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Today is Sunday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2007. There are 309 days left in the year. On this date in 1913, the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, is declared in effect by Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox.
In 1779, American forces led by George Rogers Clark rout the British from Fort Sackville in the Revolutionary War Battle of Vincennes in Indiana. In 1836, inventor Samuel Colt patents his revolver. In 1901, U.S. Steel Corp. is incorporated by J.P. Morgan. In 1948, Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia. In 1957, the Supreme Court, in Butler v. Michigan, overturns a Michigan statute making it a misdemeanor to sell books containing obscene language that would tend to corrupt "the morals of youth." In 1964, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) becomes world heavyweight boxing champion, defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Fla. In 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, 28 Americans are killed when an Iraqi Scud missile hits a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
February 25, 1982:Sixteen prisoners confined to the Columbiana County Jail are staging a hunger strike, says Sheriff Robert Beresford. The prisoners are demanding outside recreation, new sheets and mattresses and better food.
Warren City Council approves hiring a Canton consultant in an effort to put a clamp on escalating workers compensation costs for city employees.
At least four trash-collection companies are expected to bid on a contract to pick up residential garbage for that half of the city north of the Mahoning River. Bids are expected to average 3.50 per house, which is what BFI is being paid for collections south of the river.
February 25, 1967:City police and state liquor agents raid alleged "cheat spots" on N. Center Street and W. Delason Avenue, arresting 13 people on charges of violating the city's bottle club ordinance.
A meeting between Mayor Anthony B. Flask and Juvenile Court Judge Harold Rickert is proposed to help solve the recent outbreak of juvenile disturbances in Youngstown.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John R. Toole celebrates the first Mass in the new 550,000 St. Patrick Church in Hubbard.
A record cold for the date of 4 degrees is set at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
February 25, 1957: Children in the sixth grade of Youngstown schools are learning lessons in tolerance through a quiz game conducted by women of B'nai B'rith.
The McDonald Fire Department takes delivery of a new 267,000 fire truck that has a 1,000 per minute gallon pumper and a 500 gallon booster tank.
February 25, 1932: With only one day left to reach its campaign goal, the Youngstown YMCA has only 388 new members enrolled toward the goal of 1,500.
Eleven downtown Youngstown speakeasies are in ruins after vice squad Chief Clarence Coppersmith leads his sledgehammer-swinging men on raids of cheat joints.
Some Youngstown school teachers are not getting enough to eat and others are losing personal property because they cannot meet payment, says Clarence Horton, president of the Schoolmasters club. Teachers have not been paid for 10 weeks.
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