Today is Sunday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2006. There are 357 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2006. There are 357 days left in the year. On this date in 1935, rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, Miss.
In 1918, President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after World War I. In 1959, Charles De Gaulle is inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic. In 1964, President Johnson declares a "War on Poverty." In 1973, secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resume near Paris. In 1975, Judge John J. Sirica orders the release of Watergate figures John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison. In 1976, Chinese premier Chou En-lai dies in Beijing at age 78. In 1982, American Telephone and Telegraph settles the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
January 8, 1981: Columbiana Village Policeman Roy A. Hartman is wounded twice in a gun battle with at least one of four men in a stolen car he spotted and chased. Two men are in custody, two others are being sought and Hartman is in fair condition in the hospital.
Youngstown City Council continues to grapple with the city's budget in an attempt to avoid, especially in the safety forces, 10 percent across-the-board layoffs announced by Mayor George Vukovich. The mayor's plan would result in the furlough of 26 policemen and 21 firefighters.
January 8, 1966: A teenage Rock 'n' Roll dance hall at the "Old Barn" on South Avenue Extension, the source of many complaints by Boardman residents, is shut down by township police. About a dozen police, led by Chief Robert Fink and trustee Chairman Harold Perkins, entered the hall and announced it was being shut down. About 400 teenagers and young adults ranging in age from 15 to 23 were inside.
Sharon Steel Corp. plans to sell 225,000 shares of common stock valued at $7.2 million at present prices, to help pay for its $52 million expansion program.
Mayor Anthony Flask refuses to sign an ordinance passed by City Council that raises the cost of license for amusement devises in the city. The law takes effect immediately without Flask's signature. The cost of a license to operate juke boxes and coin-operated games will be $1,500 a year and $3 per device.
The court-ordered state police investigation into alleged organized gambling in Sharon brings a five-day suspension to a Sharon police officer who was found playing poker during a raid on the Sons of Italy Club in November.
January 8, 1956: A strike involving about 200 truck drivers and helpers for the Loblaws and A & amp;P grocery stores in Youngstown goes into effect, to the surprise of company officials who expected a favorable vote on a contract by members of Teamsters Local 377.
The U.S. Air Force is considering lengthening the Youngstown Municipal Airport's northwest-southeast runway to 9,000 feet.
Sharon city officials are surprised at how well the city's economy in general has weathered an 85-day strike by employees at the Westinghouse plant. Business is off, but none of the city's merchants has been forced to close and most stores appear busy.
Municipal Judge Frank R. Franko denies "fixing" parking tickets for a convict or for a former tavern owner quizzed by police in a bug inquiry. Franko says that while he is accused of voiding 800 parking tickets, top police officials have voided 8,000.
January 8, 1931: Wall Street reports that directors of Bethlehem Steel Corp. believe that changed conditions in the steel industry make a merger with Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. no longer feasible.
Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania farmers and water men are praying for rain and plenty of it to relieve an acute water shortage that has cost them thousands of dollars and has forced farmers to haul in water for their livestock.
Struthers basketball team was mystified by the small turnouts the team was getting until officials realized that preliminary games begin at 7 p.m., which is the time Amos 'n' Andy goes on the air. Preliminary games will now begin at 7:45 p.m.
Pope Pius XI issues an encyclical reaffirming the Catholic doctrine of the sanctity of marriage and condemning birth control, trial marriage and divorce. The encyclical says those practicing birth control are "branded with the guilt of a grave crime" and abortion is "murder." He also condemns sterilization of any kind, including that of the physically unfit.