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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 1992. There are 127 days left in the year. 10 Years Ago The Kansas City Chiefs waived one veteran and placed another on injured reserve. Fullback Mike Williams, a fourth-year pro from New Mexico, was placed on waiv ers, cutting the Chiefs fullback corps to five. Safety Jimmy Allen, acquired from the Detroit Lions in a trade just before the opening of training camp, was placed on the injured reserve list, but will be waived following a recuperative period. The Independence Fire De partment has bought a new fire truck to strengthen its firefight ing capabilities in eastern parts of the city. The new pumper tank holds 1,000 gallons of water, about twice as much as most city tank ers. The large capacity tanker was needed because the section of In dependence annexed in 1908 has a scant water supply, Lester Mer- rell, assistant fire chief, said. The fire truck, which cost $76,000, will be located at Fire Station No. 8, at Truman and Powell roads. 20 Years Ago Work recently began on the Youth Center in Blue Summit. All the concrete and labor will be do nated, as well as the labor in con structing the building, which will be pre-fab, 72 by 40 feet. The youth center was a project started about three years ago by Friends of Blue Summit, a group headed by Mrs. W.S. Buffalow, 1806 S. McKinley. The project got started with Friends of Blue Summit col lecting a total of $6,000, which was enough to buy the site and the building. A burglar in Independence ap parently found a way to beat the heat as well as keep up on the time. The owner of the Dairy Queen at 9604 E. U.S. 40 called po lice and reported that the front window of the building had been broken and the business burglar ized. The missing items? Twelve Dilly Bars and a Dr. Pepper wall clock. This date in history: In 1916, the National Park Ser vice was established within the Department of the Interior. In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation’s rail roads to avert a strike. In 1980, the long-running Broadway musical ‘42nd Street” opened.The opening night en ded on a somber note when pro ducer David Merrick announced during the curtain call that the show’s director, Gower Champ ion, had died earlier in the day.) In 1985, Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union, was killed with her father in an airliner crash in Maine. Jillayne Ritchie compiles the 10 and 20 years ago column.
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Independence Examiner
Independence, Missouri, US
Tue, Aug 25, 1992
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