $108 million in federal funding to restart expansion plans that were knocked off track by emergency repairs and expenses after the flood of 2008.

1994

Cummins Engine Co. moved from 132nd to 121st place in the Fortune 500 ranking of the nation’s largest industrial companies, second highest in the state, behind only Eli Lilly & Co.

1969

American flags in Columbus and Bartholomew County were lowered to half staff in honor of recently deceased former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.