Years Ago

Today is Friday, June 10, the 161st day of 2011. There are 204 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1610: Englishman Lord De La Warr arrives at the Jamestown settlement to take charge of the Virginia Colony.

1861: During the Civil War, Confederate troops rout Union soldiers in the Battle of Big Bethel in Virginia.

1907: Eleven men in five cars set out from the French embassy in Beijing on a race to Paris. (Prince Scipione Borghese of Italy is the first to arrive in the French capital two months later.)

1921: President Warren G. Harding signs into law the Budget and Accounting Act, which creates the Bureau of the Budget and the General Accounting Office.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: The Ohio Edison Co. announces a 10-year, $10 million plan to entirely replace the company’s electrical system in downtown Youngstown.

Prisoners set fire to the Columbiana County Jail after they were denied access to the exercise yard because of understaffing.

A bomb blast severely damages the vacant Sharkey’s Restaurant and Lounge at 360 McCartney Road.

1971: Youngstown City Council approves vacating Elm Street, from Spring Street to Lincoln Avenue, clearing the way for $11 million in construction on the campus of Youngstown State University.

A resolution directing a feasibility study of cable television in Youngstown and authorizing the board of control to negotiate a franchise is tabled by City Council on a motion by Councilman Herman “Pete” Starks, D-2nd.

Dr. Paul W. Conrad, a member of the Leetonia Board of Education for 30 years, submits his resignation from the board.

1961: Trumbull County rackets boss Mike Farah, 56, is gunned down in the yard of his home at 243 Kenilworth in Warren. He crawled into his home after being shot and was taken to Trumbull Memorial Hospital where he died two hours later.

David Clinkscale, a 14- year-old honor student is accidentally shot to death by a friend, who had been carrying around a 38-caliber pistol for days.

Youngstown millionaire Edward J. DeBartolo, who owns the biggest racing interests in Ohio, has taken virtual control of the sport in the state, aided by two Youngstown area state senators, Charles J. Carney and Stephen R. Olenick.

1936: The Republican National Convention opens in Cleveland Public Auditorium with attacks on the “arrogant individualism” and “dictatorship” of President Franklin Roosevelt.

A theme of “Music in the Schools Today” is chosen for the Campbell Memorial High School graduation; 102 students will receive diplomas.