Years Ago

Today is Friday, Aug. 10, the 223rd day of 2012. There are 143 days left in the year.

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1680: Pueblo Indians launch a successful revolt against Spanish colonists in present-day New Mexico.

1846: President James K. Polk signs a measure establishing the Smithsonian Institution.

1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt is stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello.

1962: Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man makes his debut in issue 15 of “Amazing Fantasy” (cover price: 12 cents).

1969: Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people had been slain.

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1987: Hundreds of men and women arrive overnight at the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services office on South Avenue to be first in line to apply for jobs at the New Avanti Motor Corp. in Youngstown.

The VIP Entertainment Complex in the Eastwood Mall closes over the weekend without explanation from owners Ray Travalini and Sandy Petruso or the Cafaro Co.

1972: Youngstown City Council certifies four charter amendments to the Mahoning County Board of Elections, three of which set minimum ages for office holders: 21 for council members, and 25 for mayor or council president.

The Youngstown Board of Control sells a 17,433- square-foot parcel be- tween the Voyager Motor Inn and the Legal Arts Building for $77,402 to a private company that plans to build a $1.4 million seven-story office building.

Thomas F. Carey, assistant principal at Ursuline High School since 1968, is named principal, succeeding the Rev. John P. Ashton.

1962: Fourteen Ursuline order postulants, dressed in white bridal gowns, travel from the Ursuline Motherhouse on Logan Road to St. Columba Cathedral, where they receive their black veils during a profession ceremony presided over by Bishop James W. Malone.

The Mahoning Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, sets a goal of 1,200 new Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in their fall campaign.

1937: Mrs. William Cranston, 44-year-old Columbiana County farm woman, is shot to death by an unidentified gunman as she lay reading in her bed on the first floor of her home in Knox Township.

The last nine holes of the 36-hole golf course in Mill Creek Park are ready for their formal opening, says Al Davies, park superintendent.