Compiled by Mary Hedge, La Porte County Public Library
1921
Wives were favored in divorce bills last year. Seventy-one cases were favorable to women and 26 to men. Cruel treatments of husbands were responsible for the filing of most cases.
1971
La Porte, with a 1970 census of 22,140, slips from 20th to 22nd in population in the state. Columbus and Highland edge in ahead of La Porte.
1996
Yesterday’s high temperature was a record 60 degrees. At 7 a.m. today it was 7 degrees, with wind-chill temperatures between 10 and 20 below zero.
2011
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is expected to get a pay raise next season. His expiring deal signed in 2004 for $98 million is one of the largest ever.
