Today is Saturday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2017. There are 92 days left in the year.

September 30, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

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On this date in:

1777: The Continental Congress – forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces – moves to York, Pa.

1927: Babe Ruth of the Yankees hits his 60th homer of the season to break his own major-league record during a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1947: The World Series is broadcast on television for the first time; the New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in Game 1.

1949: The Berlin Airlift ends.

1962: James Meredith, a black student, is escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he would enroll for classes the next day. Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives.

2012: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama has “misunderstood” American values in his policies toward other countries.

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1992: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approves a $4.9 million loan guarantee to help Sharon Steel Corp. finance a $40 million continuous steel caster for its Farrell plant.

Ohio House Speaker Vern Riffe says he’s confident that Democrats will maintain control of the chamber in the Nov. 5 election. Democrats have a 61-38 edge in the House going into the election.

A task force appointed by Superintendent Alfred Tutela identifies $8.6 million in possible cuts in Youngstown City School District operations, including the elimination of 107 teachers and 108 other employees.

1977: During a press conference, President Jimmy Carter says his administration may consider some aid to the embattled U.S. steel industry, but it will not restrict steel imports or ease environmental regulations on steel producers.

Muhammad Ali retains his heavyweight title in a 15-round unanimous decision over Earnie Shavers of Leavittsburg during a title bout at Madison Square Gardens. Vindicator Sports Editor Chuck Perazich writes that Shavers lost the fight, but he won over the crowd.

William Sullivan, president of Western Reserve Economic Development Agency, urges the government to keep a skeleton crew at the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. so the mill could be restarted by a new owner.

1967: A bandit holds a gun to the neck of Mike Marquard, an employee at the Sparkle Market, 823 Elm St., and orders assistant manager Peter Gelsomino to hand over the store’s receipts or Marquard would be killed. The bandit and an accomplice escape with an undetermined amount of money.

Three past exalted rulers of the Salem Elks Lodge are voted honorary life memberships: Robert Schaeffer, Earl Miller and John Barnes.

City officials greet skydivers from throughout the nation for the National Parachute Championships at Miller Airport in North Benton.

1942: Three-year-old Mary Ann Yablonkai is giving her collection of 500 door keys to the scrap drive because the nickel silver in them is badly needed as an alloy for lighting equipment.

Public schools in East Palestine will adjourn for one week so that students can be assigned to help farmers pick apples and harvest other crops.

Mrs. Benjamin Fairless, former Youngstown charity worker and wife of the president of United States Steel Corp., dies at her home in Massillon.

Traffic Commissioner Clarence Coppersmith says that the national 35 mph speed limit will mean little change in city enforcement since that is also the city limit.