Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 23, 1915 — “Aisles of safety” lines for pedestrians will be painted in LaPorte’s downtown district streets as automobiles become more common.
May 23, 1965 — Eldon R. Soetje, local automobile agency owner, will lead the Greater LaPorte Development Corporation for another year.
May 23, 1990 — Juveniles are defying judges’ home-detention orders.
May 23, 2005 — Kate Kintzele of Michigan City was killed in a motorcycle accident on an annual trip to the Vietnam Memorial Wall with other Wall Gang riders.