Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2012. There are 286 days left in the year. Spring arrives at 1:14 a.m. Eastern time.

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On this date in:

1815: Napoleon Bona-parte returns to Paris after escaping his exile on Elba, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule.

1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel about slavery, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is first published in book form after being serialized.

1912: A coal mine explosion in McCurtain, Okla., claims the lives of 73 workers.

1952: The U.S. Senate ratifies, 66-10, the Treaty of Peace with Japan.

1987: The Food and Drug Administration approves the sale of AZT, a drug shown to prolong the lives of some AIDS patients.

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1987: Youngstown Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro says the Park and Recreation Department budget for 1987 will be cut by 32 percent.

Mahoning County Sheriff Edward P. Nemeth postpones laying off a third of his 64 employees for two weeks to make sure that all civil service requirements are met in making the move.

1972: About 2,250 members of USW Local 1193 at Sharon Steel Corp. end a one-day strike over manning issues at the basic oxygen furnace.

Sixth Ward Councilman Frank C. Bees introduces legislation to repeal Youngstown’s $5 license plate tax, which raises $375,000 annually for street resurfacing.

1962: Youngstown burglar Philip “Fleegle” Mainer boasts “I’ll be home for Christmas” after getting a one-year to two-year sentence at the Allegheny County Workhouse. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary for his role in a burglary ring that was broken up by an alert cop in Sharon, Pa.

Atty. Kenneth M. Lloyd tells Pittsburgh area congressmen that Pittsburgh would be the principal beneficiary of a Lake Erie-to-Ohio River canal.

A New York firm has bought control of the Youngstown Transit Co.’s parent organization, but says it plans no management changes in Youngstown.

1937: Haircuts in Youngstown barber shops will cost 65 cents and shaves 35 cents, the Association of Master Barbers announces.

More than 100 Boy Scouts fan out over downtown on a Saturday at the encouragement of the Mahoning Safety Institute to guide pedestrians away from jaywalking and to warn them of the dangers.

Youngstown’s 1937 Community Fund drive has not yet set a goal, but chairman Carl W. Ullman says it will be larger than 1936 because acute needs remain despite an improving business climate.