2 weeks Ago By Lee Hilgendorf
2000 – 25 years ago President Clinton said today he would not ask for any pardon from his successor for any possible crimes committed while in office. “I don’t have any interest in that,” he said. A study shows that of the 30,000 e-retailers that operate entirely on the Internet today, 25,000 of them will be out of business by next year.
“They just don’t have what it takes to last, and they won’t.”1975 – 50 years ago Mayor Smekta has suggested that hiring women or handicapped individuals as dispatchers could free regular patrolmen for police work, thus reducing the need to increase the police force. IBM has introduced a new high-speed computer printer that operates at speeds nearly six times faster than their present printers.
The purchase price is $310,000. A sex discrimination complaint was filed with the Kahler Hotel by a Rochester man who was refused a bartender job in the hotel’s Somewhere Lounge because he is not a woman. 16 Apr 1975, Wed Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Newspapers.
com 1950 – 75 years ago The gambling case against three men who allegedly paid cash for free games won on pinball machines in their establishments, were dropped today after the state’s leading witness turned up missing. The Truck Service Company has purchased the former Storile Oliver farm machinery business at 1915 South Broadway in Golden Hills and moved into that location.1925 – 100 years ago Tentative plans for the construction of a new school building to replace the old Central School were discussed at the meeting of the school board this week.
Two men and two girls were arrested in a raid on the Commercial Hotel last night and all plead guilty in municipal court this morning to charges of disorderly conduct. 16 Apr 1925, Thu Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Newspapers.com ]]>.
