Years Ago

Years Ago

Today is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2014. There are 102 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1519: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew begin their voyage from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships eventually circled the world.)

1911: The British liner RMS Olympic collides with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke off the Isle of Wight; although seriously damaged, the Olympic is able to return to Southampton under its own power.

1947: Former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia dies.

1954: The live TV drama “Twelve Angry Men” is presented on CBS’ “Westinghouse Studio One” anthology series, with Robert Cummings playing the lone holdout juror later portrayed by Henry Fonda in the 1957 movie version.

1958: Martin Luther King Jr. is seriously wounded during a book signing at a New York City department store when Izola Curry stabs him in the chest. (Curry was later found mentally incompetent.)

VINDICATOR FILES

1989: Teachers at Youngstown State University man picket lines on campus, the first strike against the university.

The FBI plans to bolster security at its Boardman office after thieves manage to steal a bureau car from the office parking lot behind the Shops on the Glen at 4845 Market St.

Gov. Richard F. Celeste tells an audience at Hanson Community Center in Youngstown’s Kimmel Brook Homes project that the goal of the United States should be to get every eligible child into a Head Start program.

1974: Police Chief Donald Baker and the Fraternal Order of Police criticize Municipal Court Judge Frank X. Kryzan and the city prosecutor’s office reducing charges against defendants and for making derogatory comments about police officers in open court.

Five truckers are arrested by Highway Patrol troopers in connection with a slowdown that clogged traffic on the Ohio Turnpike for four hours.

The Dollar Bank of Niles opens its new $150,000 branch in Girard with Glenn Griffiths of Niles as manager.

1964: The advisory committee of the Board of Child Welfare announces its support for a 1-mill levy to raise funds for construction of a school building for retarded children who are being housed in the Butler School Building in the River Bend area.

Prof. William L. Powers, supervisor of the social sciences department at Youngstown University, and Edward A. Przelomski, public information officer in the Youngstown Police Department, will teach new classes in police science at the university.

1939: Steel production hits a peak of 82 percent of capacity in Youngstown and seems headed for the 90 percent peak last seen in 1937.

Youngstown College is one of 40 additional schools approved by the Civil Aeronautics Authority to provide civilian pilot training. Dr. Castle W. Foard will be in charge of the new course for training airplane pilots.

Pliny H. Powers, superintendent of Youngstown schools, says teachers will visit their students’ homes this fall to “renew acquaintance with the parents of our pupils.”