Today is Saturday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2003. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All

Today is Saturday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2003. 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 1512, Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are first exhibited to the public. In 1861, Gen. George B. McClellan is made General-in-Chief of the Union armies. In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological observations. In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. The attempt fails, and one of the pair is killed. In 1954, the western African nation of Algeria begins its rebellion against French rule. In 1973, after the "Saturday Night Massacre," Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appoints Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox.
November 1, 1978: The Youngstown Area United Appeal inches up another notch to reach $2,082,704, which is 98.8 percent of the drive's goal. "Somehow there must be $24,000 out there," James C. Miller, general chairman, says.
Sharon Steel Corp. buys the bankrupt Alan Wood Steel Co.'s modern steelmaking shop for $2.3 million and will move two 150-ton basic oxygen furnaces to Farrell. At present day prices, the equipment would cost $50 million to $60 million installed.
The second half Vindicator straw poll for Mahoning Count indicates a majority of more than 4,000 votes for Lyle Williams, Republican nominee for the 19th Congressional District, over the incumbent Democrat, Charles J. Carney.
November 1, 1963: A cursing mob of 50 to 100 young men unmercifully beat two Youngstown patrolmen sent to investigate a disturbance at 114 Chalmers Ave. In fair condition at South Side Hospital are Patrolmen Edward Mika, 37, and John Updegraft, 41. The violence followed the South-Rayen football game and centered around a private party that was attended by students from both schools.
Two youngsters dressed in Halloween costumes are struck by cars in separate accidents while trick-or-treating in Youngstown. Neither Maryland Ramos, 9, or Deborah DeBocco, 8, required hospitalization.
An explosion rips through the coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis during a performance of "Holiday on Ice," killing at least 68 persons and injuring more than 300. The cause of the explosion hasn't been determined.
November 1, 1953: For the first time in the city's history, five radio and television outlets will all carry the same program at the same time; it will be Mayor Charles P. Henderson's "Six important Years," airing at 8 p.m. on the eve of the election.
Speaking at the United Steelworkers of America District 26 convention at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in Youngstown, David McDonald, USW president, says foolish people who keep warning of an economic crisis in the United States should "quit popping off" for the good of the nation. McDonald says he sees no signs of an economic catastrophe looming.
November 1, 1928: Youngstown Assistant Law Director John P. Barrett files 13 suits in municipal court for the collection of nearly $3,500 in unpaid fines levied against liquor law offenders.
More than 15,000 Warrenites and visitors from Trumbull County towns and villages throng the downtown area for the second annual Halloween celebration. A long parade of costumed marchers are judged by dignitaries on a reviewing stand in front of First Baptist Church.