Years Ago

September 30, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Thursday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2010. There are 92 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1809: A treaty is signed by Indiana Territory Gov. William Henry Harrison and representatives of four Indian tribes under which the Indians sell some 3 million acres of land to be used for U.S. settlements.

1955: Actor James Dean, 24, dies in a two-car collision near Cholame, Calif.

1960: “The Flintstones,” network television’s first animates prime-time series, debuted on ABC.

1962: Black student James Meredith is escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day.

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1985: Youngstown State University outgains Eastern Kentucky, as it has in all four games this season, but loses its third game. Losing 36-29 in front of 9,000 fans at Stambaugh Stadium.

An estimated 50,000 people turn out for the the Boardman Rotary Club’s eighth annual Oktoberfest by at Boardman Park.

1970: The Youngstown Area United Appeal, lagging in payments from industries hit by the year’s economic slowdown, causes the Community Chest to have to borrow $30,000 to meet the agencies September payrolls.

Coach Dom Bucci’s Cardinal Mooney team is riding high with three consecutive victories, including a 24-22 decision over Steel Valley Conference defending champions, Austintown Fitch.

1960: The new sanctuary of the Church of Christ United Presbyterian Church at Canfield is taking shape with laminated wood arches forming the framework of the new $265,000 sanctuary.

September will prove to be the driest month on record at the Youngstown Municipal Airport. The Meander Reservoir is about 4.5 feet below the top of the concrete spillway, which is about normal for this time of year.

1935: Amelia Earhart, the world’s premier aviatrix, is driving from Cleveland to Youngstown, where she will speak at Stambaugh Auditorium.

The Rev. McAllister of First Baptist Temple responds to a request from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for advice with an appeal for Roosevelt’s support of a Lake Erie-Ohio River canal.