Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2004. There are 344 days left in the year. On Jan. 22,
Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2004. There are 344 days left in the year. On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court hands down its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.
In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria dies at age 82. In 1905, thousands of demonstrating Russian workers are fired on by Imperial army troops in St. Petersburg on what became known as "Red Sunday" or "Bloody Sunday." In 1917, President Wilson pleads for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." (By April, however, America also was at war.) In 1922, Pope Benedict XV dies; he was succeeded by Pius XI. In 1938, Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" is performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, N.J. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy.
In 1968, the fast-paced comedy show "Rowan & amp; Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC. In 1973, former President Lyndon Johnson dies at age 64. In 1998, Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.
In 1999, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.V., abruptly calls for dismissal of charges against President Clinton to "end this sad and sorry time for our country." President Clinton calls for spending $2.8 billion to protect the nation from cyberterrorism and chemical and germ warfare. In 2003, countering blunt talk of war by the Bush administration, France and Germany defiantly state they are committed to a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis.
January 22, 1979: Pittsburgh police put up a "steel curtain" of their own, sealing the inner city off from vehicular traffic for about six hours, in an attempt to keep Super Bowl victory celebrations under control. The Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 35-31, to become the first team ever to win the Super Bowl three times.
A two-alarm fire of suspicious origin erupts at the rear of the Park Burlesque Theater in Youngstown, resulting in damage estimated at $100,000.
University of California researchers, mystified for months by jumbled responses and disappearing files, from an expensive campus computer system trace the problem to a bright 15-year-old boy who was accessing the university computer from his home computer over telephone lines.
January 22, 1964: A North Side couple, each 82 years old, are roughed up, bound and gagged and held in terror for more than 90 minutes by two thugs who invaded their St. Clair Avenue house and escaped with $651.
McKay Machine Co. is given a contract to design, build and install a tandem-type coil coating line and a roof deck forming line for Republic Steel Corp.'s Manufacturing Division. The equipment is part of a $3 million expansion program at Republic.
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," the 21-year-old novel labeled obscene by some and praised as a worthwhile contribution to literature by others, will stay in Liberty Township High School. After a two-hour discussion, the board of education votes unanimously to continue using the book as required reading in an 11th grade English class.
January 22, 1954: The Youngstown Symphony Society, in urgent need of help if it is to complete its schedule for the season, elects Charles C. Womack, assistant superintendent of U.S. Steel plants in Youngstown, president of the board.
Ray Denmeade, 15, of Struthers is struck by a ricocheting bullet while target shooting with rifles with three companions at Lake Hamilton. He is in serious condition in South Side Hospital.
Depreciation of residential property and school overcrowding are cited as the main reasons for opposing the proposed Victor Street site for Kimmel Brook Homes at a meeting attended by residents of the area and six of seven city councilmen.
January 22, 1929: Judge J. H.C. Lyons of Mahoning County is president of the Ohio Judges' Association, following the death of Judge C.A. Reid of Washington Courthouse. He is the first Mahoning County jurist to head the state association.
Youngstown bootleggers have been escaping punishment under the bonding system that has been in operation in Youngstown Municipal Court. Bondsmen have routinely been failing to pay judgments when their clients did not appear in court.
Samuel J. Holt, deputy Mahoning County auditor in charge of automobile licenses, endorses a proposal that red-numbered auto tags be issued to all persons found guilty of violating traffic laws and causing accidents.