Today is Tuesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2006. There are 201 days left in the year. On this date



Today is Tuesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2006. There are 201 days left in the year. On this date in 1966, the Supreme Court issues its landmark "Miranda" decision, ruling that criminal suspects have to be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police.
In 1886, King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns in Lake Starnberg. In 1888, Congress creates the Department of Labor. In 1900, China's Boxer Rebellion targeting foreigners, as well as Chinese Christians, erupts into full-scale violence. In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh is honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. In 1935, James Braddock claims the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y. In 1944, Germany begins launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II. In 1967, President Johnson nominates Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
June 13, 1981: Mark Russell is sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Veronica Vaughn, a 14-year-old Ursuline freshman shot on Youngstown's North Side. Some leaders of the black community were disappointed that Russell was not convicted of aggravated murder, but the girl's parents said they were satisfied.
Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh adds Mercer County to the list of those in a disaster state due to flooding. He asks President Reagan to provide aid to the hard-hit Northwestern Pennsylvania area.
Water is rising again at Lake Milton and for the second time this season boat owners are being urged to remove their boats from their moorings and protect their cottages. The Corps of Engineers had increased outflow to 13,500 gallons per second in an attempt to lower the level. Normal outflow in June is 2,300 gallons per second.
June 13, 1966: Daniel Zublena, 4, dies of burns received May 15 when sparks from a toy ray gun ignited a fire in his oxygen tent at South Side Hospital, where he was being treated for a bronchial ailment.
Charges of contributing to the delinquency of three minor girls are dismissed against a Youngstown University freshman from Pittsburgh who allowed the Boardman girls to stay in his apartment overnight after they ran away from home. The girls said they were taken to the apartment by the Pittsburgh boy's roommates and that he tried to talk them into going home and even offered to drive them home or to a clergyman.
Warren police are holding an 18-year-old lad and four younger accomplices who have admitted their part in a series of burglaries.
June 13, 1956: To facilitate rush hour traffic, only the curb lane of the Market Street Bridge will be open to southbound traffic between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. daily. Traffic Coordinator John Pletnick says large signs will be erected on the bridge to alert motorists.
Scorching weather continues in the Youngstown area, with the mercury expected to reach 94.
The Bel-Park Professional Building containing 24 business and office suites for doctors, dentists and surgeons opens at Belmont and Park avenues, across from St. Elizabeth Hospital. The lobby of the building is faced in gleaming black marble imported from Italy.
June 13, 1931: Long before the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers' annual outing was scheduled to get underway, thousands of picnickers began arriving in Youngstown and Idora Park.
Atty. J.E. Bennett is the new president of the Mahoning County Bar Association, having been elected at the annual meeting at Tippecanoe Country Club.
The Mahoning Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is planning a dedication ceremony for the DAR Memorial marker for the Road of Remembrance at the entrance at Forest Glen. The memorial is in the form of boulders from Revolutionary War areas in Lexington and Concord.