Today is Sunday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2002. There are 58 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2002. There are 58 days left in the year. On this date in 1957, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, the second manmade satellite, into orbit; on board was a dog named "Laika" who was sacrificed in the experiment.
In 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant wins the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour. In 1896, Republican William McKinley defeats Democrat William Jennings Bryan for the presidency. In 1900, the first automobile show in the United States opens at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America. In 1903, Panama proclaims its independence from Colombia. In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft is elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan. In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt wins a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred M. "Alf" Landon. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson soundly defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right. In 1970, Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile. In 1990, Broadway musical actress Mary Martin dies in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 76. In 1991, Israeli and Palestinian representatives hold their first-ever face-to-face talks in Madrid, Spain; in another milestone, Syria opens its first one-on-one meeting with Israel in 43 years.
November 3, 1977: Youngstown City Engineer Carmen Conglose charges that Mahoning County Engineer Michael Fitas, without permission, joins a county storm sewer with a city sewer in an area of the Southwest Side. Fitas says the tap-in on Baymar Drive was a misunderstanding.
Stouffer Hotel and Inns will take over operation of the Avalon Inn in Howland Township near Warren and promises to "tighten up" operations.
Four men die and two are injured in a fire that raged through the rooms at the Holiday Inn, Route 422, three miles west of New Castle.
The Trumbull County Sheriff's Department is delivering a dozen subpoenas in an investigation of slot machines and vending operations in the county. "We don't want another Jungle Inn atmosphere," says Dennis Watkins, an assistant prosecutor.
November 3, 1962: Between 80 and 100 Newton Falls are residents will be hired when the Luxaire Cushion Co. of Canton takes over the former Pullman Couch Co. plant on S. Canal St. Luxaire manufactures bonded and shredded foams and molded slabs.
Nineteen Youngstown teenagers who were involved in a "rumble" that was broken up by Struthers police, are placed on 8 p.m. curfews for six months, have to surrender their drivers licenses and are no longer allowed to associate with each other. So says Juvenile Court Referee Joseph Bryan, who promises further punishment if they violate probation.
The General American Transportation Corp. will make its two plants in Masury a separate division of the corporation, James Fry, vice president of operations in Chicago, announces during a luncheon at the Shenango Inn.
A 50-year-old North Side man who set off aerial fireworks outside a Third Ward Democratic rally at Local 1462 Union Hall on Belmont Ave. is arrested by four Youngstown patrolmen. The rally was held for Mayor Frank R. Franko, council President A.B. Flask and third Ward Councilman James Pastore.
November 3, 1952: Ohio State rallies to win, 24-21, over Northwestern with a 17-yard field goal with six minutes to go; John Carroll's grid machine strikes with lightning rapidity, crushing Youngstown College, 40-0, before 5,320 fans in Shaw stadium.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maurice J. Casey, 62, pastor of St. Patrick Church since January 1938 and one of northeastern Ohio's most widely known priests, dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital.
City councils in Campbell, Struthers and Lowellville pass resolutions endorsing Mahoning County's 7.5-mill bridge levy.
The national gymnastic field exhibition of the Slovak Catholic Sokols will be held July 10-12 in Campbell Memorial High stadium, the organization announces following a day-long meeting at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.
November 3, 1927: Youngstown Mayoral Candidate Frank H. Vogan promises a South Side crowd that if elected he will do everything in his power to bring the city's gas franchise to a referendum. Youngstown, he says, has the highest gas rate of any city in the state.
The first snow of the season falls on Wheeling W.Va., while apple and pear trees are in bloom for the second time this year and violets are flowering.
The Christian Church of Lisbon is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the church. Many former pastors and church members are expected to return for the celebration.
The annual audit of the books of the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. will be made a public record if the request of Traction Commissioner Harry Engle is granted.