Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2007. There are 251 days left in the year. On this date in 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launch the Easter Rising by seizing several key sites in

Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2007. There are 251 days left in the year. On this date in 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launch the Easter Rising by seizing several key sites in Dublin. (The rising is put down by British forces almost a week later.)
In 1792, the national anthem of France, "La Marseillaise" is composed by Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. In 1877, federal troops are ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North's post-Civil War rule in the South. In 1898, Spain declares war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba. In 1915, the Ottoman Empire begins the brutal mass deportation of Armenians during World War I. In 1953, British statesman Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1968, leftist students at Columbia University in New York begin a weeklong occupation of several campus buildings. In 1970, the People's Republic of China launches its first satellite, which keeps transmitting a song, "The East is Red." In 1980, the United States launches an abortive attempt to free the American hostages in Iran, a mission that results in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.
April 24, 1982: Mahoning County deputy sheriffs seize gambling equipment and make eight arrests at the Army-Navy Garrison on Wilson Avenue in Campbell. Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. asks Campbell Mayor Rocco Mico and Police Chief Frank Phillips to discuss complaints the sheriff says he has been receiving from Campbell.
Tuition for full-time students at Youngstown State University will increase from 300 to 350 per quarter and general fees will increase from 55 to 65.
Dr. Michael A. Kachmer, a Youngstown psychiatrist, objects to construction of a proposed 60-bed private psychiatric hospital in southern Trumbull County, telling the Health Systems Agency of Eastern Ohio that adding to existing facilities would be more efficient.
April 24, 1967: Construction of a seven-story apartment building costing 850,000 is proposed for the 200 block of Park Avenue, near Elm, on land purchased from Judge Charles Henderson and First Primitive Methodist Church.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati denies an appeal of Lenine Strollo, former Poland Township tavern owner, and Vince Serman, former attorney, on charges of counterfeiting.
Richard Vollnogle, 38, of Columbiana is killed at the Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Co. under the Market Street Bridge when he falls from a conveyor belt into a coke bin and is buried under a ton of coke. In February, Herbert Clingerman, 26, of Salem was killed by a conveyor belt at the same company.
April 24, 1957: Downtown Youngstown merchants get a glimpse at what the central business district may look like if "Operation Face-Lift" is successful in convincing store owners to put new faces on their stores.
Playing at the Warner Theater, "The Spirit of St. Louis," starring James Stewart, while the Belmont Newport and Northside Drive-in theaters are showing "The Incredible Shrinking Man."
A study shows the firefighting equipment at the 50-year-old Mahoning County Courthouse is as outmoded as a Model T.
April 24, 1932: Testing has begun on pumping and filtering equipment that will bring water from the new Meander Reservoir to Youngstown water users.
A committee sponsoring the Clean-Up, Paint-Up Campaign in Youngstown suggests that city and county prisoners be used in the campaign.
Four companies of Ohio National Guardsmen are ordered withdrawn from the coal mine strike area of Eastern Ohio, but about 350 guardsmen, including a Youngstown contingent, will remain on the scene to preserve order.