Today is Monday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2004. There are 67 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2004. There are 67 days left in the year. On this date in 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" takes place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men, facing hopeless odds, charged the Russian army in the Battle of Balaclava and suffers heavy losses.
In 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer dies in London. In 1918, the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the coast of Alaska; nearly 400 people perish. In 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of accepting a $100,000 bribe in connection with the Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve in California. In 1962, U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson presents photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba to the U.N. Security Council. In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly votes to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan. In 1983, a U.S.-led force invades Grenada at the order of President Reagan, who says the action is needed to protect U.S. citizens there. In 2002, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., is killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota 11 days before the election.
October 25, 1979: Unless Youngstown is able to regain its Urban Development Action Grant eligibility within a week, Warren will apply for a $3.5 million grant on behalf of the Commuter Aircraft Corp..
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio reports third quarter profits that are almost triple those of a year earlier. Sohio executives say the profits are attributable to the company's 52 percent ownership of Alaskan oil reserves, not the increasing cost of gasoline at the pump.
Sharon City Council takes the first step toward eliminating the Sharon Parking Authority. Some councilmen argue that the city should take direct operation of downtown parking.
October 25, 1964: Youngstown University's Penguins roll over a tough Baldwin-Wallace team, 26-6. Coach Dike Beede says this team id the best he's had in years.
Twenty-eight Air Force reservists attached to the 910th Troop carrier Group in Youngstown participate in the military honor guard for former President Herbert Hoover.
October 25, 1954: Raymond B. Smith, 30, of Columbiana and George Whitten, 25, of Youngstown, escape serious injury when a broken oil line forces them to crash land Smith's five-seater plane in a filed near Columbiana. The plane hit the ground with one wheel and flipped.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan pledges his personal support to the Mill Creek Park levy, slum clearance bond issue and opposition to an initiative ordinance that would kill the Kimmel Brook Homes zone change.
Harry L. Dittmer, 69, of Warren, Trumbull County engineer since 1936, dies of a heart attack en route to Trumbull Memorial Hospital, after becoming ill while he and his wife were visiting the new Ohio Edison plant in Niles.
October 25, 1929: More than 350 members of Youngstown area Slovak organizations hold a mass meeting at the Holy Name parish to raise money toward a goal of $500,000 for completion of institutions of higher education for Slovak boys and girls.
Wesley Fesler, Youngstown All-American end on the Ohio State University football team, is a candidate for president of the junior class.
As the value of eggs increases, Mahoning County farmers are converting old barns and sheds into chicken houses. The most modern of the coops have electric lights and heat.