Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 140th day of 2014. There are 225 days left in the year.

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1712: The original version of Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-heroic poem “The Rape of the Lock” is published anonymously in Lintot’s Miscellany.

1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act, which is intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.

1902: The United States ends a three-year military presence in Cuba as the Republic of Cuba is established under its first elected president, Tomas Estrada Palma.

1914: The song “By the Beautiful Sea” by Harry Carroll and Harold R. Atteridge is published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc., in New York.

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1989: The Ohio Department of Development will delay a $2 million state loan for United Engineering and Foundry Co. until the company resolves a dispute with its employees and the federal government over pension supplements.

State Sen. Harry Meshel is honored as distinguished legislator of the year during the 44th annual state convention of the Catholic War Veterans of the United States meeting at the Avalon Inn.

The Youngstown Pride defeats the Hellenic National Team of Greece at Beeghly Center, 102-85. The Pride’s Willie Bland had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

1974: Carbon monoxide fumes from a smoldering charcoal grill kill John M. Barnett, 27, of Baltimore and gravely sicken his wife at the Warren Motor Lodge on Route 5 at the Ohio Turnpike. The couple used the grill for a barbeque and returned with it to their room believing the coals were out.

Teachers belonging to the Liberty Education Association declare two professional days, saying they will not teach on those days but will meet to discuss the ramifications of a May 7 defeat of a 3.2-mill levy.

1964: Orlando DiLullo, assistant chief deputy of the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department, is elected president of the Crime Clinic of Greater Youngstown.

Sammy Sims, 46, known to area dance fans as Sammy Monte in the World War II and postwar eras, is killed when his car goes out of control in Gladstone Road near Route 45 and rolls over.

Advertisement: From as far away as Baghdad, Iraq, research engineers have gathered to hatch their new ideas at the new Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Research Center, a multi-million dollar incubator in Youngstown.

1939: Mary L. Black is crowned May Queen at the 12th annual May Day celebration at Youngstown College.

Plans are moving forward for the incorporation of a new village in Liberty Township on a 60-acre tract on Belmont Avenue at Liberty Road with an eye toward establishing dog racing there.

The Butler, Wick & Co. of Youngstown wins the Guy Prosser trophy at the Cleveland Security Traders’ Association fourth annual sports carnival at Lakewood Country Club. Team members were Arthur H. Williams, Edmund R. Merz, L. Arthur Randall and Olan B. Masters.