YEARS AGO FOR APRIL 5

Today is Wednesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2017. There are 270 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order creating the Civilian Conservation Corps and an anti-hoarding order that effectively prohibits private ownership of gold.

1964: Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur dies in Washington, D.C., at age 84.

1976: Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies in Houston at age 70.

1987: Fox Broadcasting Co. makes its prime-time TV debut by airing the situation comedy “Married with Children,” starring Youngstown native Ed O’Neill.

2012: President Barack Obama signs bipartisan jobs legislation intended to help small businesses and make it easier for startups to raise capital.

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1992: Trumbull County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Norton expresses concern that a move by state officials to release juveniles from overcrowded state-run detention centers could shift the burden to county detention facilities.

The Dana Madrigal Singers of Youngstown State University present a free concert of unaccompanied choral music in the Bliss Recital Hall.

Mahoning Valley survivors of the Bataan Death March reflect on the horrors of the march on its 50th anniversary. Among them are James P. Bennett of Warren, Dr. Nathan Belinky of Youngstown and Dr. Joseph Ginsberg of New Castle.

1977: Lykes Corp. Chairman Joseph T. Lykes Jr. and President Frank A. Nemec say 1976 was a “disappointing” year, largely because of the poor showing of its basic steel group, which includes Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

Lawyers for the NAACP file a 288-page summary to U.S. District Court Judge Leroy J. Contie supporting their argument that Youngstown city schools are racially segregated in violation of federal law.

Ali Ababseh, a 21-year-old Jordanian student at YSU, is robbed of $4,000 outside the South Side Post Office by a robber who threatened to “blow out” his brains. Ababseh was taking the money from a downtown bank to his employer, Ghazi Ramahi, owner of the A Food Market on Essex Street.

1967: Six Youngstown University coeds vie for the title of queen of the 17th annual military ball: Mary Charnoki, Pamela Craig, Lois Homsey, Donna Shepas, Tammy Tabak and Paulette Williams.

Salem voters approve a $644,000 bond issue by an unprecedented 79.4 percent plurality, freeing the board of education to move ahead with its school building program.

Climaxing a monthlong campaign to immunize children against measles, the Mahoning County Medical Society will sponsor a Measles Week aimed at immunizing all children up to age 12.

Nancy Graham, senior at Poland Seminary High School, and Robert Stillson, sophomore at Boardman High School, are selected as counselors at Children’s International Summer Village.

1942: Congressman Michael J. Kirwan of Youngstown, D-19th, announces that he will seek a fourth term representing Mahoning, Trumbull and Ashtabula counties.

“Christmas in April” is the way one merchant described last-minute rush in downtown stores to buy Easter finery. Stores, restaurants and parking lots were jammed to capacity.

Strawberry lovers may be deprived of their shortcake this year because of the war. Strawberries are shipped from the south in refrigerated cars, and the war has necessitated the use of these cars elsewhere.