Years Ago

June 9, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Wednesday, June 9, the 160th day of 2010. There are 205 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1860: What’s considered the first dime novel, “Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter” by Ann S. Stephens, is published.

1953: Ninety-four people die when a tornado strikes Worcester, Mass.

1954: During the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berates Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for his attack on Frederick Fisher, a junior attorney at Welch’s law firm, asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”

1969: The Senate confirms Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.

1973: Secretariat becomes horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.

1985: American educator Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon; he is released in Nov. 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite.

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1985: Hundreds of volunteers, including many Amishmen, flock to Trumbull County to help in cleaning up debris from the tornado.

Sen. Llloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, is taking issue with advice the Reagan administration Commerce Department is giving American manufacturers to move their plants overseas to be competitive in the world economy.

1970: William J. Gutknecht, 87, pioneer photoengraver and active worker in interracial fields, dies in North Side Hospital.

Four Boardman High School senior girls hurrying to graduation practice are injured when their flower-decorated car is struck broadside by a tractor-trailer rig in the 8000 block of Market Street.

Hayes Junior High reports absenteeism of 25 percent, which school officials attribute to the fears of parents over recent attacks on children walking to and from school.

1960: Youngstown City council passes an ordinance requiring all city police and firemen who are 65 years old and have 33 years on the force to retire, beginning in August.

A bench warrant is issued for a 20 year-old Logan Avenue man who failed to appear in traffic court on a speeding charge, his 19th traffic citation in three years (7 as a juvenile and 12 as an adult).

1935: Joseph Saunders, 9, of 120 Benita Ave., drowns after slipping off a rock while fishing at a Crab Creek dam behind General Fireproofing Co.

Dr. Claude R. Norris, an ex-railroad gandydancer who labored for 80 cents a day before working his way to the top of the medical profession, is elected president of the Youngstown Rotary club.