25 Years Ago
September 1995
Gates Rubber of Iola today announced that it will build an 80,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse here which will lead to substantially greater distribution of hose from Iola.
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Farm-City Days will move to later in the year in 1994. The event will be held Oct. 20-22, breaking the long-time tradition of holding the event on the last week of August.
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Friday was a happy day for two Allen County residents. Yetti Shapel, Iola, and Dr. George Boutros, Humboldt, became U.S. citizens in a ceremony in Kansas City.
Todays Highlight in
History:
On September 27, 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
On this date:
In 1825, the first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
In 1854, the first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.
In 1962, Silent Spring, Rachel Carsons study on the effects of pesticides on the environment, was published.
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush announced in a nationally broadcast address that he was eliminating all U.S. battlefield nuclear weapons, and called on the Soviet Union to match the gesture. The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ten years ago: China marked its first spacewalk as astronaut Zhai Zhigang floated outside the Shenzhou 7 for 13 minutes.
