Amy Schwartkopf combined ’50s style clothes with the Hula Hoop craze of the early ’60s while “greasers” and their “dolls” roamed the halls during a dress up day at Columbus East High School in 1973.
From The Republic archives
Oct. 1
2013
More than 100 men stood on the steps of Columbus City Hall for the second annual “Men Take a Stand” against domestic violence.
1998
A public open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony were held at the $8.5 million Republic Printing Center at Woodside Industrial Park.
1973
Testing at the new water pumping plant south of the city caused a dangerous rise in pressure that resulted in the rupture of an eight-inch water main, sending pieces of asphalt and other debris flying into the air at the intersection of Second and Washington streets.
