Today is Sunday, June 25, the 176th day of 2006. There are 189 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, June 25, the 176th day of 2006. There are 189 days left in the year. On this date in 1906, in what was then called "The Crime of the Century," architect and socialite Stanford White is shot to death atop New York's Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of artist's model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit, who'd once had an affair with White. (Thaw, tried for murder, was acquitted by reason of insanity.)
In 1788, the state of Virginia ratifies the U.S. Constitution. In 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. In 1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raid Bremen, Germany, during World War II. In 1950, war breaks out in Korea as forces from the communist North invade the South. In 1951, the first commercial color telecast takes place as CBS transmits a one-hour special from New York to four other cities. In 1962, the Supreme Court rules that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York State public schools is unconstitutional. In 1967, the Beatles perform their new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast. In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean begins testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1991, the western Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence. In 1995, Warren Burger, the 15th chief justice of the United States, dies in Washington at age 87. In 1996, a truck bomb kills 19 Americans and injures hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia. In 2001, the United Nations opens its first global gathering on HIV/AIDS with emotional pleas for help from African leaders. Pope John Paul II, on a visit to Ukraine, offers a prayer for Holocaust victims at Babi Yar.
June 25, 1981: Still smarting from WRTA's action in abruptly canceling service to Campbell, city council unanimously defeats a bus subsidy, effectively killing mass transportation for the city.
Youngstown will have to pay back $37,500 in federal funds if it does not open Chase Pool this summer, Frank J. Magnelli, acting parks and recreation department superintendent says.
Youngstown is cutting car allowances and eliminating access to the use of city-owned vehicles as a means of relieving the city's deteriorating financial condition.
June 25, 1966: The Mahoning Community College office on the third floor of the county building will move to the 10th floor of the Realty Building.
Shirley Jones, 13, is named queen of the 1966 Youngstown Soap Box derby by the Youngstown Jayceettes. The freshman at St. Edward School wrote the best essay on the topic, "Why I think a boy should enter the Soap Box Derby."
The St. Mary Church building on N. Canal Street in Newton Falls is purchased by members of the Church of the Nazarene.
Mahoning County department heads have requested a record-breaking general fund budget of $5.3 million, an increase of $255,000 over the appropriations for 1966.
June 25, 1956: Five people are dead and damage will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars from a series of vicious storms that swept through the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. Campbell was particularly hard hit; Steven Pauline, 38, and Boris Massif, 35, were swept to their death by a wall of water as they were attempting to stop a drifting car from being carried away.
St. Elizabeth Hospital unveils its new $4.5 million expansion for a four-day open house and a 45th anniversary celebration.
Novice G. Facet, 47-year-old superintendent of Columbus schools, is named the eighth president of Ohio State University.
Trumbull County commissioners offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Alfred "Wild dog" Wilson, an accused triple slayer. Portage County Sheriff Stockdale issues an alert in his county for people to be on the lookout and to check on their neighbors because he fears Wilson may be holed up in a farmhouse in the county.
June 25, 1931: Mahoning County Judge David G. Jenkins, testifying in the bribery trial of Prosecutor Ray Thomas, said Thomas "played so fast and loose (that) he is utterly unreliable."
Youngstown merchant George Lincoln Fordyce, the founder of the company that bears his name and a trustee of the Youngstown Hospital Association for 23 years, dies at the age of 70. In addition to business and civic success, he had two hobbies for which he was nationally known, ornithology and golf.
Owing to tax delinquencies, Youngstown schools will receive $91,000 less than anticipated in the first half distribution of collections. The shortfall for other schools in the county will total about $45,000.
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