Today is Monday, Oct. 18, the 292nd day of 2004. There are 74 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Oct. 18, the 292nd day of 2004. There are 74 days left in the year. On this date in 1767, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, is agreed upon.
In 1685, King Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, which had established legal toleration of France's Protestant population, the Hugue-nots. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York is formally opened. In 1898, the American flag is raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquishes control of the island to the U.S. In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies in West Orange, N.J., at age 84. In 1944, Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II. In 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the U.S., and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain, are named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
October 18, 1979: Thousands of Pirates fans stream into the streets of Pittsburgh to celebrate a Pirate victory in the seventh game of the World Series in Baltimore.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejects a plan submitted by the City of Youngstown that calls on the federal government to share in the cost of repairs to the Lake Milton dam.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, former defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys who gave up pro football for a boxing career, arrives in Youngstown to be in the corner of his stablemate, Raymond "Boom Boom" Mancini of Youngstown, who will make his professional debut in a bout at the Struthers Fieldhouse.
October 18, 1964: Willie Davenport of Howland is one of three American runners to advance to the finals in the 110 hurdles at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
A throng of 5,000 greet Sen. Barry Goldwater on his arrival at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Thousands more jam the ballroom at Idora Park to hear the Republican presidential nominee, who says the Johnson administration is a captive of special interest groups.
October 18, 1954: Youngstown and state arson investigators are seeking clues to a fire that caused $75,000 in damage at the Central Store, 101-109 E. Federal St. Kerosene soaked merchandise was found on the third and fourth floors of the store, which has been the scene of picketing for five months, since some employees went on strike to seek recognition of a union.
Paul Hura, a Catholic layman active in veterans affairs, says the cost of maintaining and improving Mill Creek Park is extremely slight to each Youngstown taxpayer, in view of the value returned on the taxes paid. A .4-mill levy will be on the November ballot.
Youngstown area television owners are finding they can now receive clear reception with nothing more than small indoor antennas after WFMJ-TV increases its signal to 175,000 watts and WKBN-TV increases its to 160,000 watts.
October 18, 1929: The goal of $1.1 million for YMCA construction projects is raised in four weeks of pre-campaigning. Campaign workers who arrive for a dinner at the Youngstown YMCA are surprised to be told after dinner that they were discharged.
Former Justice of the Peace Scott Robertson, 59, of East State Line Road, pleads guilty before Judge George H. Gessner to a charge of violating the liquor law and is fined $900 and costs.
Margaret Adelle Nagel, 5, is fatally burned and her brother and father seriously burned in a fire that destroyed the family home on Four Mile Run Road, Wickliffe.