Today is Sunday, June 18, the 169th day of 2006. There are 196 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. On this date in 1942, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The

Today is Sunday, June 18, the 169th day of 2006. There are 196 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. On this date in 1942, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The writer of the song "When I'm 64" turns 64 today.
In 1812, the United States declares war against Britain. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte meets his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeat the French in Belgium. In 1928, aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. 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 1979, President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev sign the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna. In 1981, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart announces his retirement; his departure paves the way for Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female associate justice. 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.
June 18, 1981: David G. Williams, president of Associated Parking Corp., is charged with eight counts of forgery arising from his company's management of the parking concession at Youngstown Municipal Airport.
The Ohio House approves a bill introduced by Rep. Thomas J. Carney of Boardman raising the age for purchasing beer from 18 to 19 years old. The bill eliminates the differentiation between low-powered and high-powered beer.
Howard Friend, superintendent of the Mahoning County Joint Vocational School since 1973, submits his resignation. Robert G. Lantz is named acting superintendent.
June 18, 1966: A 17-year-old South Side youth is beaten with a chain in an attack by a group of youths after he left a record hop at Idora Park.
Frank DeMain Jr. scores the top grade of 115.2 among the 50 men who took the Civil Service exam for cadet policemen.
Advertisement: Give dad cigars from Gray Drug Stores for Fathers Day. Over a dozen favorite brands on sale from $2.19 for a box of 50 King Edward Imperials to $7.50 for a box of Cuesta-Rey Caravelles.
June 18, 1956: Sidney Van Court of Andover and Miss Wanda Heck of East Palestine win top honors at the annual Ohio teenage Road-e-o at Euclid. Carl Garver of Boardman wins second place.
A feud between two municipal court jurists erupts as Judge Forest J. Cavalier sends a telegram to Deputy Bailiff Ray Casanta ordering him to report for work at the court at 9:30 a.m. Judge Frank R. Franko responds with a telegram to Cavalier saying Casanta has work to do out of the office. Cavalier says Casanta is doing campaign work for Franko.
June 18, 1931: Harry Engle, former Youngstown traction commissioner, testifies during the blackmail trial of Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas that he received amounts totaling $42,150 over the years from power companies, much of which was distributed to various city officials.
Fearing another attempted breakout at the Mahoning County Jail due to crowded conditions, Sheriff Adam Stone asks county judges to approve appointment of two new deputies to serve as guards at night. Sixty prisoners are jailed awaiting trial.
A jury in Judge George Gessner's court fixes the price the city will have to pay the Montani estate at $103,000 for part of a lot at Federal and Watt streets and for damages to the residual land. The city needs the land to widen Watt Street.
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