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The Christian Reformed ("Holland Dutch") Church opened Lafayette Christian School for private elementary-grade instruction.
Purdue University announced hiring of Ray Eddy as men's basketball coach, succeeding Mel Taube, who resigned.
Duncan Electric Company said it would build a factory on 36 acres near U.S. 52 Bypass and North Ninth Street Road. The company made watt-hour electric meters and employed 450.
An airplane crash seven miles south of Lebanon killed four Tippecanoe Countians: pilot Robert D. Lahr, Jr., 25; Clinton Ferguson, 19, his wife, Marcia, 30, and her son Ronald Lynn Patridge, 8.
A Journal Courier story told how Selective Service Board 78 had been swamped with inquiries and military volunteers since the June invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
Missing Army Pvt. Tommie Van Cleave, 22, was Lafayette's first casualty in the Korea fighting. [On Dec. 20, 1951, he was listed as a prisoner.]
One-way traffic in downtown Lafayette began on Main and Columbia streets.
Army Master Sgt. Robert Hinkel became Tippecanoe County's first to die in combat in Korea.
Lafayette school officials dedicated and opened a new elementary school near the county fairgrounds, and named it for long-time mayor George R. Durgan.
Allison Stuart, president of Purdue University trustees, a Lafayette attorney 40 years, senior partner in the firm of Stuart, Devol, Branigin and Ricks, died at 64.
Bonnie Lee Halsema, 9, became Tippecanoe County's fourth infantile paralysis, or "polio," victim to die out of 21 cases diagnosed during the year. The Clarks Hill and Stockwell area seemed hardest hit.
Purdue University's football team gained national acclaim by upsetting Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., 28-14, ending a 39-game winning streak.
The polio epidemic continued. After three cases were found Oct. 9, Mildred Arndt, 8, became the fifth to die. Clarks Hill and Stockwell schools closed until Oct. 16. In St. Elizabeth Hospital, a "St. Joseph Wing" became a separate polio treatment center.
Republicans swept county elections. Voters in Tippecanoe and Warren counties elected Lafayette attorney Cable G. Ball as their joint state representative.
Star Lanes with 24 bowling alleys and restaurant opened at 17th Street and Schuyler Avenue.