Past Pages June 28

130 YEARS AGO

A few days ago Doc Benton was circulating round with the boys until his actions became of so much comment that the rumor was he was cooking up a new county ticket for '82. Instead, Benton found a spring in the center of town and has filed a location notice and is starting a company ... until it was found the new spring was but a broken water pipe.

100 YEARS AGO

Our esteemed morning and evening contemporaries, the Appeal and News have locked horns on the speed limit for autos. The Appeal urges slower speed and the News poo hoos the suggestion. The Appeal man does not own an auto and the News man owns two.

70 YEARS AGO

The Nevada Museum and Art Institute, established in 1939 by the legislature and located in the old U.S. Mint building has received another generous contribution from Major Max C. Fleischmann toward renovating the second floor of the building. The Museum can now accept collections.

50 YEARS AGO

Gov. Grant Sawyer sought defense against violation of Nevada's "open meeting" law with an attack against the politics and the editor of the Reno Evening Gazette.

20 YEARS AGO

Two Washoe County senators threaten to block approval of the $335 million tax package until the "fair share" bill is amended.

10 YEARS AGO

The Kids Kart built by 13-year-old Boy Scout Jeff Lambin at the pediatric ward of Carson-Tahoe Hospital tempts kids at the eight-bed unit with stuffed toys, games, puzzles and paints.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.