Years Ago

Today is Friday, June 22, the 174th day of 2012. There are 192 days left in the year.

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1912: The Republican National Convention in Chicago nominates President William Howard Taft and Vice President James Sherman for second terms of office (however, Sherman died just days before the election, which Taft lost to Woodrow Wilson).

1937: Joe Louis begins his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.

1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights.”

1977: John N. Mitchell becomes the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison as he begins serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. )

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1987: The Ungaro administration is gearing up for a court battle with the Federal Aviation Administration over the FAA’s plan to close the flight service station at Youngstown Municipal Airport.

State Rep. Joseph J. Vukovich, D-52nd, says the Tort Liability Bill working its way through the General Assembly would limit the exposure of insurance companies by cutting the rights of individuals to collect damages.

1972: An aide to U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr. reads a statement from the senator to open a conference at YSU on thermal pollution of the Mahoning River saying that people have become complacent about the need to clean up pollution since the federal government became involved in the effort.

Some 400 to 500 youths in Youngstown’s Neighborhood Youth Corps Model Cities program will get free WRTA bus rides to their summer jobs, thanks to a $500 federal grant.

1962: The Renner Brewing Co. files suit claiming a land grab by the state in moving the line for Youngstown’s arterial highway system from outside the brewery property to 10 feet over the company’s garage.

1937: Mahoning Valley steel plants remain closed as nearly 5,000 National guardsmen converge on the area to keep peace in the strike-torn area.

Sheriff Ralph Elser decrees that no more than 10 pickets will be permitted at any mill gate.

Track Coach Lowell “Rib” Allen is the new sports coach at Boardman High, taking over football, basketball and track duties, succeeding “Buck” Burkie, who resigned.