Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2011. There are 297 days left in the year.

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1916: Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attack Columbus, N.M., killing 18 Americans.

1945: During World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers launch incendiary bomb attacks against Japan, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths.

1954: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviews Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s anti-Communism campaign on “See It Now.”

1981: Dan Rather makes his debut as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”

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1986: The Ungaro administration and Youngstown Board of Health are calling for a joint meeting of city departments and the county public health officials as part of a crackdown on the operation of boarding houses.

The Cafaro Co. establishes an industrial park on Albert Street in Youngstown and has already leased space to out-of-town companies that will employ more than 200 people.

U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant, D-17th, says he will close his Niles office in one of a series of moves designed to cut his budget as required by the Gramm-Rudman Act.

1971: Blackouts and brownouts face the northeast Ohio area in the next few years unless generating capacity is increased, a report by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. says.

Amvets Post 44 is the lone bidder, offering $30,000 for the Bancroft School on Wychwood Lane at Southern Blvd.

The Ohio Board of Education approves nearly $4.8 million for the expansion of the Choffin Vocational School in Youngstown.

1961: Second Ward Councilman Phil Panno asks the city building inspection department how a building permit was issued for a $10,000 house that is nearly finished in the McGuffey Heights area that has only an outhouse and no access to a sanitary sewer line.

Corner newspaper salesmen downtown will be getting steel newsstands that will protect the papers and sellers from the weather.

1936: The Ohio Edison Co. announces plans to build a $250,000 building on South Avenue between Kyle Street and Wayne Avenue.

More than 100 candidates are initiated into the Catholic Order of Foresters at St. Brendan Church in Youngstown.

Atty. Joseph Sheban is elected president of the Youngstown chapter of the Lebanese Syrian Welfare Association.