Years Ago

September 8, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2010. There are 114 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1892: An early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy, appears in “The Youth’s Companion.”

1900: Galveston, Texas, is struck by a hurricane that kills an estimated 8,000 people.

1920: New York-to-San Francisco air mail service is inaugurated.

1930: Scotch cellophane tape makes its debut as a sample of the tape is shipped to a Chicago firm which specializes in wrapping bakery goods in cellophane.

The comic strip “Blondie,” created by Chic Young, is first published.

1935: Sen. Huey P. Long, D-La., “The Kingfish” of Louisiana politics, is shot and mortally wounded inside the State Capitol in Baton Rouge; he dies two days later at age 42. The assailant is identified as Dr. Carl Weiss, who was gunned down by Long’s bodyguards.

1960: American runner Wilma Rudolph wins the third of her three gold medals at the Rome Olympics as she and teammates Barbara Jones, Martha Hudson and Lucinda Williams prevail in the women’s 4 x 100-meter relay.

1994: A USAir Boeing 737 crashes into a ravine as it is approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.

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1985: The Sawhill Tubular Products Division of Cyclops Corp. may not rebuild its tornado-damaged fabrication plant in Wheatland, but instead relocate to the Westinghouse Electric property in Sharon.

Xenia becomes the first Ohio city to enact an anti-smoking ordinance, causing some residents to say that government is becoming too intrusive.

Former 17th District Congressman Lyle Williams is being urged by Ohio Republican leaders to run for statewide office, possibly for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat John Glenn.

1970: Youngstown teachers vote 802-152 on a new contract that sets the starting salary for a teacher with a bachelor’s degree at $6,750.

Youngstown business and industrial executives are girding for a long siege if General Motors and Chrysler UAW workers go on strike. Ford Motors is not a target in the 1970 industry negotiations.

1960: A truck containing a radioactive material plunges through a guard rail on S. Range Road and overturns, seriously injuring the driver and resulting in a long and thorough check by the State Highway Patrol for contaminated air.

Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Battisti dissolves a court order that had blocked the Mahoning County commissioners from spending $207,900 on voting machines.

1935: The application of the Youngstown Jockey Club to hold a race meet at Canfield in October is refused by the Ohio State Racing Commission as three jockeys and a horse owner are suspended for running allegedly “fixed” races during the July meeting.

Girard’s proposal for a $90,000 City Hall to be constructed under the PWA is rejected.