Years Ago

Today is Saturday, March 3, the 63rd day of 2012. There are 303 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1849: The U.S. Department of the Interior is established.

1887: Anne Sullivan arrives at the Tuscumbia, Ala., home of Captain and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher for their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen.

1894: British Prime Minister William Gladstone submits his resignation to Queen Victoria, ending his fourth and final premiership.

1923: Time magazine, founded by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, makes its debut.

1931: President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional resolution making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem of the United States.

1945: The Allies fully secure the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II.

1961: King Hassan II accedes to the throne of Morocco, following the death of his father, King Mohammed V.

1974: A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashes shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346 people on board.

1987: Comedian Danny Kaye dies in Los Angeles at age 74.

1991: Twenty-five people are killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashes while approaching the Colorado Springs airport.

VINDICATOR FILES

1987: More than 3,000 municipal officials from across the country, including five from Youngstown, go on record urging Congress to freeze spending and delay the 1988 income tax cut so that the federal budget deficit can be reduced without cutting urban programs.

Boardman Township officials say the township is expected to grow by 10,000 to 15,000 people, reaching a population of as much as 58,000 by 1997 and they are questioning whether there are sufficient facilities and services to accommodate the growth.

Youngstown Fire Chief Gerald Kernan says a downtown fire that destroyed the former Livingston’s women’s clothing store shows the city’s need for a third aerial truck, preferably a 55-foot model.

1972: The membership of Teamsters Union Local 377 rejects the executive board’s selection of replacements for John J. Angelo and Abe Schwartz as union officers and will appeal to Frank E. Fitzsimmons, international president, to intercede in the Youngstown power struggle.

An election will be held within the month to determine whether full-time faculty members at Youngstown State University will be represented by the American Association of University Professors or the Ohio Education Association.

Joseph Bucheit and Sons Co. wins a $4.6 million contract for construction of the city’s downtown parking facility bounded by E. Boardman, E. Federal, S. Champion and S. Walnut streets.

1962: Michael Tomko, a quick-thinking 5-year-old, saves his 8-month old sister, Helen, dragging her from her crib when fire broke out in their Coitsville home while his mother was in the backyard feeding the family’s chickens.

Andrew M. Lindsay, principal of Rayen School, dies unexpectedly of an abdominal aneurysm. He was 52.

Fourteen Struthers teenagers involved in three gang fights at County Class AA basketball games are given 8 p.m. curfews and denied driving privileges until the end of the current school year by Judge Harold S. Rickert Sr.

1937: Elizabeth Washington, 15-year-old Farrell girl, is killed and three companions injured when the car in which they were retuning from a Cleveland wedding is demolished at the Budd Avenue crossing by a Pennsylvania freight train.

Republic Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corp. announce 10 cent per hour wage increases and institution of the 40-hour-week, and action that is expected to affect 30,000 Youngstown district steelworkers and cause a temporary labor shortage.

An earthquake sufficient to rattle dishes and rock chairs is reported from cities in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Michigan. The center was estimated to be within 90 miles of Cincinnati.