Today is Tuesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2002. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2002. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1931, Jane Addams becomes a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored. In 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopts its Universal Declaration on Human Rights. In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche is presented the Nobel Peace Prize, the first black American to receive the award. In 1962, "Lawrence of Arabia," David Lean's epic film starring Peter O'Toole as British officer T.E. Lawrence, has its royal gala premiere in London. In 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. In 1967, singer Otis Redding dies in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin. In 1987, violinist Jascha Heifetz dies in Los Angeles at age 86.
December 10, 1977: Common Pleas Judge John J. Leskovyansky starts with a song and ends with a blessing as he welcomes 52 area residents into U.S. citizenship at a special Christmastime naturalization ceremony in the Mahoning County Courthouse.
Police believe that the arrest and binding over to the Mahoning County grand jury of two East Side men on charges of auto theft has dismantled a car theft ring that stole cars from the Southern Park and Eastwood malls.
Below-zero temperatures and heavy snow covers much of the upper Midwest, with the Weather Service attributing 44 deaths in five states to the blizzard. Youngstown residents have been spared the snow, but temperatures have hovered at the zero mark during the night and haven't exceeded 15 during the day.
December 10, 1962: The American auto industry quietly reaches an historic milestone, building its 200 millionth vehicle since production began in 1896. It took the industry 66 years to build the first 100 million vehicles and only 14 years to build the next 100 million.
Edward J. DeBartolo of Youngstown announces a plan to construct Franklin Park, a $46 million development seven miles northwest of downtown Toledo. It will include a 50-unit enclosed shopping mall, high rise apartments, office facilities and an ultra-modern motel.
Loud protests are being voiced after the Veterans Administration announces that it will close its Youngstown office, which is located in the downtown post office.
A heavy snowfall ranging up to 2 feet slams into Ohio's northeast section, with the heaviest snow falling along a thin band touching Lake Erie.
December 10, 1952: The stuffing of ballots in Precinct Y of Youngstown's Third Ward is plain as day, writes Vindicator Political Editor Clingan Jackson. Some ballots show obvious erasures and remarkings and a comparison of statistics in the precinct also points to fraud.
The Downtown Merchants and Property Owners Association sponsors a Red Cross blood collection at the downtown Youngstown YMCA, collecting 193 pints -- 68 over the quota.
Mrs. A.E. Burkhardt of Western Reserve Road carries off top honors in the nationwide crochet contest in New York. The 47-year-old Poland area woman has been national crocheting champion twice before, in 1940 and 1951. About 125,000 crocheted pieces were entered in the 1952 contest.
December 10, 1927: A federal grand jury in Cleveland returns an indictment charging a Warren dentist with selling narcotics and a Campbell postal clerk with embezzlement of $365 from C.O.D. parcels.
Overheated stoves are blamed for four fires that made six families homeless and caused an estimated loss of $35,000 in the towns of Campbell, Beloit, McDonald and Coitsville.
Displaying no emotion and with an air of bravado, Oakly Ross, 20, self-confessed slayer of Youngstown Patrolman Henry Clemens, gives a signed statement to Mahoning County Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas. His pal, Cecil Bell, who is also in custody in Butler, Pa., appears very concerned.