Today is Saturday, June 24, the 175th day of 2017. There are 190 days left in the year.


Today is Saturday, June 24, the 175th day of 2017. There are 190 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1793: The first republican constitution in France is adopted.

1807: A grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicts former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted).

1908: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, dies in Princeton, N.J., at age 71.

1947: What’s regarded as the first modern UFO sighting takes place as private pilot Kenneth Arnold, an Idaho businessman, reports seeing nine silvery objects flying in a “weaving formation” near Mount Rainier in Washington.

1967: The Jefferson Airplane single “White Rabbit,” written by Grace Slick, is released by RCA Victor.

1987: Comedian-actor Jackie Gleason dies at his home in Lauderhill, Fla., at age 71.

2016: President Barack Obama creates the first national monument to gay rights, designating the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan.

VINDICATOR FILES

1992: Despite conservation efforts during the drought, the level of the 10-billion-gallon Meander Reservoir drops from 65.7 percent of capacity to 63.8 percent.

U.S. Sen Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania, an outsider who defeated Republican Richard Thornburgh in a November Senate race, is being discussed as a vice presidential running mate for Democrat Bill Clinton.

Connie Coloutes, chairwoman of the Poland Township Board of Trustees, tells Anne Arundel County officials that they should abandon plans to ship that Maryland county’s garbage to the Carbon Limestone landfill in Poland. Each state should be responsible for its own trash, Coloutes says.

1977: Ruling in a case brought by Ohio taxpayers, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that states may provide parochial schools with books and some educational services, but cannot fund field trips or lend parochial schools equipment.

Mayor Jack C. Hunter proposes legislation regulating abortion providers in Youngstown that will require a woman seeking an abortion to file a report with the board of health giving her name and address.

Youngstown must respond within 60 days to a government finding that it discriminates against women and minorities or face the loss of its federal-revenue sharing funds.

1967: The Youngstown Auto Club is presented the AAA Ohio State Automobile Club’s president’s award for the best of the state’s AAA clubs with more than 20,000 members.

A 17-year-old North Side boy who refused to stop his car, even when Patrolman Anthony Ignazio fired warning shots, has his driver’s license suspended for a year, with no exception for driving to school or work.

Col. R.M. Chiaramonte, superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, presents retired Lt. David Hartsock of Warren with the badge of a retired trooper during a testimonial dinner.

1942: Magnesium and thermite bombs will fall on three buildings during a Civilian Defense demonstration at Idora Park .

A Mahoning County jury of 10 women and two men finds that pinball machines owned by Louis Kroeck are not used for gambling and are not subject to Youngstown’s anti-gambling ordinance.

Ohio residents are warned not to drive into Pennsylvania during that state’s blackout because they may have to idle along the side the road for up to 30 minutes.