Today is Saturday, June 14, the 166th day of 2008. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 166th day of 2008. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

In 1801, former American Revolutionary War General and notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold dies in London. In 1846, a group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaims the Republic of California. In 1928, the Republican National Convention nominates Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot. In 1940, in German-occupied Poland, the Nazis open their concentration camp at Auschwitz; the same day, German troops enter Paris.

June 14, 1983: Up to 200 Youngstown city jobs have been saved with a federal O.K. for the city to use federal jobs bill money to reduce Youngstown’s deficit.

Former Mahoning County Sheriff Ray T. Davis, convicted in 1979 of extortion, bribery and racketeering, will begin serving a five-year federal prison term June 22.

After nine hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Cleveland continues to ponder charges against Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr.

June 14, 1968: Youngstown’s summer school program is attracting little interest from kindergarten through high school. Fewer than 50 children enrolled for the newly offered kindergarten class, and only 15 students signed up for typing at Wilson and 30 at Rayen, compared to a normal of 70 to 80.

A 47-year-old Youngstown man is arrested following an investigation by Youngstown police and Ohio Bell Security Services. He is accused of making 200 harassing phone calls to area women over a period of a week.

June 14, 1958: Mahoning County school boards contributed $989,646 in school funds to the State Teachers Retirement System for teachers’ pensions. The figure was $685,914 for Trumbull County and $325,259 for Columbiana County.

The State Board of Tax Appeals finds that Steel City Chevrolet Co. of Youngstown collected $12,322 in sales taxes over a period of four years that it never paid to the state.

Boy Scout Troop 6 of Christ Presbyterian Church conducts flag raising ceremonies at Kirkmere Playground to mark Flag Day. Scout John Rogan plays the bugle.

June 14, 1933: Niles recreational director William Llewellyn opens six playgrounds in Niles with the help of a group of public-spirited young women who will serve as playground directors without pay.

The Federal Savings & Loan Co. files a decree of foreclosure for $65,246 against Mill Creek Realty Co. and the Tippecanoe Country Club.

Hundreds of residents of the Mahoning Valley join with the Struthers St. Anthony Society in a two-day observance of the Feast of St. Anthony. A parade through the city ends at Holy Trinity Church, where mass is said.