Today is Friday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2007. There are 311 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima capture Mount Suribachi, where they raise the

Today is Friday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2007. There are 311 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima capture Mount Suribachi, where they raise the American flag. (Actually, there were two flag-raisings that day -- the second was the one captured in the famous Associated Press photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal.)
In 1633, English diarist Samuel Pepys is born in London. In 1822, Boston is granted a charter to incorporate as a city. In 1836, the siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio. In 1847, U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican Gen. Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.
February 23, 1982: Carbon Oil and Gas Inc.'s scrap tire recycling plant in the CASTLO Industrial Park in Struthers is expected to begin commercial operations in late 1982, creating about 70 jobs. Meanwhile, thousand of scrap tires are being stockpiled at the site.
Homeowners from Kroeck Avenue and Baker Street crowd the Austintown Township trustees meeting demanding relief from boisterous and rowdy behavior of juveniles around the Austintown Skating Center on Mahoning Avenue.
The Boardman Board of Education adopts a seven-point policy on chemical abuse that will be the basis for future drug and alcohol dependency intervention programs in the schools.
February 23, 1967: The Austintown Area Planning Foundation sponsors a meeting to discuss plans for a proposed 6.5 million sewage treatment plant in the Meander Sanitary District to serve Austintown, North Jackson, Ellsworth, Canfield and other areas.
A one-day walkout by steelworkers at the Syro Steel Co. in Girard ends, allowing the company to resume its production of runway landing mats for the Vietnam War.
February 23, 1957: Boardman Township clergymen organize the Boardman Ministerial Association to discuss and address the needs and problems of churches in the area.
Two safecrackers walk into an ambush in a Cincinnati supermarket and are shot dead in a wild gun battle with police. More than 100 shots are fired. No police are injured. Police set the trap after an off duty detective noticed one of the men, a known safecracker, casing the store during the day.
February 23, 1932: The Youngstown & amp; Suburban Railway Co. begins putting in a heavier road bed on lines south of Boardman in an attempt to connect Youngstown steel plants with the Ohio River at Smith's Ferry.
The Mahoning Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, the Youngstown Garden forum and the Sharon Line Improvement Club send letters to Youngstown City Council opposing consolidation of the park and engineering departments and transferring park funds to employ additional police and firemen.