YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO

Today is Monday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2014. There are 72 days left in the year.

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1714: The coronation of Britain’s King George I takes place in Westminster Abbey.

1914: ‘‘Stay Down Here Where You Belong,” an antiwar song by Irving Berlin, is published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. in New York.

1936: Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, dies in Forest Hills, N.Y., at age 70.

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1989: The Rev. George Clements, a priest who made headlines in his fight against drugs after getting fed up with officiating at the funerals of young people in his Chicago neighborhood, speaks at a banquet of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Mahoning Valley. He says communities must fight drug abuse at every level.

Leonard H. Roberts, ousted president of Arby’s Inc., urges franchise holders to unite in a demand that Miami Beach financier Victor Posner sell the chain.

Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Charles J. Bannon rules that circulators of election petitions aimed at rescinding a Youngstown city school levy are entitled to claim a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer school board questions about how they gathered signatures.

1974: Warren schools officials say that if a 6.8-mill operating levy on the November ballot fails, the district will run out of money, and schools will close Dec. 6.

The Westminster College football team celebrates the school’s 120th homecoming with its 23rd consecutive homecoming victory, defeating Ohio Northern University, 21-17.

Dan Ryan, host of the “Open Mike” talk show on WBBW-AM radio, is the guest of honor at the Uptown Kiwanis Club’s first annual benefit “Rib and Roast” dinner attended by 600 at the Maronite Center.

1964: Speaking at a hearing of the Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh, U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan says a Lake Erie-to-Ohio River canal would provide inexpensive transportation that would boost industry beyond the immediate area.

Harry Walker is named Pittsburgh Pirates manager, succeeding Danny Murtagh.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. reports third-quarter earnings of $14 million, nearly triple the $5 million for the same quarter a year earlier.

1939: Leaders in the Ohio Baptist Convention meet in First Baptist Temple in Youngstown.

Mrs. Opal Lewis of Warren is the golf champion of Trumbull Country Club, joining her husband, Atty. George D. Lewis, who is the men’s champion at the same club. It is the first time that a husband and wife were champions.

“If the citizens of Youngs-town want a clean city, they must elect a man who is not backed by ‘bug’ operators or a gambling crowd,” Arthur H. Williams, Republican endorsed candidate for mayor, tells the Aut Mori Grotto meeting at Southern Hills Country Club.