YEARS AGO

Today is Saturday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2015. There are 117 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1774: The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

1836: Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.

1972: The Palestinian group Black September attacks the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer are killed in the resulting siege.

1975: President Gerald R. Ford escapes an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.

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1990: Nonteaching employees in Girard set up picket lines at city schools after late-night talks between the school board and the Ohio Association of Public School Employees fail to reach an agreement.

Donald W. McGowan, 66, retires as chairman and president of Ohio Bancorp, parent of Dollar Savings & Trust Co. Thomas R. Hollern, 47, is McGowan’s successor.

Robert T. Robinson, Youngstown State University’s first black police chief, tenders his resignation, ending a stormy 18-month stint.

1975: The Ohio Supreme Court reinstates the mourning dove season.

U.S. Sen. Robert Taft asks the Security and Exchange commission and the Justice Department to conduct “a full and complete investigation” into an attempt by the French company Societe Imetal to take over Copperweld Steel Corp.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Youngstown issues a statement praising an interim peace agreement between Israel and Egypt as a “great American diplomatic achievement” that “deepens the special relationship between Israel and the United States.”

1965: Two Farrell, Pa., men, pilot John Bubrik, 45, and his passenger, Henry L. Culver, are killed when their single-engine plane crashes during takeoff from Lansdowne Airport.

Murray Cochrane, personnel director of the new General Motors Chevrolet-Fisher Body plant under construction in Lordstown, will speak at the Canfield Methodist Church.

Bob Claffey of Hubbard shoots a hole-in-one at Rubino’s Short Hole Course.

A 21-year-old Boardman man is rescued from drowning in Lake Newport. He tells police he was fishing, fell asleep and toppled into the water.

1940: Gov. John Bricker orders Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert to investigate dog racing at Lake Milton track for evidence of illegal gambling.

Two of the 10,000 to 12,000 students of the Air Conditioning Training Corp. at 789 Wick Ave., who each year sign contracts for $224 for home-study courses, testify at a Federal Trade Commission hearing that they did not get the full-time or part-time employment they were promised.