Years Ago

Today is Sunday, May 15, the 135th day of 2011. There are 230 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1602: English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold and his ship, the Concord, arrive at present-day Cape Cod, which he’s credited with naming.

1886: Poet Emily Dickinson dies in Amherst, Mass., at age 55.

1911: In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the Supreme Court rules that Standard Oil is a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and orders its breakup.

1930: Registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, goes on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport (a forerunner of United Airlines).

1942: Wartime gasoline rationing goes into effect in 17 Eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles.

1963: Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasts off aboard Faith 7 on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program.

1970: Just after midnight, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, are killed as police open fire during student protests.

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1986: The Youngstown Charter Review Commission recommends that city council members salary be increased from $600 a year to $12,600; at the same time council members would be prohibited from hiring relatives as city employees. Councilmen have been hiring their wives as aides a $12,500.

A vandalized grave marker for James Pauley, an early Coitsville settler, is returned to the Oak Hill Cemetery where he is buried. Betty Price of Guss Avenue found the six pieces of stone near her home.

Robert W. Bannon Sr., a candidate for chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, claims to be able to secure financial contributions necessary for effective party operations.

Doug Everett, choir director of Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church for 22 years, is named “Protestant Man of the Year” by the Youngstown Organization of Protestant Men.

1971: The Youngstown Police Department’s annual observance of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial attracts more than 200 people to ceremonies at Central Square.

The controversial issue of closing a section of Elm Street to permit Youngstown State University expansion is returned to City Council without a recommendation by the City Planning Commission.

Dave Davis of Poland and Dale Stredney of Ashtabula Harbor win Class AA single bracket championships in the NEO sectional tennis tournament at Volney Rogers courts.

1961: A small safe containing more than $5,000 in cash is stolen from the office of the Point Fruit Market after three unidentified men smash a window and enter the building.

Sharon Steel Corp. lights its sixth open hearth furnace at its Roemer Works.

Hiram College receives approval from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Corp. for a $225,0000 construction loan for a 65-man dormitory.

1936: A 50-acre parcel of land owned by J.A. Watson adjacent to Lansdowne Airport is offered to the city for $19,500 for enlarging the field as a municipal airport.

The Jeannette furnace at Brier Hill makes its first cast of iron after having been idle for five years.

The corner stone of Canfield’s new Community Center building is set in an impressive ceremony in accordance with the ancient rites of the Masonic order. The building, constructed as a WPA project, will house the library, Canfield Garden Club and other civic and social organizations.

One of the feature attractions at The Vindicator Want-ads Show, which has been attracting large crowds at The Mart on Market Street is Mickey Biciglias, youthful master of the accordion.