History mystery: Ohio college seeks time capsule

KENT, Ohio, Dec. 24, 2009 (AP): Kent State University officials might need a time machine to find out what happened to the school's 50-year anniversary time capsule.

As they prepare for their centennial in 2010, they'd like to know the fate of the capsule they created in 1960.

They have found records of it in university archives, the school newspaper and the yearbook.

But where, or even whether, it was actually buried is another matter. Even tracking down three participants in the 1960 celebration planning hasn't yielded an answer.

This time will be different. The school plans to bury a stainless-steel time capsule on campus next year during homecoming.

It likely will have a marker so a future generation can unearth it to find items that could include cell phones, laptops and uniforms used by current students.

Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com