25 years ago:
Inside St. John Neumann Catholic Church, a standing-room-only crowd gathered for the 8 a.m. rosary with perhaps twice as many people coming and going outside where the already-hot sun was cooled by morning breezes.
50 years ago:
Approximately 84 employees of a Lubbock cattle slaughterhouse plant were dismissed from their jobs recently, ceasing operations at one of the major beef processing plants in Lubbock.
75 years ago: