Years Ago
Today is Saturday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2011. There are 336 days left in the year.
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1820: Britain’s King George III dies at Windsor Castle.
1843: The 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, is born in Niles, Ohio.
1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” is first published in the New York Evening Mirror.
1919: The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, is certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
1929: The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, is incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.
1936: The first members of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, are named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1963: The first members of pro football’s Hall of Fame are named in Canton, Ohio.
1979: President Jimmy Carter formally welcomes Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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1986: Youngstown State University Board of Trustees gives preliminary approval to a $4.4 million refurbishing of the historic Pollock House into an 80-room inn.
Reaction by Mahoning Valley residents to the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger is mixed, with high school students who were interviewed generally supporting future space travel while residents of a nursing home say space travel is beyond man’s reach.
Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro is working with federal officials on a plan to cut interest rates for first-time home buyers.
1971: Some 385 people are on waiting lists for admission to Youngstown hospitals, but spokesmen for the Youngstown Hospital Association and St. Elizabeth’s say that’s not an unusual number when all beds are full.
Mayor Jack C. Hunter says neither he nor his police chief, Donald G. Baker, have been approached by racketeers seeking permission to operate since he took office. Hunter was responding to reports that he had been approached by a local racketeer before the 1969 election.
Jacques L. Kahn, executive director of Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle Association, tells members of the Youngstown Downtown Board of Trade that a successful downtown rejuvenation requires a “total commitment” by all concerned parties.
1961: Dr. Howard Jones, president of Youngstown University, presents Tom Pemberton scholarships to Pauline Eynon and Donald Koma.
Mahoning County Prosecutor Thomas A. Beil reverses a previously written opinion and rules that each deputy sheriff must buy his own uniform, and, further, the salary will be cut off for any deputy who doesn’t comply.
Ellwood City, Pa., interests that are pushing Beaver Valley industrial development launch a drive to canalize the Beaver River into the Ohio River waterway system.
1936: Former common pleas Judge W.P. Barnum says he will not run for Mahoning County prosecutor, but he urges an investigation into corrupt practices by lobbyists “spending large amounts of money to influence the electorate at the polls.”
Despite cold weather, over 800 people visit Al and Molly O’Day’s FHA model home at 4500 Rush Boulevard.
Assistant City Law Director William E. Lewis rules that city council, not the civil service commission, has the right to set a retirement age for city police and firemen, blocking an effort to fire older members of the force in an economy move.
Meeting in Macon, Ga., insurgent Southern Democrats rally behind a cry of “states’ rights” and organize a grass-roots drive against the nomination of President Roosevelt for a second term.