YEARS AGO - Youngstown Vindicator
Today is Monday, August 24, the 236th day of 2015. There are 129 days left in the year. On this date in:. A. D. 79: Long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. 1821: The Treaty of Cordoba is signed, granting independence to Mexico from Spanish rule. 1932: Amelia Earhart embarks on a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, N. J. , making her the first woman to fly solo, nonstop, coast to coast. 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty comes into force. 1964: The first Roman Catholic Mass celebrated in English takes place at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. , the company that turns Lords-town-built Pontiac Sunbirds into convertibles, tells its employees that it will add Chevrolet Cavalier convertibles to its product line. retirees and Solidarity USA members are angry and disappointed when U. S. Rep. Traficant fails to show for a scheduled appearance at a meeting in Hubbard. Traficant’s office says there was a scheduling conflict. Solidarity member Ed Mann suggests Traficant did not want to answer a list of specific questions that had been sent to Traficant. Source: www.vindy.com
