Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
June 30, 1915 — Kokomo went dry in the most bitterly contested election ever held there with the largest vote in its history.
June 30, 1965 — A new phase of the Vietnam war is opened. More and bigger missions by troops are seen.
June 30, 1990 — After 14 years as pastor of LaPorte’s St. Paul United Church of Christ, Rev. Robert Manning is heading for Michigan.
June 30, 2005 — Longtime and beloved LaPorte golfer Pat Ford dies at age 93.