History Journal March 23, 1962: George Petersen and Kevin C. Craig, students at L.C. Ward School, take a look at a robot as projects were being set up for the Northeastern Indiana Science Fair at Allen County Memorial Coliseum. (Journal Gazette file photo) Previous Next Thursday, December 31, 2020 1:00 am March 23, 1962: Checking out a robot COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette Readers were asked to share fun captions for photos in this month's History Journal column. When I came across the negative for this photo, I had to double check that it wasn't something from a retro sci-fi movie that got misfiled. Then I started to wonder what those kids where thinking when faced with a life-sized robot.