June 24, 1907

John Johnson, a wife murderer, was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison early today.

June 24, 1947

Soft coal industry representatives estimating that at least half of the nation's bituminous miners are idle, expressed fear today the work stoppage might grow into a full-scale national coal strike.

June 24, 1997

IRA - Super sleuth Henry Safnauer has been on the case since May and may have finally tracked down the SOBs who have the school bell. Safnauer, who doubles as the Cato-Meridian school district superintendent, first put out an appeal for information on the missing bell in the district's alumni newsletter. The bell, which once graced the cupola of the old high school, has been missing since the 1970s. During the 1960s the bell was the subject of an ongoing game of “hide and seek” by a male student group, the Society of the Bell (SOBs) and their female counterparts the Society of the Seekers (SOSs).

June 24, 2002

AUBURN - A 150-year-old house on Westlake Avenue has been destroyed. City planner Jim Galvin said it would cost too much to restore the building after Cayuga County Homsite pleaded its case.

- Compiled by Linda Simmons