Today is Sunday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2004. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.

Today is Sunday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2004. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.
In 1732, Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanac. In 1776, Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay. In 1907, 239 workers die in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa. In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corporation begins transmitting overseas with its Empire Service to Australia. In 1957, Meredith Willson's musical play "The Music Man" opens on Broadway. In 1972, Apollo 17 splashes down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings. In 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States. In 1984, a fire at the Wilberg Mine near Orangeville, Utah, kills 27 people. In 1984, Britain and China sign an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. In 1998, President Clinton is impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he is later acquitted by the Senate).
December 19, 1979: U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-19th, arranges a congressional hearing to investigate steel import problems that U.S. Steel Corp. cited as a contributing factor in its decision to shut down several plants.
Warren Mayor-elect Daniel J. Sferra names former city councilman James Isom as the city's administrative coordinator.
Federal loan guarantees for Chrysler Corp., which says it will go bankrupt without them, are a step closer with House passage of a bailout package that calls on the United Auto Workers to double their wage concessions to $400 million.
Toro Enterprises Inc., a venture-capital company founded by David Tod and Atty. Daniel B. Roth, joins with Commuter Aircraft Corp. in a plan to raise capital for the aircraft assembly project that will be located at Youngstown Municipal Airport.
December 19, 1964: The Hotel Pick-Ohio, long a center of social and business functions in downtown Youngstown, may become an apartment complex for senior citizens if a committee of members of First Christian and Central Christian churches succeeds. The hotel is reportedly available for purchase.
A Washington consultant's report on downtown redevelopment suggests Youngstown should have a new motel or hotel of up to 200 rooms, office buildings providing up to 75,000 square feet of floor space and residential and recreational land in modest amounts.
Ohio Edison Co. and its subsidiary, Pennsylvania Power Co., are planning to spend almost $30 million in property additions and improvements in 1965.
Downtown Youngstown store detectives are warned to be on the lookout for a man and woman who have stolen two fur coats valued at $1,588 in the last three days, one from the G.M. McKelvey Co. and one from Livingston & amp; Son. They are described as "professional boosters."
December 19, 1954: The jury in the murder trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard sends word to the judge that it is nowhere near reaching a verdict and was retiring for the night.
Steel executives are expecting business to stay fairly good for at least the first six months of 1955, Vindicator Industrial Editor George R. Reiss reports.
A busload of about 30 bingo players from Canton escape injury when the vehicle bringing them to the Arena in Youngstown for a regular Saturday night bingo game bursts into flames. The bus was one of four bringing Canton area players to the Italian-American War Veterans game.
December 19, 1929: Gov. Myer Cooper leads a team of state officials on a day-long trip from East Liverpool to Kingsville to inspect the route of the proposed "Road of Remembrance," a highway that would link Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
Miss Angela Carabelli, 2030 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, is among 206 passengers rescued when the liner Fort Victoria sinks in the Atlantic Ocean outside New York Harbor after being rammed by the steamer Algonquin.
Mahoning County Auditor John K. Arnold announces that it is uncertain whether the county will have sufficient funds to meet the Christmas payroll due Dec. 24. Some employees may have to wait until the first of the year to receive their pay.
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