Looking Backward

The north

10 years ago

March 15, 2000:A binational commission today urged the United States and Canada not to allow any bulk removals or exports of water from the Great Lakes unless they can be proven not to harm the environment.

25 years ago

March 15, 1985:Addition of another battalion and troops to man some heavier firepower in the Army's Light Infantry Division is expected to increase the size of the 10th Mountain Division from 10,200 to 10,768 soldiers.

50 years ago

March 15, 1960:Members of Troop 75, Sackets Harbor, led by Mrs. Reynolds M. Ritner, modeled girl guide uniforms they had made representing foreign countries at the Ingathering ceremony of the Jefferson County Girl Scout Council Inc., concluding Girl Scout week observances at Ohio school.

75 years ago

March 15, 1935:The leading stores of Watertown are completing plans for a citywide spring exhibition of the newest models and styles of 1935 merchandise and equipment. One of the features will be a popular vote of the public to determine which of the stores have the most appealing window displays. A $50 cash prize will be offered to the voters who select the 10 stores receiving the most votes.

100 years ago

March 15, 1910:The Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Association has apparently given up all idea of repairing or enlarging the Factory Street engine house. A committee will appear before the board of safety with an offer to sell to the city. The building is obsolete as a station for which it was never intended, is unsanitary and is in great need of repair.

125 years ago

March 15, 1885:W.D. Chapman, Theresa, has invented a new rotating showcase, a sample of which is at Sloman's 99-cent store. It is resplendent with colored glass, and after making one revolution on a wire that suspends it from the ceiling, it reverses and revolves the opposite way. The power is a small clock attached to the ceiling that runs from six to eight days with one winding.

The world

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Monday, March 15,the 74th day of 2010. There are 291 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

Thought for Today:"People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust." — E.B. White, American author and humorist (1899-1985).