Today is Thursday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2004. There are 29 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2004. There are 29 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the Senate votes to condemn Wisconsin Republican Joseph R. McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
In 1823, President Monroe outlines his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere. In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry the previous October. In 1939, New York's La Guardia Airport begins operations as an airliner from Chicago lands at one minute past midnight. In 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency begins operating under director William Ruckelshaus. In 1980, four American churchwomen are raped, murdered and buried outside San Salvador. (Five national guardsmen are convicted in the killings.) In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implant a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device. In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death by security forces in Medellin. In 2001, in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history, Enron files for Chapter 11 protection.
December 2, 1979: Drs. Anthony Stocks and Andy Liu, professors of economics at Youngstown State University, are working on an economic model to predict the long-term effect of the collapse of the steel industry on the Mahoning Valley.
The Mahoning Valley is being pushed as the only logical site for a development and manufacturing center for Ohio's proposed high-speed rail transportation network.
Commercial construction along the portion of Route 422 in Niles known as "The Strip," plus a steady stream of home building lead to a record level of construction in Niles, $12.4 million through 11 months of the year.
December 2, 1964: Jerry Knight, executive secretary of the Youngstown Metropolitan Area Development Citizens Committee, tells a joint convention of Ohio county commissioners and county engineers that the proposed Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal would provide a balanced transportation system necessary for the region's economic future.
Trumbull County's bid for $900,000 in federal funds to help build a $1.8 million administration building and jail is a "dead issue," says county Commissioner Joseph Baldine.
Youngstown City Council is adding 50 jobs at a cost of $264,000 to the city 's budget to provide for manning of the city's $5 million sewage treatment plant, which is about to be put into operation.
December 2, 1954: Niles and Youngstown officials will meet to try to iron out differences that have delayed construction of a Berlin-Meander reservoir pipeline.
Ohio's ability to censor films is weakened by a 5-2 ruling of the state Supreme Count that deemed "unlawful" orders by the Ohio Education Department to make cuts in three films, "Son of Sinbad," "French Line" and "Mom and Dad."
December 2, 1929: Youngstown firemen extinguish a fire in the bedroom of a nurse at the Logan Avenue Extension home of James A. Campbell, president of the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. A spark from the fireplace was the apparent cause of the fire. Damage was kept to $1,000, largely through the use of chemicals rather than water to snuff out the fire.
Members of the Mothers Club and Parent-Teachers Association of Boardman School urge motorists to strictly observe a state law requiring all vehicles to stop for a school bus that is loading or unloading.
Efforts being launched in Cleveland to bring before Ohio voters a plan for the unification of city-county governments is likely to receive hearty backing in Youngstown, where such unification plans have been discussed for years.