50 years ago: Three Durango supermarkets will be closed today, as the first of the Sunday closings goes into effect. City Market and the two Safeway stores will be closed today and on Sundays in a move to cooperate with the two housewives who are demanding the Sunday closing. According to Jim Roberts, manager of the Main Avenue Safeway store, the Denver Safeway stores are closing, and the Cortez City Market will also close on Sunday.
25 years ago: Durango High School journalists have asked the school board to drop censorship provisions from 9-R’s new code for student publications. The current “objectionable” 9-R code was approved last August by the board in an effort to comply with a state law calling for each school district to adopt a written publications code by the beginning of the 1991-92 school year.
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
