YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 6

Today is Monday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2017. There are 55 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1860: Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party is elected president of the United States as he defeats John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.

1861: Confederate President Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term of office.

1928: In a first, the results of Republican Herbert Hoover’s presidential election victory over Democrat Alfred E. Smith are flashed onto an electric wraparound sign on the New York Times building.

1947: “Meet the Press” debuts on NBC. The first guest is James A. Farley, former postmaster general and former Democratic National Committee Chair. The host is the show’s co-creator, Martha Rountree.

1977: Thirty-nine people are killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia bursts, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College.

1984: President Ronald Reagan wins re-election by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic challenger.

VINDICATOR FILES

1992: Mill Creek Metropolitan Park is seeking proposals for an Avalon Inn-style, 125-room facility on former residential property the park owns on U.S. Route 422.

Sharon Steel Corp, which is down to 750 working employees with 2,000 laid off, fails to issue pay checks on schedule and announces that the company has lost Blue Cross-Blue Shield hospitalization coverage for active and retired employees.

A citizens committee is formed to study a possible merger between Hubbard Township and the city of Hubbard.

1977: The Rev. Frank Carfagna assumes his first pastorate at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Vienna only to find that the church building has been stripped of its altar, statues and stations of the cross, apparently by disgruntled parishioners who supported the former pastor, the Rev. John Roach.

The Athletic Commission, which oversaw Warren scholastic athletics with autonomy for more than 30 years, will be reduced in size and authority by the Warren Board of Education following a finding by the state auditor that the commission’s activities violated state law.

A pleasantly landscaped area between St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center and the Child and Adult Mental Health Center is dedicated to Sidney Moyer to recognize his service to both institutions.

1967: Thieves force open a rear door at Bolotin’s Colony Shop at 1990 McCartney Road and escape with $5,000 worth of TVs.

A physical fitness program will be presented by the fifth-grade students of the Leetonia Schools for the PTO, directed by Ambrose Brazelton, state supervisor of elementary physical education.

Hugh Frost, Republican candidate for mayor of Youngstown, renews his charge of nepotism against Mayor Antony Flask by listing the names of 39 people he says are relatives of the mayor and are on the payroll. Flask disputes the number, but says most would have held their jobs before he became mayor.

1942: Youngstown police are seeking two men who stole five parking meters from their standards in the 300 block of E. Federal Street.

In line with a statewide movement to enroll every household into some phase of civilian defense, the Youngstown Civilian Defense Council has organized a new branch, Citizens Service Corps under Pauline Jones.

Youngstown Police Chief Andrew Przelomski orders officers at night football games to arrest any person caught with an open bottle in an effort to reduce drinking and rowdiness.