Today is Friday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2004. There are 91 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2004. There are 91 days left in the year. On this date in 1964, the Free Speech Movement is launched at the University of California at Berkeley.
In 1800, Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty. In 1885, special delivery mail service begins in the United States. In 1896, the U.S. Post Office establishes Rural Free Delivery. In 1908, Henry Ford introduces the Model T automobile to the market. In 1943, Allied forces capture Naples during World War II. In 1949, Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung raises the first flag of the People's Republic of China during a ceremony in Beijing. In 1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run during a 162-game season, compared to Babe Ruth's 60 home runs during a 154-game season. In 1962, Johnny Carson debuts as the regular host of NBC's "Tonight" show. In 1971, Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Fla. In 1979, Pope John Paul II arrives in Boston for the start of a tour of the United States.
October 1, 1979: Ground is broken for Youngstown's newest skyscraper, a 16-story senior citizen high rise that will be built on the site of the old Tod Hotel. The building will have 173 apartments.
Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley is moved to a room with a telephone in George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., so he can continue to function as mayor while being treated for a heart attack.
Youngstown police capture five of eight persons believed to have taken part in an armed robbery at Nevel's Food Market on Highland Ave. The arrests came after a chase that ended at Shirley Road and I-680.
October 1, 1964: The city of Youngstown will join with the Youngstown Transit Co. in an attempt to solve the YTC's financial and service problems by applying for a federal Mass Transportation Act grant.
Mayor Anthony Flask gives a strong endorsement to a campaign by city employees in support of a two-mill levy that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. Passage of the levy will mean pay raises for all Youngstown municipal employees, including elected officials.
Trumbull County commissioners accept bids of $1.8 million for construction of a new county administration and jail building.
October 1, 1954: Public relief and assistance in Mahoning County, excluding Social Security and unemployment compensation, totaled $14 million in 1953, an increase of $3 million over what was spent in 1950.
Tornadoes touch down in Minerva, Ohio, and Sharpsville, Pa. The Minerva twister leveled every building on the farm of James Smiley and killed his 3-year-old daughter, Carrie.
Officials of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel Corp. are trying to decide whether to drop plans to merge or to test the proposed merger's legality in court. The U.S. Justice Department has disapproved the merger.
A congressional subcommittee ends four days of hearings in Cleveland on labor racketeering in Ohio . When the hearings resume in Washington, D.C. , in November some witnesses from Youngstown are expected to be called.
October 1, 1929: A.W. Beard, proprietor of the Peerless Dairy Co., 1589 Mahoning Ave., is fined $10 in Youngstown Municipal Court on a charge of operating a smoke nuisance at the dairy and is ordered to abate the smoke by Oct. 10 or face additional court action.
The new Watt St. bridge over the Erie Railroad tracks opens, marking the end of the first phase in Youngstown's $7 million grade elimination program.
A committee of 50, representing every civic organization in the city that is nonpolitical, is being organized by Mrs. F.I. Sloan, head of the Parent-Teacher Council, to carry the fight to Youngstown homes for the proposed 1.5 mill school tax levy.
Denny Shute, a young Columbus professional golfer, breaks par on the hard Tippecanoe course, scoring a scintillating 70 and taking the lead after the first round of the Ohio Open.