Years Ago

Today is Monday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2011. There are 117 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1836: Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.

1961: President John F. Kennedy signs legislation making aircraft hijackings a federal crime.

1972: Black September terrorists attack the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer are killed in the siege.

1975: President Gerald R. Ford escapes an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: Saying he was acting “out of courtesy to the House leadership,” U.S. Tax Court Judge John B. Williams delays the trial of U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. on tax evasion until after the November election.

The 100th annual Columbiana Street Fair opens with the traditional parade along South Main Street.

1971: About 70 men, former members of the old 332nd Infantry Association, hold their 50th anniversary at the Hotel Ohio, remembering their days in France and Italy during World War I.

1961: Canfield Fair directors say they are considering expanding the 1962 fair to six days and the building of a new administration building.

In his Labor Day report, George R. Reiss, Vindicator industrial editor, predicts more stable employment and bigger paychecks for the Youngstown district’s 110,000 industrial workers as economic signs improve.

1936: Twenty-eight people, including some of Youngstown’s most prominent men in civic and political life, inspect all the proposed airport sites from a huge twin-engined airplane piloted by Clarence Chamberlin, famous transatlantic aviator.

The concessionaires of the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland are waging a hot dog lengthening war during which the standard five-inch dog has grown to 15 inches, selling for 15 cents.