Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2005. There are 228 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2005. There are 228 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which finds that racially segregated public schools are inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.
In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange is founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wall Street. In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby is run; the winner is "Aristides." In 1938, Congress passes the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean navy. In 1939, Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns. In 1940, the Nazis occupy Brussels, Belgium, during World War II. In 1946, President Truman seizes control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen. In 1948, the Soviet Union recognizes the new state of Israel. In 1973, the Senate opens its hearings into the Watergate scandal. In 1980, rioting that claims 18 lives erupts in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquits four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie. In 1987, 37 American sailors are killed when an Iraqi warplane attacks the U.S. Navy frigate "Stark" in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. call the attack a mistake.) In 1995, the Senate ethics committee concludes that Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., has to face a full-scale Senate investigation of charges that include making improper advances toward women.
May 17, 1980: Mayors of several Mahoning Valley cities lay the foundation for the creation of a coalition they hope will give them clout in dealing with state and federal agencies.
Youngstown Thermal Corp. obtains a one-month extension on the length of time Ohio Edison can burn coal at its North Avenue steam plant, meaning the corporation must accelerate its efforts to persuade Youngstown State University to buy steam.
The Public Library of Youngstown and the Mahoning County and the Public Librarians of Youngstown appear close to an agreement that would end the librarians' 65-day old strike.
Twelve Mahoning County school districts and the county vocational school will be asked to join in a network to lease for purchase a computer for accounting purposes.
A realignment of Republic Steel Corp.'s top management gives increasing important to two executives from with Mahoning Valley experience, Paul Wigton, who will become vice president of steel operations, and John J. Loftus, who was elected vice chairman.
May 17, 1965: Construction workers at the General Motors Corp. plant in Lordstown Township return to work, ending a week-long strike. The agreement provides a field hospital with a full-time nurse at the site, with an ambulance on duty. One worker has been killed and 10 injured since work began on the Chevrolet plant.
E. Clyde Woods, 78, president and treasurer of the old Vahey-March-Woods Oil Co., dies of a heart ailment at South Side Hospital.
Clingan Jackson's political column, "Let's Talk Politics," is absent from the Vindicator because Jackson is in North Side Hospital recovering from surgery for a ruptured appendix.
May 17, 1955: The Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. is studying a plan for reducing bus fares between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. daily in an attempt to attract more passengers.
Youngstown Police Chief Paul Kress says the city is considering returning county prisoners from the City Jail to the county lock-up in view of the long delay in demolishing the old jail and beginning work on a new one.
The House Armed Services Committee approves appropriation of $472,000 for construction work on the U.S. Air Force Base at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
May 17, 1930: Robert "Buggies" O'Brien, the first Youngstown boy to ride in the Kentucky Derby, draws the post position aboard Longus.
Two Girard men, 24 and 26 years old, are arrested on suspicion charges in connection with the death in November of Augie Wollet, 43, who was killed by a car driven by a hit-skip driver.