Today is Wednesday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2004. There are 184 days left in the year. On his date
Today is Wednesday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2004. There are 184 days left in the year. On his date in 1963, Pope Paul VI is crowned the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act becomes law. In 1921, President Harding appoints former President Taft chief justice of the United States. In 1934, Adolf Hitler begins his "blood purge" of political and military leaders in Germany. In 1936, the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell is published in New York. In 1952, "The Guiding Light," a popular radio program, makes its TV debut on CBS. In 1971, a Soviet space mission ends in tragedy when three cosmonauts aboard Soyuz Eleven are found dead inside their spacecraft after it returned to Earth. In 1971, the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the minimum voting age to 18, is ratified as Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve it. In 1984, John Turner is sworn in as Canada's 17th prime minister, succeeding Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In 1985, 39 American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held 17 days.
June 30, 1979: A contract is signed between Youngstown and Indiana Airways of Indiana, Pa., to provide commuter service between Youngstown and Pittsburgh.
Construction permits for new structures at the Eastwood Mall valued at $3.2 million are issued by Niles Building Inspector Rudy Calderone. The permits include a two-story addition for a J.C. Penney store and construction of a Best Products Department Store in the Great East Plaza.
Old St. James Episcopal Church in Boardman is the 54th structure in the tri-county area to be listed in the National Register of Historic Sites. The church, built in 1829, was moved to Boardman Township Park from its location on Market Street in 1972.
June 30, 1964: The Great Atlantic & amp; Pacific Tea Co.'s new refrigerated warehouse and food processing plant near Salem is approaching completion. When done, the $3 million facility will employ 200 people.
Mahoning County's 40 departments and governmental agencies are asking a record-breaking $5.5 million in general funds for 1965, more than $300,000 above the amount asked for the current year.
The Pittsburgh & amp; Lake Erie Railroad's two remaining trains between Youngstown and Pittsburgh will operate from a passenger terminal at the YMCA at 2683 Wilson Ave., Campbell.
June 30, 1954: The services of an 18-year-old girl from Buffalo brought in well over $6,000 during a six-week period to the notorious Lipkey Road brothel that ran wide open for many months while deputy sheriffs patrolled nearby. The girl, "Joan," testified against a Buffalo taxi driver who shuffled her between houses of prostitution in Buffalo, Lafayette, Ind., and North Jackson.
A 25-mile expressway system for Youngstown would cost an estimated $54 million, a preliminary engineering report released by Mayor Frank X. Kryzan shows. It is a $10 million increase over previous estimates.
Steady improvements in the driving habits of Youngstowners are paying dividends as insurance companies affiliated with the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters announce a decrease of 10 percent in bodily injury rates in the city.
June 30, 1929: Tentative plans for the formation of a University Club and the dissolution of the Big Ten Club result from a meeting of more than 100 Youngstown University men at the Poland Country Club.
Concrete evidence of the extent to which Youngstown is pushing beyond its corporate limits is shown in a report of Luther T. Fawcett, county sanitary engineer, who says that about $300,000 will be spent in 1929 to build sewers and water mains.
Irene Black and her troupe of trained bears have been added to the holiday lineup at Idora Park, where they will give two shows daily through July 4.