Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2011. There are 143 days left in the year.

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1680: Pueblo Indians launch a successful revolt against Spanish colonists in present-day New Mexico.

1846: President James K. Polk signs a measure establishing the Smithsonian Institution.

1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt is stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello.

1969: Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain.

1991: Nine Buddhists are found slain at their temple outside Phoenix, Ariz. (Two teen-agers, Alessandro Garcia and Jonathan Doody are later arrested and convicted.)

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1986: Cottage owners at Lake Milton are staking out their claims for city owned land on which the cottages stand and the land surrounding them.

The state of Ohio will join Mahoning and Trumbull counties in seeking a say in the future of LTV Corp., which has filed for reorganization under federal bankruptcy law.

The Ohio Apartments at 1625 Ohio Ave., a four- story building that defined luxurious living when built in 1929, is razed. The apartments featured crystal door knobs, etched glass, marble window sills and each apartment had at least one fireplace.

1971: Brookfield Local School District names S. Paul Wright superintendent at a salary of $16,480.

Youngstown Water Commissioner David O’Neil, nominated in the May primaries as the Republican candidate for city council president, announces that he is withdrawing from the race.

1961: A total of 204 candidates files for Mahoning County school board and township trustee elections.

U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan is among a group of congressmen summoned to the White House for a closed door conference with President Kennedy on foreign aid and civil defense issues.

1936: Youngstown callers keep 72 telephone operators busy tallying votes for Youngstown area contestants for the Major Bowes Amateur Hour.

Fresh ore for the Brier Hill blast furnaces of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. is being dumped into the ore bins, indicating that the company is preparing for winter operations of the Jeannette furnace that was blown in two months earlier.

When Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas, Republican presidential candidate, visits his native West Middlesex, Pa., he will remain an extra day to attend services at the Methodist Church where his grandfather, the Rev. William Mossman, was preacher.