Years Ago

Today is Friday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2012. There are 66 days left in the year.

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1825: The Erie Canal opens in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

1902: Women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton dies in New York at age 86.

1942: Japanese planes badly damage the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during World War II.

1949: President Harry S. Truman signs a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.

1958: Pan American Airways flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in 8 hours and 41 minutes.

1962: The thriller “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,” starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, has its premiere in New York.

1982: The medical drama “St. Elsewhere” premieres on NBC.

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1987: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. , D-17th, and Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Don L. Hanni Jr. bury the hatchet as Traficant appears at Hanni’s pre-election meeting of 600 party operatives and receives a standing ovation. Traficant asks for support in his presidential bid.

The International Union of Electrical Workers and General Motors Corp. reach a tentative three-year contract covering 9,000 workers at Packard Electric in Warren.

Youngstown-based Phar-Mor Inc. will open 100 new discount drug stores over the next two years, says Michael Monus of Boardman, president and CEO.

1972: In a debate with his Republican challenger, the Rev. Norman M. Parr, U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney of Youngstown says tax policy and social services should reflect, “those who have it should pay and those who haven’t got it should get a break.”

Workers at the Fisher Body fabricating plant at Lordstown vote overwhelmingly in favor of a strike over local issues.

1962: George Fallos, 5, is in critical condition in South Side Hospital after finding a 38-caliber revolver and shooting himself in the head.

A surprise early snowfall of nearly 4 inches catches Youngstown district motorists off guard, slowing morning rush-hour traffic along slick highways and streets. As much as 15 inches fell near Akron.

Playing at the Warner Theater, Brigette Bardot and Marcello Mastroianni in “A Very Private Affair.”

Agreement is reached in a strike at Hill Hubbell & Co. division of National Castings Corp., Girard, which has idled 130 workers for seven weeks.

1937: Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge J.H.C. Lyon finds Dr. N.J. Nardacci not guilty of insurance fraud, saying no evidence showed that the Travelers Insurance Co. relied on Dr. Nardacci’s statements when the company settled for $4,200 in an alleged fake accident case.

The hunt to rid Ohio of the dangerous elixir of sulfanilamide blamed for 47 deaths across the nation turns to Warren, where two bottles were found at a drug store. Federal men believe all 700 contaminated bottles distributed by a Tennessee chemical house have been accounted for.