Years Ago

October 27, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2010. There are 65 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1787: The first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, is published in New York.

1922: The first annual celebration of Navy Day takes place.

1938: Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: “nylon.”

1947: “You Bet Your Life,” starring Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC Radio. (It later becomes a television show on NBC.)

1995: Paratrooper William J. Kreutzer kills one soldier and wounds 18 others at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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1985: Mahoning County officeholders have asked for a record $29 million in their budgets, but Budget Director Christopher Daprile says commissioners will likely have only $19 million to appropriate.

Mike Pollifrone scores 18 points — two touchdowns, a field goal and three extra points — to lead the Boardman Spartans to a 30-0 victory over Rayen before 7,000 fans in Boardman Stadium.

1970: Ward Beecher, millionaire philanthropist whose association with Commercial Shearing spanned 50 years, dies of a heart attack at his Stafford Road home. He was 83.

Three members of the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers wounded in the battle of truckers at Stop 5 on Poland Avenue in 1969 file lawsuits for $1.1 million each against Teamsters Local 377 and others.

1960: Safecrackers force open a large wall safe in the office of L.F. Donnell Ford Agency, 1811 Market St., and escape with about $2,500 in cash.

A crowd of 50,000 jams the area in front of the Statehouse in Columbus to hear Republican presidential candidate and vice president, Richard M. Nixon.

The Youngstown Philharmonic Orchestra’s first concert of the new season opens at Stambaugh Auditorium featuring Cesare Valletti, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

1935: The Youngstown Ministerial Association pledges support of three county bond issues for relief for the poor, a mental health hospital and an addition to the tuberculosis hospital.

Four city firemen become seriously ill from poisonous fumes breathed while fighting a fire at the Samarch Shoe Repair Shop, 10 N. Phelps Street.

Harry Callan, Youngs-town fire chief and candidate for mayor, asks pastors to allow him to address their congregations to talk about “the greatest menace facing Youngstown,” corruption.

Hugh W. Bonnell’s jersey cows walk off with top honors at the American Royal Livestock Show at Kansas City, Mo.