20 YEARS AGO
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and animal control did not know what to do with 300 fighting chickens taken in a raid on a chicken farm on Rockland Key.
The Coast Guard seized a sailboat with more than 1 ton of marijuana on board and arrested the three adults on the boat and turned the two children on board over to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
An outside survey discovered that Monroe County residents favored slow growth and some increase in taxes.
50 YEARS AGO
The Citizen reported that the Rockefeller Foundation was interested in building a self-contained resort on Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas.
Howard Wilson was elected president of the Navy League. The other officers were: Jim Flenner, first vice president; John M. Spottswood, second vice president; Paul Esquinaldo, secretary/treasurer; and J. Lancelot Lester, judge advocate.
The Navy's Underwater Swimmers School was on the Naval Station.
Key West Power Squadron was the winner of the Wilson P. Cash safety award for the Southeastern Florida District 8.
The Key West High School baseball team defeated South Dade 10-4 for its 12th straight win.
100 YEARS AGO
The Circle of Mercy was sponsoring the first dance of the summer at the La Brisa.
Miss Rosalie Backer was visiting in Kissimmee after she spent several weeks in Miami.
