Years Ago

September 5, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

Years Ago

Today is Saturday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2009. There are 117 days left in the year. On this date in 1972, Black September terrorists attack the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer are killed in the siege.

In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. In 1793, the Reign of Terror begins during the French Revolution as the National Convention institutes harsh measures to repress counter-revolutionary activities. In 1836, Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas. In 1939, four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.

September 5, 1984: Orlando T. DiLullo, a veteran law enforcement officer, kicks off his campaign for sheriff of Mahoning County. DiLullo, a former captain in the sheriff’s department, is police chief of Liberty Township.

Youngstown State University and coach Bill Narduzzi, fresh from a 31-7 victory over Eastern Michigan, head for Richmond, Ky., where the Penguins will meet Eastern Kentucky University in the season opener for the Colonels.

September 5, 1969: Col. Andre G. Broumas, 37, a native of Youngstown and graduate of West Point, is killed in the crash of a military aircraft while on his second tour of duty in Vietnam.

A knife-wielding bandit slashes John Jacobs, 20, a night attendant at the Clark Service Station on McCartney Road, after robbing him of $15.

Common Pleas Judge Martin P. Joyce administers the citizenship oath to 25 new citizens from 12 countries, welcoming them “to both the pleasures and hardships of being a citizen of these United States.”

September 5, 1959: A suburban Salem resident excavating a driveway severs an Ohio Bell Telephone Co. toll line, disrupting long distance service to many sections of the state and temporarily disrupting some area television service.

Fair skies and moderate temperature have the Canfield Fair headed toward an attendance record. There were 24,284 people at the fair of Friday, a record for the day.

Beaver Local High School has been accepted by the Traveling Science Library program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which will bring a set of 200 up-to-date books on science and math to the school library throughout the year.

September 5, 1934: Ohio Edison Co. promises Youngstown a prompt proposal for lower electric light rates once an audit of receipts from city customers is completed.

Superintendent George Roudebush urges Youngstown school teachers to be careful not to indoctrinate any specific economic or political idea in the minds of children. Roudebush was speaking at a meeting with faculty at the South High Auditorium.

During a meeting of members of the electrical department at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., John Susa is presented with a gold watch in recognition of his heroism in saving the life of a fellow worker, Gus Scholz, who had come in contact with a live wire.