Years Ago

Today is Monday, June 6, the 157th day of 2011. There are 208 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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1844: The Young Men’s Christian Association is founded in London.

1925: Walter Percy Chrysler founds the Chrysler Corp.

1934: The Securities and Exchange Commission is established.

1944: During World War II, Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day,” beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe.

1966: Black activist James Meredith is shot and wounded as he walks along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: Twenty-one city residents are preparing a taxpayers’ lawsuit saying that since Youngstown residents provide more than 60 percent of the income of Mill Creek Park through a property tax that only city residents pay, the city should have a say in the park’s operation.

A campaign raises nearly $4 million and ground is broken on the long-awaited west addition to the Butler Institute of American Art. Florence Beecher, widow of Ward F. Beecher, is among those attending. The Beecher Foundation provided $750,000 for the project.

1971: The housing inspection section of the Youngstown Health Department begins a systematized code enforcement program to upgrade city living conditions.

Boy Scout Troop 14 at Mill Creek Baptist Church presents Eagle Scout awards to Mark Hornak, Fred Seeger and Dennis Johnson.

1961: Youngstown Mayor Frank R. Franko, fresh from a 30-day European vacation, suggests a boarding tax for passengers at the Youngstown Municipal Airport, saying it is unfair for Youngstown’s 165,000 residents to pick up the whole tab for an airport serving a half million people.

Youngstown Police Chief Cyril Smolko says city police may use a tough new state law on repeat offenders arrested for numbers gambling, but says city law provides adequate penalties in most cases.

1936: Arguments over a horse trade flare into gun play in front of the 50-year-old Canfield Town Hall, leaving Morris Matlas, 52, dead, and his partner, Mike Bort, 47, in jail.

A young woman driver returning from a wedding injures five people when her auto smashes into the front of the Miller Store at Watt and E. Federal. The driver is charged with driving while intoxicated.

Agitation to restrict beer gardens and liquor dispensaries to the downtown business area and away from neighborhoods is revived by the City Planning Commission.