Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2006. There are 354 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 11, the 11th day of 2006. There are 354 days left in the year. On this date in 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issues the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health.
In 1757, the first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, is born in the West Indies. In 1805, the Michigan Territory is created by an act of Congress. In 1861, Alabama secedes from the Union. In 1913, the first sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, goes on display at the 13th Automobile Show in New York. In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart begins a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that makes her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. In 1942, Japan declares war against the Netherlands, the same day that Japanese forces invade the Dutch East Indies. In 1943, the United States and Britain sign treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China. In 1977, France sets off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a PLO official behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In 1995, 52 people are killed when a Colombian airliner crashes as it is preparing to land near the Caribbean resort of Cartagena; a 9-year-old girl survives.
January 11, 1981: Mahoning County's new sheriff, James A. Traficant Jr., is calling in county cars and gasoline credit cards issued to sheriff's department employees.
Mahoning County residents can expect to pay the half-cent permissive sales and use tax again in 1981, says Commissioner George Bindas. The tax was repealed by voters in November, but Bindas says the county cannot operate with a 55 percent cutback in its general fund income and commissioners will have to vote to reimpose it.
Commuter Aircraft Corp. names Kenneth Gordon of LaJolla, Calif., marketing director of Commuter Aircraft Corp. for its proposed Youngstown-built turboprop airplane.
January 11, 1966: The Youngstown prosecutor's office will complete its investigation before deciding whether to file charges against a St. Dominic School lay teacher, Bonnie Barone, whose gun accidentally discharged in her purse in the school cafeteria, wounding two girls.
A $400,000 supplementary education center that would include a planetarium and an observatory is being sought by the Austintown Board of Education through a federal grant. The two-story structure would be built in conjunction with the new high school that was approved in a bond issue in November.
The Youngstown Board of Control clears the way for construction of a new $5 million science and engineering building at Youngstown University by transferring land on Lincoln Ave. to the university.
January 11, 1956: City spending will exceed $11 million in 1956 as Youngstown City Council approves a record appropriation ordinance, an increase of $1.4 million over 1955 expenditures. Council approves 81 new jobs requested by Mayor Frank X. Kryzan, but draws his wrath for four proposed new jobs in the water department.
A party of 75 children and their parents are guests at WFMJ-TV's downtown studios for a colorcast of James M. Barrie's whimsical play, "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin in the title role.
Going to work at the strikebound Westinghouse Corp. plant in Sharon is a daily adventure for goggle-wearing men who ride in scratched and paint-smeared company autos behind special shatterproof windows.
January 11, 1931: Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan is showing up on front pages across the country for his spectacular stand for law enforcement in the city. An Associated Press story recounts how Heffernan has fired two police chiefs and three vice squad leaders in pursuit of more aggressive vice enforcement.
Youngstown police and post office authorities open an investigation into the discovery of an empty mail pouch in a hollow back of the bleachers at Oakland Field by John Goske. The pouch disappeared Jan. 4 from the Erie Railroad.
George Stevenson, 58, city chemist for more than 30 years, dies in the North Side unit of Youngstown Hospital of heart trouble.