Sunday, July 18, 2010
Today is Sunday, July 18, the 199th day of 2010. There are 166 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1610: Italian baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio dies in Porto Ercole at age 38.
1932: The United States and Canada sign a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1940: The Democratic National Convention at Chicago Stadium nominates President Franklin D. Roosevelt (who monitors the proceedings from the White House) for an unprecedented third term in office. Eleanor Roosevelt spoke earlier, becoming the first presidential spouse to address a convention.
1969: A car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) plunges off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard; his passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns.
VINDICATOR FILES
1985: The federal government selects the Voyager Motel site in downtown Youngstown for a new federal courthouse. The back-up site is a vacant lot that was formerly the site of the Palace Theater.
Sonja Stambaugh is crowned Queen of the Salem Jubilee and Jennifer Burbick is runner-up
Youngstown City Council rejects a tax abatement for Mosure & Syrakis Design Co. Ltd. to build a $1.4 million company headquarters downtown.
1970: The third annual Antique and Classic Car Show at Idora Park will feature more than 150 cars, including a 1903 Maxwell owned by R.L. Best of Poland.
Playing at Ponderosa Park, Merle Haggard. Coming, George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
The 170-piece Alliance High School Band’s busy schedule includes playing at the College All-Star game in Chicago, the professional Football Hall of Fame game at Canton between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, and season games at the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Cleveland Browns.
1960: Chief Yeoman J.J. Ferranti, active in Youngstown Navy activities since the Naval Reserve was organized in the city in 1946, retires after a 20-year career.
Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh shies away from pennant talk, remembering other years the team’s pennant hopes were shattered, but he’ll talk about his five .300 hitters, Smoky Burgess, Rocky Nelson, Bob Skinner, Dick Groat and Roberto Clemente.
Ralph LaCivita Jr., 11-year-old son of a city policeman, wins the 1960 Youngstown Soap Box Derby on Leffingwell Road near the Canfield Fairgrounds, edging out Tom Klein, 12.
1935: A rumor that the Metropolitan Area Citizens’ Association planned raids on Youngstown bookie places results in some of the gamblers actually shutting their doors for the day.
Arthur L. Jones, a certified public accountant, testifies in the Ohio Water lawsuit that the city of Youngstown would realize large profits from the sale of water to industrial consumers at reduced rates, which would mean rates could be lowered for residential customers.
Charles Brown, 87, the area’s oldest active horse trainer, is reported by his son, Dr. C.O. Brown, to be in good condition after being dragged by his horse at the Warren Fairgrounds.
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