Years Ago

Today is Monday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2011. There are 47 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” is first published in the United States.

1889: Inspired by Jules Verne, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) sets out to travel around the world in less than 80 days. (She makes the trip in 72 days.)

1944: Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra record “Opus No. 1” for RCA Victor.

1970: A chartered Southern Airways DC-9 crashes while trying to land in Huntington, W.Va., killing all 75 people on board, including the Marshall University football team and its coaching staff.

1972: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 1,000 level for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: The Youngstown Board of Control approves a $60,000 grant for Paragon Plastics Inc. of New Kensington, Pa., to enable the company to locate a new division at the Ross Industrial Park.

U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. says that there is information that would endanger lives it if it were to become public during his trial in Tax Court on tax evasion charges. He offers no specifics, however, on who would be in danger or why.

1971: Thousands of Youngstowners are drawn downtown, where they walk or drive along West Federal Street, surveying the scene where a car jumped the curb and mowed down pedestrians, killing seven and injuring eight.

The Downtown Kiwanis Club honors the North High City Series champion football team at its luncheon meeting and hears an address by Al Oliver, Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder.

1961: U.S. District Judge Frank Battisti begins hearing his first case as a federal judge in his chambers at Youngstown’s Main Post Office, a wrongful death case filed by the estate of Caroline Longstreet Gould against the Sunbeam Corp.

Andrew Yount, a Cortland paving contractor, testifies that a Warren councilman solicited bribes of $800 from him after doing paving work, telling him, “The boys need political contributions.”

1936:The Vindicator announces that it will discontinue publication of the complete stock edition on peach colored paper, switching to white. The “Red Streak” or complete final edition, which appears on the streets at 5:20 p.m., will still have a peach colored front page.

An amazed, curious and pleased riding public gets the first regular “trambus” service in Youngstown as the new trackless trolley coaches make their initial runs over the South Avenue routes.