Today is Sunday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2004. There are 68 days left in the year. On this date in 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declares, "I shall go to Korea" as he

Today is Sunday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2004. There are 68 days left in the year. On this date in 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declares, "I shall go to Korea" as he promises to end the conflict. (He makes the visit over a month later.)
In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message is sent as Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmits a telegram to President Lincoln. In 1901, Anna Edson Taylor, a 43-year-old widow, becomes the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. In 1939, nylon stockings are sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del. In 1940, the 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. In 1945, the United Nations officially comes into existence as its charter takes effect. In 1962, the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the missile crisis officially begins under a proclamation signed by President Kennedy. In 1987, 30 years after it was expelled, the Teamsters union is welcomed back into the AFL-CIO. In 2002, authorities arrest Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo in connection with the Washington-area sniper attacks.
October 24, 1979: The van plant at General motors Assembly Division in Lordstown will close for a week, idling about 2,500 employees, as van sales continue to lag.
Attorney Avetis Darvanan says the wives of the city's councilmen and council's deputy clerks are being paid illegally because they have been placed in classified service without being tested by the Civil Service Commission or otherwise deemed qualifies for their posts.
George Vukovich, chairman of the Western Reserve Transit Authority balks at an attempt by Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley to name Atty. Edward A. Flask to the WRTA board to replace a member who Richley says does not meet the WRTA's residency requirement. Vukovich says there is no specific mention of residency in the by-laws.
Dr. Charles A. McBriarty, associate vice president for student affairs at Youngstown State University, wins the annual Homecoming Presidential Duel Trophy after defeating Tony Koury, student government president, in the best of three ping-pong tournament.
October 24, 1964: Paul L. Bruhn, general manager of the Manufacturing Division of Republic Steel Corp., is elected president of the Industrial Information Institute.
Walter H. Paulo is elected to a second term as chairman of the Mahoning Chapter, America Red Cross during a meeting a t the chapter house.
Col. James E. Hammer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a student of the lake Erie-Ohio River Canal would find the project economically feasible, based on specifications being discussed at public hearings. The cost of the project is estimated at $1 billion. If the 27-foot vertical bridge clearances specified were increased, the project might become unfeasible, Hammer says.
October 24, 1954: A father and his five children are forced from their Lake Milton home when an oil stove upsets and flames rapidly spread through the frame dwelling. Charles Kemble, 36, is released after treatment for injuries suffered while leading the children to safety.
WFMJ-TV, its signal power increased by a factor of 12 to 175,000 watts is covering a five county area with a strong signal that is reaching 140,000 receivers.
A group of ex-vice squad officer transferred in a recent shake up of the police department bad together for late-Saturday night raids on two liquor cheat spots. The officers say the raids are in line with Police Chief Paul Cress's instructions to all department members to play a part in the crackdown on vice.
October 24, 1929: A three year study by the Carnegie Foundation finds that one in seven American college athletes is being subsidized through slush funds, scholarships or loans to a point that borders on or exceeds professionalism.
A stock market panic appears to have been checked after leading bankers issue reassurances and prices that fell by as much as $30 and $40 per share begin to rebound.
The Vindicator announces the beginning of a Miss Plain Girl Contest in which it is hoped that the plainest girl in the district will be found. She will be awarded valuable prizes and will be given an opportunity to be dolled up into a modern day flapper, with all the frills known to modern beauty science.
An editorial: A decision by Youngstown teachers to renunciate a salary increase involved in the proposed "merit system" removes the last obstacle any voter should have to supporting the school levy on the November ballot. The teachers' action "proves that they practice good citizenship as well as preaching it."
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