In Years Past
In 1908, after two false starts, Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, aeroplanist, made a successful ascension. The machine flew about two kilometers in one minute and 13 seconds official time. Mr. Wright made various evolutions with the greatest of ease. He caused the machine to describe two loops like a great figure eight. When a French army captain took a snap shot of the machine, Mr. Wright insisted that the plates be handed over to him or destroyed.
Miss Carrie Davey, daughter of policeman William Davey of Jamestown, was injured at Easton's Beach on Saturday when an automobile struck a tallyho in which the young lady and a party of seven others were riding. Her injuries were not of a serious nature.
In 1958, optimism was the keynote as one of the largest audiences in history was expected for the Old First Night Program at Chautauqua on the evening of Aug. 12. The program marked the 85th observance of the founding of Chautauqua Institution, and combined a serious remembrance and a look to Chautauqua's future with a program of festive entertainment.
Unusually clear skies of the previous two evenings provided Jamestown area residents with excellent opportunities to view the carrier rocket of the Soviet Sputnik III satellite as it traced a path over skies of the area. With continued clear skies, the area would be afforded additional opportunities to see the satellite during the week. A bonus feature for Sputnik viewers would be a display of meteors.
In 1983, the fight to keep radioactive wastes stored at the former West Valley nuclear reprocessing facility until a permanent disposal site was constructed in the next decade had stretched to two states. Ohio Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze announced that Ohio would go to court to bar shipping truckloads of radioactive wastes from West Valley across Ohio.
Midstate Telephone Corp. work crews were expected to complete repairs to restore service to about 300 customers affected by a severed cable in Jamestown. Dan Larson, Midstate's commercial manager, said a construction crew working at the Five Points section of the city's north side severed an underground cable containing about 900 pairs of wires. Considerable work was being done in the area to improve the traffic signal control system.
In 1998, Gov. George E. Pataki and a large delegation of New York state senators were among those expected for the funeral of state Sen. Jess J. Present, who died unexpectedly Saturday night at the age of 77. ''There are a group of senators coming, including the majority leader, Joseph Bruno, and the governor,'' said Present's son, Jeffrey B. Present, a funeral director with Powers, Present & Sixby Funeral Home. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver issued a statement in which he said, ''The death of Senator Jess Present is a loss borne by the entire state.''
A four-person committee had been established to select the replacement for state Sen. Jess J. Present. He was unopposed for re-election to the 56th Senatorial District seat. According to state election law, the party must nominate another candidate within 10 days of Present's death.
