Today is Friday, Dec. 10, the 345th day of 2004. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Dec. 10, the 345th day of 2004. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date in 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway.
In 1869, women are granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory. In 1898, a treaty is signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish-American War. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. In 1931, Jane Addams becomes a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored. In 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopts its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
December 10, 1979: The Miller Brewing Co. announces that it will build a $411 million brewery on a 1,087-acre site in Butler County. Miller had considered a number of sites, and at one time it was hoped that the brewery would be built in the Youngstown area.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, whose television ministry and newspaper column (which ran in The Vindicator) gave him secular popularity enjoyed by few religious leaders, dies at the age of 84.
Youngstown State University loses to the University of Delaware, 38-21, in the NCAA Division II national championship game in Albuquerque, N.M.
December 10, 1964: Mayor Anthony B. Flask proposes a budget of $15.9 million to Youngstown City Council, which includes $7.2 million in the general fund -- a cut of $94,809 from the previous year.
The Dundee Cement Co. of Dundee, Mich., plans to construct an automated distribution plant in Boardman Township on a 10-acre site on the east side of Southern Boulevard, south of Mathews Road.
Two bridges and four expressway ramps will be constructed in 1965 as part of Youngstown's Mahoning-West Federal Expressway construction. The projects will total $2.1 million.
December 10, 1954: A 70-year-old Harrisburg, Pa., appliance salesman escapes in North Jackson from two men who had kidnapped him in his own car in Harrisburg earlier in the day. One of the kidnapers was caught by John Pal, 27, of North Jackson, who is being hailed as a hero; the other was apprehended by the state patrol in Warren.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says that he and his administration are studying a graduated income tax scale for the city and will have an announcement when their work is complete.
Mahoning County Prosecutor William A. Ambrose begins action to padlock the Ebony Club in Lanterman Road, scene of a recent narcotics raid.
December 10, 1929: The sale of $980,000 in Mahoning Valley Sanitary District bonds to C.W. McNear & amp; Co. of Chicago is announced by Fred A. LaBelle, sanitary district director. Proceeds from the bond sale will allow the district to complete construction work under contract, but no new contracts will be awarded until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the MVSD case.
H.W. Grant, president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, urges citizens to patronize local merchants, particularly during the Christmas season. He says thousands of dollars annually are spent in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and New York that could just as satisfactorily be spent in Youngstown's splendid shops and stores.