From the A-J's pages

25 years ago:

PASO NACIONAL, Mexico - At least 180 people became seriously ill after eating beef barbecue and pork during a fiesta in this small town in the northern state of Durango, the official Notimex news agency reported this week.

50 years ago:

WASHINGTON - They finally gave Marine Sgt. William Charlie Horton the Good Conduct Medal Friday. It was about time, the 92-year-old got the Medal of Honor 66 years ago - for heroism in the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900.

75 years ago:

LONDON - U.S. headquarters of the European theater of operation announced recently that Maj. Gen. William S. Key had taken over the Iceland command formally Thursday on the departure of Maj. Gen. Charles Bonesteel who received the Distinguished Service medal for "exceptional and meritorious service."

100 years ago:

British and French veterans have made another vicious and successful smash at the Hindenburg line. Sweeping forward on a front of 22 miles, they went ahead from 1 to 3 miles, taking many prisoners.