Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2017. There are 12 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1777: During the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.
1813: British forces capture Fort Niagara during the War of 1812.
1843: “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.
1907: Two hundred thirty-nine workers die in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa.
1957: Meredith Willson’s musical play “The Music Man” opens on Broadway.
1975: John Paul Stevens is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1998: President Bill Clinton is impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
2012: Four State Department officials resigned under pressure, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, where militants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
VINDICATOR FILES
1992: The Ohio 7th District Court of Appeals based in Youngstown upholds a 1991 ban on protests on the property of Waste Technologies Industries in East Liverpool.
WMI Medical Service of Ohio, which operated a medical waste incinerator at Youngstown Commerce Park, closes, laying off 15 employees.
The Trumbull County United Way, which fell short of its 1992 goal, informs 21 social-service agencies that it funds that allocations for the coming year will be cut an average of 6 percent.
1977: Earl S. Casterline, who sells books at a Warren flea market, says books bearing the stamp “From Charles J. Carney, Member of Congress, 19th District Ohio” are showing up in private sales and are fetching premium prices. Carney had requisitioned 81,633 books from the Library of Congress, more than any other congressman, causing a change in policy. That, says Casterline, will make the books even more desirable.
The American Iron and Steel Institute says foreign steel imports continue at a furious pace, accounting for 19.5 percent of steel deliveries in October. Europe provided 770,062 tons and Japan, 539,319 tons.
A 14-year-old North High freshman, Melvin McCoy, is taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital after being shot by a 15-year-old student in the school clinic. The older student left the school after a fight and returned with a gun.
1967: Both Mahoning and Trumbull counties would be split under a redistricting plan submitted by Gov. James Rhodes, with Mahoning being split among the 19th and 16th districts and Trumbull being divided among the 16th, 19th and 11th districts.
A state report on several downtown buildings offered for use by the Mahoning County Welfare Department is given to the welfare advisory board.
The board of Youngstown Area Community Action Program authorizes borrowing through local banks to meet the Neighborhood Youth Corps payroll, avoiding a temporary disruption of activities.
1942: Mrs. William H. McCutcheon, 22, is killed in her sleep when her husband fired a shotgun at her head while she was sleeping. Responding policemen perform various antics in an adjoining bedroom to keep three of the couple’s children occupied. A fourth child had been staying with an aunt.
A Youngstown-bound Greyhound bus, its rear aflame, is stopped at North Lima, after farmer Paul Shone, shoveling snow, saw the bus go by and telephoned the North Lima fire department.
Youngstown’s war-born prosperity has caused the volume of Christmas mail here to break all records, says Postmaster John E. Doyle.