Today is Sunday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2003. There are 360 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2003. There are 360 days left in the year. On this date in 1896, an Austrian newspaper ("Wiener Presse") reports the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that comes to be known as "X-rays."
In 1589, Catherine de Medici of France dies at age 69. In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, is publicly stripped of his rank. (He is ultimately vindicated.) In 1925, Nellie T. Ross succeeds her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history. In 1933, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, dies in Northampton, Mass., at age 60. In 1943, educator and scientist George Washington Carver dies in Tuskegee, Ala., at age 81. In 1949, in his State of the Union address, President Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal." In 1970, Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, is found murdered with his wife and daughter at their Clarksville, Pa., home. UMWA President Anthony Boyle and three others are convicted of the murders. In 1983, President Reagan announces he is nominating Elizabeth Dole to succeed Drew Lewis as secretary of transportation. Dole becomes the first woman to head a Cabinet department in Reagan's administration, and the first to head the DOT. In 1994, Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, dies in Boston at age 81.
January 5, 1978: The U.S. Steel Corp. has made no decision to close the Ohio and McDonald works, despite the company chairman's loss of faith in the long range ability of the plants to make money.
The entire 26-acre city-owned former Niles Fire Brick property may be sold to a single industrial developer, Mayor Arthur Doutt tells city council.
Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley says he plans to meet with U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney and Ohio's Democratic Senators, John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum, to map a strategy for rekindling the Mahoning Valley economy. One matter he will take up with the congressional delegation is the acquisition of "job-producing" federal installations for greater Youngstown.
Ronald D. Carabbia of Poland, alleged area organized crime figure, pleads innocent to several charges, including aggravated murder in connection with the bombing death of Daniel J. Danny Greene.
January 5, 1963: About 130 new jobs will be created as a result of Ajax Magnethermic Corp.'s purchase of McKay Machine Co.'s Federal-Warco plant in Warren.
A 22-year-old East Side youth is waging an uphill battle for his life at St. Elizabeth Hospital after playing a game of Russian roulette at his home. He suffered a .22-caliber wound of the right temple.
Lee Leonard of Austintown is installed as treasurer of the Ohio District of Kiwanis International during ceremonies in Columbus. He has been secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Austintown since its founding in 1952.
If a $2 million state proposal proceeds as planned, the deadly intersection of new state Route 82 and Route 7 will be replaced by an overpass and exasperating jogs in Route 7 between Brookfield and Hartford will be eliminated.
January 5, 1953: Municipal income tax receipts reached an all-time high of $1.9 million in Youngstown during 1952, says City Finance Director J. Emerson Davis.
An electronic robot named Audrey that can recognize spoken numbers and flash them on a lighted panel has been developed by the Bell Telephone laboratories.
Thomas J. Carney is elected permanent 1953 chairman of the Mahoning County commissioners and veteran Democratic Party worker John C. Cox is reappointed clerk at a reorganization meeting of the commissioners.
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would issue no comment to reports that he is being considered to head the International Boxing Club at a salary of $100,000 a year.
January 5, 1928: The Daily Metal Trade reports that a half-billion dollar steel corporation is in the making, with the Mather and Eaton interests of Cleveland joining forces with the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and the Inland Steel Co.
James Quinn, 72, pioneer bandmaster and former safety director, dies of complications at his home at 301 N. Garland Ave. He was the organizer of the Youngstown Catholic Band and a charter member of the Musicians Protective Union.
Bulletins are sent out to the principals of all Youngstown's schools by Supt. J.J. Richeson warning against excusing pupils until the teacher is positive that the parents want the child. It's a precaution inspired by the tragic kidnapping of Marian Parker in California.
The holiday vacation is extended for students in Hartford, Trumbull County, due to a diphtheria epidemic that has stricken 10 children while four other homes are under quarantine.