1 week Ago By Lee Hilgendorf
2000 – 25 years ago Quarry Hill Nature Center will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Earth Day with three programs that will include the annual native plant sale April 15-16. The Social Security Administration is offering a new Internet service for Americans who want to get an online estimate of future benefits. Rochester Police Chief Roger Peterson said in a report there was a decline in crime in 1999 of 3.
7 percent over 1998.1975 – 50 years ago The University of Minnesota Board of Regents and two employees are being sued by a white male who says he didn’t get a job because the university saved it for a woman or minority person. There may be a lifting of the “moratorium” on hard rock concerts at Mayo Civic Auditorium, the Rochester Park Board told a delegation of John Marshall students, but now is not the time.
1950 – 75 years ago A maid at the Park Hotel found a money bag that had been stolen from the Lawler Theater candy counter about a month ago. Police recovered $16 of the $56 reported missing. A United States submarine equipped with a snorkel dived into the Pacific east of Hong Kong and didn’t surface again until 21 days later at Pearl Harbor, a distance of 5,200 miles.
1925 - 100 years ago The US War Department is seeking a detailed map of Rochester’s landing field to be included in its latest aeronautical bulletin. A 400-bed general hospital costing $1,200,000 will be erected by the Veterans Bureau on either the Fort Snelling or Valley View site in the Twin Cities.]]>.
