Today is Friday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2002. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All

Today is Friday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2002. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. On this date in 1952, the United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.
In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological observations. In 1954, the western African nation of Algeria begins its rebellion against French rule. In 1973, following the "Saturday Night Massacre," Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appoints Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox. In 1979, former first lady Mamie Eisenhower dies in Washington, D.C., at age 82. In 1989, East Germany reopens its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West. In 1991, Clarence Thomas takes his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court.
November 1, 1977: Reflecting the Mahoning Valley's rapidly growing use of domestic water, the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District reports the sale of a record 14 billion gallons of water in the past fiscal year. That's a daily average of 40.3 million gallons.
Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk's war on pornography has been stymied by a 147-page ruling issued by U.S. District Judge John Manos that says Ohio's obscenity law is unconstitutionally vague.
Because of an unusually large number of breakdowns by garbage trucks, collection of trash and garbage in Youngstown has fallen behind. It will take about a week to catch up, and in the meantime, citywide leaf pick-up has been suspended.
November 1, 1962: Seventh Ward Councilman George Vukovich bitterly attacks Law Director Russell G. Mock and Finance Director Philip A. Levy for attempting to invalidate an ordinance that reimbursed police Capt. Stephen N. Birich for legal fees incurred when he fought a 30-day disciplinary suspension.
Youngstown City Council approves proposals for parking fees and a new United Air Lines lease at the Youngstown Municipal Airport, but deadlocks on a measure that would allow private companies to build their own hangars on city-owned land.
The Youngstown University-Akron University football game is back on after Akron agrees to live within the NCAA's rules of limited substitutions. Akron, which is undefeated, had announced its intention to use free substitution, prompting YU Coach Dike Beede to announce that the game would be canceled and Akron would lose by forfeit.
November 1, 1952: The Youngstown College- John Carroll University football game will be broadcast on radio station WFMJ, with sportscasters Eddie Lane and Jim Burnett providing the play-by-play.
Youngstown Mayor Charles Henderson asks officers of the striking AFL bus drivers union to conduct a complete referendum vote of its 250 members on the 20-cent-per-hour wage increase proposal that is on the table. The new contract would give the drivers a 40-hour week at $1.70 an hour, but their base pay would fall from $75 a week to $68 because the drivers now work 50 hours.
Some 2,000 convicts angered by what they say is substandard food go on a rampage at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, setting fire to eight buildings before the riot was brought under control. Damage is estimated at $1 million. The only injury was a minor bullet wound suffered by a state patrolman who was shot by a guard with a trigger finger.
November 1, 1927: Youngstown Mayor Charles F. Scheible opposes a resolution by Councilman Owen E. James to withdraw the city's support from establishing a sanitary district that would provide a new domestic water supply for Youngstown and Niles.
Hundreds of masqueraders in novel costumes march over downtown Warren's streets in a Halloween parade that was a success despite early thunder and lightning.
Elaborate plans for a safe and sane Halloween in Chicago go awry with two boys and a woman shot and a policeman stabbed. Three hundred boys are arrested in the most tumultuous celebration in years.