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Today is Monday, Dec. 6, the 341st day of 2004. There are 25 days left in the year. On his date in 1889, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, dies in New Orleans.
In 1790, Congress moves from New York to Philadelphia. In 1884, Army engineers complete construction of the Washington Monument. In 1923, a presidential address is broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge speaks to a joint session of Congress. In 1947, Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated by President Harry S. Truman. In 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blows up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1969, a concert by the Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., is marred by the deaths of four people, including one who is stabbed by a Hell's Angel. In 1973, House minority leader Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew. In 1982, 11 soldiers and six civilians are killed when an Irish National Liberation Army bomb explodes in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. In 1989, 14 women are shot to death at the University of Montreal's school of engineering by a man who then takes his own life. In 1989, Egon Krenz resigns as leader of East Germany. In 1994, former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell pleads guilty to defrauding his former law partners and clients of nearly $400,000; Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announces his resignation; Orange County, Calif., files for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion.
December 6, 1979: Youngstown's Mayor-elect George Vukovich, unhappy with bickering in city council over the sale of land at the Youngstown Municipal Airport to the Commuter Aircraft Corp., says he would simply give the company the land because once an aircraft plant is built, the surrounding land will gain value.
The Commerce and Labor departments propose a special task force to help employees and communities adjust to mill closings by U.S. Steel Corp. that will put 13,000 people out of work.
Wholesale food prices jump 2.6 percent in November, the highest hike in five years. Overall, wholesale prices were up 1.3 percent for the month.
December 6, 1964: Lee Langel of Lynchburg, Va., a professional Girl Scout worker for 15 years, is appointed executive director of the newly formed Lake-to-River Girl Scout Council, which has its headquarters at 55 S. Main St., Niles.
More than 3,000 persons jam Stambaugh Auditorium for Esther Hamilton's Alias Santa Claus Show, which raises $63,805 for needy Youngstown families. For the second year in a row, shopping plaza king Edward DeBartolo is the top candy butcher, raising more than $8,000.
December 6, 1954: Six persons are arrested and a small quantity of heroin confiscated when federal narcotics agents accompanied by city police and sheriff's deputies raid two spots, one in Lanterman Road and the other on Bundy Road in Trumbull County.
Mahoning County commissioners instruct county Engineer Samuel Gould to begin surveying land on which the county jail is located preparatory to having plans drafted for a new jail. Gould says he expects the survey to end up in court because there has long been a dispute between the county and Trinity Methodist Church as to the exact location of the property line between the church and jail.
Dr. W.W. Ryall of 1874 Selma Ave., who began practicing medicine 57 years ago, retires after one of the longest careers in medicine in Youngstown's history.
December 6, 1929: The Ohio State Tax Commission reports that about 8 percent of all taxable property in Mahoning County was exempt from taxation in 1928. Of the $41 million in exempt property, schools account for $12 million; cities, $11.5 million; churches, $7.6 million and villages, $7.5 million.
Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan says Patrolman M.J. Burns, driver of a police car that struck and killed John P. McLaughlin, may face a manslaughter charge.
Youngstown Patrolmen Leon J. Tyrrell, Joseph A. Hosa and Edward N. Welsch file lawsuits totaling $60,000 against Hugh McQuade of Struthers for injuries received when the patrol wagon in which they were riding was struck by McQuade's car.