YEARS AGO FOR OCT. 11

Today is Thursday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2018. There are 81 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1809: Just over three years after the famous Lewis and Clark expedition ends, Meriwether Lewis is found dead in a Tennessee inn, an apparent suicide; he was 35.

1884: American first lady Eleanor Roosevelt is born in New York City.

1958: The lunar probe Pioneer 1 is launched; it falls back to Earth and burns up in the atmosphere.

1962: Pope John XXIII convenes the first session of the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council, also known as “Vatican 2.”

1986: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev open two days of talks on arms control and human rights in Iceland.

1991: Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas reappears before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a “high-tech lynching.”

2001: In his first prime-time news conference since taking office, President George W. Bush says “it may take a year or two” to track down Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network in Afghanistan, but he asserted that after a five-day aerial bombardment, “we’ve got them on the run.”

2002: Former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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1993: Mike Michno of Dayton wins the men’s 10-kilometer U.S. International Peace Race in Youngstown. Jennifer Martin of Erie won the woman’s competition in the 17th annual race.

Some 2,000 volunteers come together over five days to build Kids Town in Boardman Park under the guidance of several area contractors.

U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-17th, announces a $75,954 grant to the Northeast Ohio Adoption Service from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1978: A 21-year-old Struthers man who admitted responsibility for the death of his friend, Jamie Robbins, 23, of Creed Street, has his driver’s license suspended for life and is fined $1,000 after being found guilty of vehicular homicide by Judge Charles J. Bannon.

A nine-day strike by Sharon school service personnel ends when negotiators reach a tentative three-year contract.

With the approval of Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Don L. Hanni, the Central Committee withdraws active support from candidates who do not pay party assessments, including Appellate Judge Joseph E. O’Neill and Atty. Gen. William J. Brown.

1968: Paul Clautti, 50, merchandising manager of a West Federal Street surplus store and former used car dealer, is fatally shot in the driveway of his home at 1502 Cascade Drive.

An 18-year-old Lordstown youth is killed when his car smashes into the rear of a school bus. Twenty-two students are rushed to area hospitals, and 11 are admitted.

William Kirwan of Canfield is named assistant general superintendent of U.S. Steel Corp.’s Youngstown Works. He succeeds John Harron, named general superintendent.

1943: Atty. Russell G. Mock files a motion to disqualify Judge Adrian G. Newcombe from hearing cases against local racketeers, charging that the state investigation of vice in the Mahoning Valley is politically motivated. The claim is rejected by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt.

Youngstown Municipal Airport in Vienna Township should be able to fill the post-war airport needs of Sharon, Pa., says Sharon Mayor Myron W. Jones.

Jay Allen, a veteran foreign correspondent who returned recently from North Africa, will tell of his experiences and observations at a dinner at the YMCA opening Youngstown’s Community Chest campaign for $683,000.