Today is Friday, June 16, the 167th day of 2006. There are 198 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, June 16, the 167th day of 2006. There are 198 days left in the year. On this date in 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Ill., Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln says the slavery issue has to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
In 1897, the government signs a treaty of annexation with Hawaii. In 1903, Ford Motor Company is incorporated. In 1932, President Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis are renominated at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law. (It is later struck down by the Supreme Court.) In 1943, comedian Charles Chaplin marries his fourth wife, 18-year-old Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill, in Carpenteria, Calif. In 1955, Pope Pius XII excommunicates Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron -- a ban that is lifted eight years later. In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West while his troupe is in Paris. In 1963, the world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6.
June 16, 1981: The Youngstown Area United Way executive committee sets a $2.3 million goal for the 1981 fund-raising campaign, an increase of $130,000.
Atty. William Sullivan, former director of the Western Reserve Development Agency, joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as deputy associate administrator of enforcement policy.
In Youngstown, a community that is trade union-oriented, the majority of Youngstowners questioned in a street poll say they favor team owners in the strike by Major League baseball players.
June 16, 1966: A gang of three men and a woman rough up jeweler Sylvia Colangelo, 52, at her store at 115 Pine SE in Warren and escape with cash and jewelry valued at $3,500.
Dr. Henry T. D'Amato files an appeal of Judge Sidney Rigelhaupt's order that D'Amato vacate his offices in the partially razed Palace Theater Building.
Struthers City Council is preparing to open a major campaign against air pollution. The drive calls for a federal survey, pressure to get an air pollution law passed by the Ohio Legislature and cooperation of nearby cities.
June 16, 1956: Six-year-old Vesna Vukasinovich is the youngest person to be sworn in as a new citizen in Youngstown. Her American-born mother brought the girl to Youngstown 31/2 years ago after being stranded in Europe where she had gone to live with family during the Depression.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan vetoes legislation passed by city council to provide each patrolman with $30 to pay for summer uniforms ordered by Police Chief Paul Cress.
Ohio Gov. Frank J. Lausche says the state cannot afford to allow Cedar Point to be developed by private interests and should take over the point as a state park. The midway concession stands would be eliminated under Lausche's plan.
June 16, 1931: Mahoning County Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas waives a jury trial and chooses to be tried before Judge Harry W. Jewell of Delaware on charges of having blackmailed former Youngstown Traction Commissioner Harry Engle.
A 30-year-old Youngstown man and father of four is being held for extradition to Richmond, Va., where he is wanted for having walked away from a one-year jail sentence on charges of stealing clothes from a boxcar. He had lived quietly for a dozen years and was never in trouble. His wife worries what will happen to her and the children.
Youngstown school board President Guy T. Ohl says a committee organized to select a new school superintendent has been interviewing candidates every day.