Today is Monday, Oct. 11, the 285th day of 2004. There are 81 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Oct. 11, the 285th day of 2004. There are 81 days left in the year. On this date in 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, dies two days after being mortally wounded in the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Ga.
In 1811, the first steam-powered ferryboat, the Juliana, is put into operation between New York City and Hoboken, N.J. In 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded in Washington, D.C. In 1932, the first American political telecast takes place as the Democratic National Committee sponsors a program from a CBS television studio in New York. In 1942, the World War II Battle of Cape Esperance begins in the Solomons, resulting in an American victory over the Japanese. In 1958, the lunar probe Pioneer One is launched; it fails to go as far out as planned, falls back to Earth, and burns up in the atmosphere. In 1962, Pope John XXIII convenes the first session of the Roman Catholic Church's 21st Ecumenical Council, also known as Vatican II. In 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. In 1979, Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield are named co-recipients of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in developing the CAT scan X-ray. In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space. In 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 11, 1979: Three Youngstown area congressmen are working together to combat United Airlines' plans to drop all eastbound flights from Youngstown Municipal Airport.
After marathon negotiations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants the Ohio Edison Co. delays in meeting federal sulfur-pollution standards at three northeast Ohio power plants.
An estimated 20,000 people brave light rain and cold to line a two-mile route of the Copperweld Steel Co. "Fit and 40" anniversary parade from Harding High School through downtown. Miss Ohio, Tana Kay Carli, is parade grand marshal. A fireworks display in Courthouse Park follows the parade.
October 11, 1964: Ursuline's Dick Angle shows why many call him the best running back in town by rambling for three touchdowns as Ursuline maintains its undefeated streak in the Steel Valley Conference, defeating East, 28-6.
The First Methodist Church of Niles is making plans to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the congregation. The Rev. Francis E. Kearns, bishop of the Ohio East Area, will preach at the Nov. 1 service.
October 11, 1954: Two more polio deaths are reported in Youngstown Hospitals. One of the boys is Youngstown's first fatality of the year; the other six were from Columbiana County.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan presents to City Council an ordinance prohibiting publication, sale, exhibition or possession of obscene or indecent publications and comic books featuring acts of "bloodshed, lust or crime."
The Rev. David J. Rowland is installed pastor of United Presbyterian Church in Struthers.
October 11, 1929: A 21-year-old Girard man is arrested in the murder of Louis Lapidus, Steel Street merchant and father of five children, during a robbery at Lapidus' furniture store in Youngstown. The 1927 South High graduate was arrested based on a description of the old Ford getaway car given to police by two boys.
Mahoning Sheriff Adam Stone pronounces petting parties in parked automobiles on rural roads a safety hazard and orders his deputies to interrupt spooning couples. Deputies Handwork and Clark interrupt six couples on one night, giving them fatherly talks and sending them home.
Warner Brothers representatives arrive in Youngstown from New York to make final plans for construction of a showplace theater downtown.