Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Dec. 11, 1913 – LaPorte County business men send petitions to Congress asking for tax on mail order houses.
Dec. 11, 1963 – South Bend tries to find jobs for the 6,000 orphaned workers at Studebaker’s closed auto assembly plant.
Dec. 11, 1988 – Seven are killed when a Yugoslav plane with medical supplies for Armenian earthquake victims goes down, a day after a Soviet jet on a similar mission went down with the loss of 78 lives.
Dec. 11, 2003 – Outgoing LaPorte Mayor Kathy Chroback reflects on her political life.