YEARS AGO

Today is Wednesday, June 29, the 181st day of 2016. There are 185 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1767: Britain approves the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposes import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies.

1954: The Atomic Energy Commission votes against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s access to classified information.

1956: Actress Marilyn Monroe marries playwright Arthur Miller in a civil ceremony in White Plains, N.Y.

1972: The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a trio of death sentences, saying the way they had been imposed constituted cruel and unusual punishment. (The ruling prompted states to effectively impose a moratorium on executions until their capital punishment laws could be revised.)

1992: The remains of Polish statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski, interred for five decades in the United States, are returned to his homeland in keeping with his wish to be buried only in a free Poland.

2003: Actress Katharine Hepburn dies in Old Saybrook, Conn., at age 96.

2011: A federal court in Cincinnati hands the Obama administration a victory by agreeing that the government could require a minimum amount of insurance for Americans.

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1991: An overwhelming majority of Mahoning Valley schools had per-pupil operating costs below the state average of $4,338, according to a survey released by the Ohio Public Expenditure Council.

Youngstown City Council balks at adopting a proposed tax-abatement policy for the city. Councilman Robert Jennings has proposed that rather than provide a 10-year, 100-percent abatement that the city offer a full break the first four years, 50 percent for the next three and 25 percent for the final three.

Norman F. Kubilis Jr., 22 of West Farmington, who is being held in Trumbull County Jail, says he will not waive extradition to face homicide charges in the shooting of a couple in Allegheny Forest, Pa.

1976: The W.B. Gibson Co. of Warren is awarded a $1.7 million contract for the construction of a new headquarters building for the Air Force Reserves at the base at Youngstown Municipal Airport.

The Niles Area Jaycees host the second annual swim party for handicapped children at the Avalon Inn swimming pool. Dennis Quilty is chairman of the event.

Gov. James A. Rhodes says, “Ohio will do everything it possibly can for the location of a new U.S. Steel plant at Conneaut.”

1966: Youngstown hospitals anticipate no big rush on them as the area moves into the new era of Medicare in a few days. Mahoning County has some 31,000 people older than 65 years old who are eligible for coverage.

Philip A. Snyder, director of public information at Westminster College, is named to the same post at Youngstown University, replacing Miss Freda Flint, who retires after 47 years at the university.

1941: Robert J. Woods, a Youngstown native, is the designer of two of America’s most-vicious fighting planes, the Bell Airacuda and the Bell Airacobra. The latter has dived at more than 600 mph.

Tickets are being issued to 400 Youngstown-area people who will receive free flights from United Airlines and Pennsylvania Central Airlines on July 1, opening day of the Youngstown Municipal Airport.

A half-dozen Youngstown buildings, including City Hall, are damaged when struck by lightning during a severe electrical storm. Mrs. Mary Markovitz suffers cuts when lightning strikes her home at 39 N. Worthington St., showering her with lath and plaster.