Years Ago
Today is Sunday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2010. There are 68 days left in the year.
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1537: Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, dies 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
1861: The first transcontinental telegraph message is sent as Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmits a telegram to President Abraham Lincoln.
1901: Widow Anna Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1939: Benny Goodman and his orchestra record their signature theme, “Let’s Dance,” for Columbia Records in New York.
Nylon stockings are sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.
1940: The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
VINDICATOR FILES
1985: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. pounces on General Motors’ reported problems with the Spring Hill, Tenn., site of the Saturn project, telling GM Chairman Roger Smith that the Mahoning Valley would welcome Saturn “with open arms.”
Timothy A. Combs, 17, pleads innocent before Trumbull Common Pleas Judge Mitchell F. Shaker to five charges in connection with the murder of 12-year-old Raymond C. Fife.
Springfield Township residents oppose an application by Dave Sugar for the sale of beer and liquor at South Range Lake.
1970: Mayor Jack C. Hunter says any disputes about water surcharges by Youngstown to residents of Boardman, Austintown and Canfield townships could be solved by annexation of those areas receiving city water to the city.
County Prosecutor Vincent E. Gilmartin takes under consideration a request from 77 parents of children in North Elementary School in Poland for a taxpayer suit to provide busing for students or make a safe shortcut used by the children.
1960: Orthodox Archbishop John of Chicago dedicates the new St. John the Baptist Church in Campbell. The Rev. Nicholas Vansuch is pastor of St. John’s.
Wilma Rudolph, the Tennessee State girl who captured Olympic gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the relay, thrills the crowd attending the Youngstown’s Curbstone Coaches banquet at the Idora Park Ballroom.
Warren Mayor Walter Pestrak suspends patrolman Raymond Bagaglia on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer after Bagaglia ordered several cars towed from the vicinity of St. Paul Lutheran Church during Sunday morning services.
1935: Citing the immediate necessity to provide for unemployable indigents, Youngstown Mayor Mark E. Moore gives his whole-hearted support for the proposed $489,000 county bond issue for poor relief.
Former Police Chief Paul Lyden predicts that the next mayor of Youngstown will be offered a large bribe to allow “bug“ operations to continue and suggests voters should choose a man with the courage to say no.
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