1935 | 75 years ago
Lake County stands to lose an average of $7,506 annually if the state Legislature enacts a proposed law requiring applicants for marriage licenses to file a five-day declaration, according to figures supplied by Walter Mybeck, deputy in the clerk's office.
Although the present high rate of steel production in the Chicago-Calumet district is expected to level off, no early recession is looked for, according to the magazine Iron Age.
Track elevation appeared to be nearer for Hammond today than at any time since the improvement was first proposed more than 25 years ago.
1960 | 50 years ago
An Inland Steel Co. foreman from East Chicago was fatally injured Saturday in East Chicago when he was struck by a car during the early shift change hours. Steve Chekich, a rigger foreman at Inland who would have retired next May, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Catherine Hospital.
Dr. Leonard Green is new chief of staff at Porter Memorial Hospital said Administrator Arthur Malasto. Green succeeds Dr. Tom Dittmer as head of the hospital's medical staff. Dr. Martin J. O'Neil was named vice chief of staff and Dr. Robert Lee, of DeMotte, secretary.
The villages of Dolton and Lansing and the town of Highland joined Hammond and Gary among the leading communities for home construction in the 1950s, a survey revealed Saturday.
The Porter County Plan Commission approved the construction by the Council of Church Women to build a county home for the aged on property on Ind. 49, located one mile north of Valparaiso. The 10-acre site and residence was sold to the group by owner Peter Hicks.
Hoosier Democrats welcome another potential presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson, of Texas, after giving U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy a rousing reception during his two-day Indiana visit, most of which was spent Thursday night and Friday in Lake County.
1985 | 25 years ago
Lake Ridge School Board in Calumet Township has endorsed Prime Time concepts, but stopped short of making a commitment to the program next year.
Louis Bartelt Jr. and Garry Klepser were new members of the Valparaiso Board of Zoning Appeals.
Hammond police on Wednesday confiscated 148 high-quality guns. The guns, allegedly stolen from a Scottsboro, Ala., gun shop Monday, were destined for sale on Calumet Region streets.
Philip Coote, general manager of the Valparaiso Water Department, was general chairman of the 1985 Community - University Campaign.
Beecher veterinarian Daniel McKay was described as a man with a "borderline" mental disorder who became psychotic upon seeing his deformed newborn son. It is believed that McKay was temporarily insane at the time of the June 27, 1983, killing.
Valparaiso Jaycees are looking forward to a year in which women may become part of the formerly men-only organization, said Jerry Rodenbarger, vice president for community affairs.
