YEARS AGO

Today is Saturday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2014. There are 81 days left in the year.

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1890: The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded in Washington.

1932: The first American political telecast takes place as the Democratic National Committee sponsors a program from a CBS-TV studio in New York.

1991: Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas re-appears before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a “high-tech lynching.”

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1989: Thomas Cusack, 95, of Salem is sworn in by Common Pleas Judge Douglas Jenkins for his fourth term as a member of the Columbiana County Soldiers Relief Commission.

In what Adelaide Mullane, president of the Warren Board of Education, described as a humiliating and sobering experience, Warren wins approval for a $4 million state-backed loan after presenting the local board’s plan for cutbacks to the state controlling board in Columbus.

William Kish, attorney for the Canfield Fair Board of Directors, says directors are going to have to be more attentive to potential lawsuits. The board is facing three suits, including one filed by a person stabbed during the 1987 fair.

1974: Addressing the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, Labor Secretary Peter J. Brennan says the kind of labor-management partnership evident in the building of Youngstown’s new Federal Plaza is the “brand of cooperation we will need as this nation acts to curb inflation and restore stability to our economy.”

The Mahoning County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board acts to acquire three new properties as the sites of various programs. The properties are at 418-420 Youngstown-Poland Road, the former Shriver-Allison Funeral Home on Market Street and Dewey Avenue, and a property at 2660-2672 Vestal Road.

“More research to find out what happens between the ears of children is essential,” John Glenn, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, says at an instructional improvement day of the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association at Struthers Field House.

1964: The Youngstown University Penguins win their third straight game, defeating Southern Connecticut, 28-27.

Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle’s homer in the last half of the ninth gives the Yankees the third game of the World Series, 2-1.

William E. Miller, Republican vice presidential candidate, tells a chilled crowd of 1,000 in the Ashtabula square that President Johnson and other Democrats are distorting the record of Barry Goldwater, the GOP presidential candidate.

1939: Democratic precinct committee disregards appeals by Judge William B. Spagnola that they not endorse in the Youngstown mayoral race and overwhelmingly endorse Atty. John W. Powers for the post.

The 618 Youngstown “slum dwelling” tenants who will get to move into the Westlake low-cost housing project will pay monthly rents ranging from $19 to $22.25, including all utilities.