Today is Thursday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2005. There are 30 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2005. There are 30 days left in the year. On this date in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Mrs. Parks is arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.
In 1824, the presidential election is turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock develops between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ends up the winner.) In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis closes after seven months and some 20 million visitors. In 1913, the first drive-in automobile service station opens, in Pittsburgh. In 1934, Sergei M. Kirov, a collaborator of Josef Stalin, is assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge. In 1942, nationwide gasoline rationing goes into effect in the United States. In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin conclude their Tehran conference. In 1958, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Flower Drum Song" opens on Broadway. In 1965, an airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States begins in which thousands of Cubans are allowed to leave their homeland. In 1969, the U.S. government holds its first draft lottery since World War II. In 1973, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, dies in Tel Aviv at age 87.
December 1, 1980: In the wake of a strike by city safety forces and defeat of an income tax levy in November, a number of Youngstown policemen are applying for jobs with other law enforcement agencies, some as far away as Arizona and Wyoming.
The Ohio Edison Co. is asking for another substantial boost in its electric power rates -- about $119 million in total revenue, which would cost the average home owner an additional $4.46 per month.
Ohio's welfare director says nearly 800,000 recipients face a temporary loss of benefits in 1981 unless more money is found for Aid to Dependent Children and Medicaid.
December 1, 1965: An elderly Salem couple and a young woman living on a farm near East Palestine perish in early morning fires. Dead are Mr. and Mrs.. Gottfried Ryser of 403 W. Pershing St., Salem, and Connie Hickman, 25, of East Palestine.
The 23-year-old operator of a Canfield dog kennel is arrested by Youngstown Humane Society officers on two counts of cruelty to animals after 11 dead dogs are found on the premises.
Warren Police Chief Manley English says that effective immediately, seniority will no longer be a factor in scheduling patrolmen for the three daily shifts. The change is made to get some veteran officers on the afternoon and night shifts, which were being covered primarily by young, inexperienced patrolmen.
December 1, 1955: Warren H. Brockway, 43, executive vice president of Youngstown Manufacturing Inc., is elected president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce.
Niles will proceed with plans to sell water to Girard despite a threat by Youngstown Law Director Felix Mika to block the sale unless litigation against the Berlin-Meaner pipeline link is ended.
A Youngstown woman, Mrs. Jesse W. Fox, 42, has remained in a coma for five months in Cincinnati after being struck by a car in June while she was visiting her mother.
December 1, 1930: Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan orders Police chief Paul Lyden to suspend six patrolmen and detectives who were unaware of bootlegging activity on their beats. Sheriff Adam Stone has continued to unearth stills in the city, including an elaborate one estimated to be worth $20,000.
A report by H. Paul Douglas of the Institute of Social and Religious research finds that Youngstown is among 12 large cities in which "a certain amount of denominational snobbery exists." Dr. W. E. Hammaker, one of the leaders of the church cooperative movement in Youngstown, disputes the accusation and says the work of the Federated Churches in Youngstown should be cited as an example for other cities.