Years Ago

Years Ago

Today is Saturday, July 23, the 204th day of 2011. There are 161 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1829: William Austin Burt receives a patent for his “typographer,” a forerunner of the typewriter.

1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, dies in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.

1914: Austria-Hungary issues a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.

1952: Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser launch a successful coup against King Farouk I.

1967: A week of deadly race rioting that claimed 43 lives erupts in Detroit.

1986: Britain’s Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)

1996: At the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug makes a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinch their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.

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1986: Retired LTV Corp. employees protest outside the Warren plant to protest suspension of insurance.

A poll of area high schools shows few are contemplating drug screening programs for their athletes.

Lawrence County commissioners approve a $2.3 million low-interest loan for the purchase of Troggio’s restaurant in Shenango Township and construction of a motel on the land.

1971: Bishop James W. Malone tells nearly 1,000 parents at a meeting at Ursuline High School that the diocese will be working to secure reimbursement from the state for the $100 increase in per-pupil tuition.

Joseph T. Lykes Jr., of New Orleans, chairman of Lykes-Youngstown tells a small group of city leaders at the Youngstown Club that “what’s good for Youngstown is good for Lykes” and corporate management is “here to stay.”

Republic Steel Corp.’s Manufacturing Division, headquartered in Youngstown, will move its Western Division headquarters from Chicago to Los Angeles.

1961: Dr. Howard W. Jones, president of Youngstown University, says that YU is in a position to adequately meet the higher education needs of the area, including that of a community college.

A study by The Vindicator shows that Mayor Frank R. Franko and an all-Democratic City Council have added nearly $1 million to the city’s annual payroll through new jobs and raises.

The Youngstown Area Community Chest will seek $1.2 million to support 39 Red Feather agencies in its fall campaign.

The Liberty Police Department adds three men to its two-man department and buys a high-powered cruiser equipped with radar.

1936: Fires spreading through drought-parched grass and brush imperil homes near Girard, a religious camp in Columbiana County and threatened the village of Calla, while Youngstown firemen extinguished 10 smaller similar fires.

Youngstown and Oklahoma City are the first large cities to come under an executive order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt requiring civil-service procedures in choosing new postmasters.

Mayor Lionel Evans says that city employees will receive the last of the back-pay they are owed within a week.