Today is Friday, June 18, the 170th day of 2004. There are 196 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Friday, June 18, the 170th day of 2004. There are 196 days left in the year. On this date in 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride becomes America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blast off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
In 1778, American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War. In 1928, aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completes a flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours. In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urges his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, "This was their finest hour." In 1948, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopts its International Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, Columbia Records publicly unveils its new long-playing phonograph record in New York. In 1984, Alan Berg, a Denver radio talk show host, is shot to death outside his home. (Two white supremacists are later convicted of civil rights violations in the slaying.)
June 18, 1979: U.S. District Judge William K. Thomas rules that Anchor Motor Freight drivers must return to work and he fines 56 car-haulers $5,000 each for disobeying a back-to-work order he issued a week earlier.
Tanya Kay Carli, an Alliance native who is an accountant for Arthur Young Co. of Cleveland, wins the Miss Ohio title on her third attempt at the crown. She had been third runner up in 1978.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline could top $1 nationally by Labor Day, months before the government predicted it would reach that level, says a leading gasoline newsletter.
June 18, 1964: Opening of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s research center in Boardman and construction of the General Motors plant in Lordstown are sparks that will touch off tremendous industrial growth in Northeastern Ohio, says Gov. James A. Rhodes, speaking at the dedication of the research center.
An estimated 15,000 people line the streets of Cleveland to see the arrival of President Lyndon Johnson, who came to the city to address the convention of the Communication Workers of America.
Youngstown City Council adds 24 people to the summer laborers rolls in the Water Department. They will be paid $1.98 an hour, the same as regular laborers, to paint the city's fire hydrants.
An ordinance requiring adjacent subdivisions to apply for annexation to Youngstown when requesting city water or sewer services is adopted by city council.
June 18, 1954: Twelve percent of the vehicles inspected in the annual free voluntary traffic checks being conducted in Youngstown are found to have some defects. Of 32,478 cars inspected, the Safety Council of Greater Youngstown reports 3,956 vehicles had 6,165 defects,
Dr. Joseph B. Kupec is elected president of the Ex-Intern Association of St. Elizabeth Hospital during the annual reunion at the hospital. Dr. C.E. Pichette is vice president and Dr. Louis Zeller is secretary-treasurer.
The cost of operating the schools in Newton Falls during the 1952-53 school year was $205.91 per pupil, Superintendent Milan Mattes reports to the board of education, about $34 less than the average of 13 exempted village districts in Northeastern Ohio.
June 18, 1929: Atty. Lamar T. Jackson, former president of the board of education of Coistville, is named a member of the Youngstown Board of Education to succeed J. Eugene Bennett, who resigned.
Motorists of Youngstown who have been jumping into their cars without looking at the gas gauge had better turn over a new leaf. City council enacts a $10 fine for a motorist who runs out of gas in a congested area.