Today is Friday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2005. There are 29 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2005. There are 29 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the Senate votes to condemn Wisconsin Republican Joseph R. McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry the previous October. In 1942, a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is demonstrated for the first time, at the University of Chicago. In 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency begins operating under director William Ruckelshaus. In 1980, four American churchwomen are raped, murdered and buried outside San Salvador. (Five Salvadoran guardsmen are convicted in the killings.) In 2001, in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history, Enron files for Chapter 11 protection.
December 2, 1980: Warren City Council is pushing ahead legislation granting garbage collection and water rate rebates for the elderly.
A car dives 65 feet into the Mill Creek Park gorge at the west end of Marshall Street, crashes into a bridge and falls another 15 feet into the waters of Mill Creek. The car burst into flames, but Mario Williams managed to get out and swim to safety.
December 2, 1965: Several tons of bedding, blankets and clothing collected for needy people overseas burn in Immaculate Heart of Mary School. Damage to the building is estimated at $30,000.
City council approves a permit to operate a community antenna television system in Youngstown to Youngstown Cable TV Inc. of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
December 2, 1955: Westinghouse Electric Corp., struck by the International Union Electrical Workers, announces that the salaries of executive and technical personnel have been cut in half as the company settles in for a long strike.
Youngstown and Niles officials agree that Girard should be aided during its present water crisis, and at the same time establish a basis for a permanent agreement.
In keeping with Youngstown's chief product -- steel -- a large part of the exterior of the new $900,000 Mahoning County jail and office building will be of stainless steel.
December 2, 1930: James J. Davis, former U.S. secretary of labor and a native of Sharon, Pa., is seated as the junior senator from Pennsylvania.
Thirty Youngstown policemen armed with wrecking gear set out to find and destroy liquor-making equipment. The team was armed with 100 addresses, including some private homes where home brew is suspected of being made for sale.