Why Lafayette’s ready to ditch massage parlor rules. Purdue masks up; K-12 schools next?

In 1978, Lafayette City Council looked to run massage parlors out of town with pages and pages of regulations. Those rules? About to be history. Plus: Purdue masks up. K-12 decisions coming

A story in the Jan. 28, 1978, Journal & Courier introduced the Lafayette City Council’s desire to regulate massage parlors in the city.

In 1978, it must have taken all Journal & Courier editors could do to contain the colorful leads when several Lafayette City Council members decided the city needed to regulate massage parlors, presumably with the hope o…