Years Ago

Today is Monday, May 14, the 135th day of 2012. There are 231 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1796: English physician Edward Jenner inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter.

1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest leaves camp near present-day Hartford, Ill.

1912: The first movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, “Saved From the Titanic,” is released just a month after the British liner sinks.

1942: Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” is first performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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1987: United Steelworkers of America union heads in Pittsburgh reject a proposal that would have eliminated some jobs at LTV Steel Co. but also would have restored all the lost supplemental benefits fro early retirees.

The Department of Development is expected to approve a state review panel’s recommendation to approve a $1.5 million low interest loan for the new Avanti Motor Co. plant in Youngstown.

1972: About 2,200 students will return to class in Brookfield Local Schools after some 100 teachers represented by the Brookfield Federation of Teachers vote to return to their jobs, ending a two-day strike. The starting salary for a teacher will increase from $6,200 to $6,600.

Barry Barth and Don Morrisroe of Boardman successfully defend their championship at the Class AAA Sectional Championship tennis tournament with a victory over Chuck Norris and Jerry Rosenberg of Warren Harding.

1962: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. offers a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of three robbers who terrorized John Martin, manager of the Salem A&P store and his family.

Union carpenters set up picket lines at the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority’s new housing projects, but other tradesman continue to work.

1937: The nation’s first major steel strike in 18 years ends with Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. agreeing to a contract with John L. Lewis and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.

Mahoning and Columbiana counties are under quarantine in an effort to stop an infestation of Japanese beetles, leaving farmers unsure of whether they can sell their fruit and produce out of those counties this summer.