Years Ago

Today is Sunday, June 24, the 176th day of 2012. There are 190 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1509: Henry VIII is crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, is crowned queen consort.

1807: A grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicts former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he is later acquitted).

1908: The 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, dies in Princeton, N.J., at 71.

1948: Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.

1968: “Resurrection City,” a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C., is closed down by authorities.

1983: The space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasts to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

1987: Comedian-actor Jackie Gleason dies at his home in Lauderhill, Fla., at age 71.

1992: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, strengthens its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies.

VINDICATOR FILES

1987: Alright Auto Parks of Houston, Texas, submits the apparent high bid of $2.1 million to purchase Youngstown’s parking garage; the city still owes $4.6 million on the $7 million in bonds sold by the city in 1977.

Faced with the loss of $42 million in federal highway funds, Gov.. Richard F. Celeste and state legislative leaders have decided to raise Ohio’s minimum beer-drinking age from 19 to 21.

The Boardman Board of Education approves a two-year contract with teachers that will increase salaries by 11 percent. The starting wage for a teacher with a bachelor’s degree in the first year will be $16,995; top scale for a bachelor’s degree after 24 years will be $29,663.

Several area residents are among graduates of U.S. service academies: Donald L. Shaffer and Richard Denton from the Air Force Academy; Leroy D. Vaughn, John D. Wilkins and Patrick D. O’Shea from the Naval Academy,

1972: Flood waters continue to rise in Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, with the Ohio River expected to crest at East Liverpool at 41.5 feet.

State Rep. Michael Del Bene of Hubbard announces that the state has released $555,000 to the Ohio Department of Highways for engineering work on bridges over state Route 11 in Trumbull County.

The Rev. Kenneth McCready, pastor of First United Methodist Church in West Austintown, retires after 36 years of service.

1962: New pastors are named for seven area Methodist churches: The Rev. Robert Dieterich, Boardman Methodist Church; the Rev. Robert W. McNary, Richard Brown Memorial Methodist Church; the Rev. Lloyd Walker, Epworth Methodist Church; the Rev. George A. Hickson, Indianola Methodist Church; the Rev. Jed O. Pancoast, Corners Burg Methodist Church; the Rev. Kenneth P. McCready, West Austintown-North Jackson Methodist churches; the Rev. James H. Klink, Sebring Methodist Congregation.

Frank E. Cailor, Mahoning County treasurer from 1937 to 1953 and veteran Democratic leader, dies of a heart ailment in south Side Hospital at the age of 90.

Revolutionary shifts to missiles and electronics since the Korean War have led to dramatic shifts in defense contracts from the Midwest and Middle Atlantic states to the West Coast, a Pentagon study shows.

1937: With National Guardsmen in place to allow willing workers to come and go, Republic Steel announces that it will run its large Warren plant on three shifts.

Youngstown Mayor Lionel Evans asks President Roosevelt and Gov. Davey to provide National Guard protection to allow the opening of local steel plants.

A jury of seven men and five women acquits Mike Bort, Beaver Township farmer, of murder in the death of Morris Matias, his former partner in horse trading, finding that Bort had the right to protect himself and his wife from apparent peril.

Major Gen. Gilson D. Light, in charge of the Youngstown military area, says enforcement of a civilian curfew is “extremely unlikely.”