Today is Sunday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2005. There are 27 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2005. There are 27 days left in the year. On this date in 1783, Gen. George Washington bids farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
In 1875, William Marcy Tweed, the "Boss" of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escapes from jail and flees the country. In 1942, President Roosevelt orders the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration, which had been created to provide jobs during the Depression. In 1945, the Senate approves U.S. participation in the United Nations. In 1978, San Francisco gets its first female mayor as City Supervisor Dianne Feinstein is named to replace the assassinated George Moscone. In 1984, a five-day hijack drama begins as four armed men seize a Kuwaiti airliner en route to Pakistan and force it to land in Tehran, Iran, where the hijackers kill American passenger Charles Hegna.
December 4, 1980: Trustees of Mahoning County's smaller townships are concerned about adequately protecting their citizens in light of Sheriff George Tablack's announcement that 40 of the county's 68 deputies will be laid off Dec. 14.
Construction should begin in April of the first of two buildings at the Youngstown Air Force Reserve Base to house maintenance facilities for the C-130 cargo planes schedule to go into use in July.
At least 64 Youngstown residents have registered for the Jan. 17 lottery at which 10 city homes will be sold for $1 each. The homes were purchased from the FHA and VA at an average price of $6,900 and are being offered for resale under the city's Urban Homesteading Program.
December 4, 1965: Struthers Mayor-elect Stanley Davis calls for austerity after hearing a report from Auditor Michael Orenic Jr. on the city's fading finances. Orenic says the city needs $110,000 to pay its past and current bills.
The Pentagon announces that January's draft call will be 38,280 men, about 2,000 fewer than that of December.
Mike Goodwin, one of Youngstown's leading architects and a former Rayen and Carnegie Tech football great, is one of three speakers at Youngstown University's football banquet at the Hotel Pick Ohio.
December 4, 1955: District councils of the Knights of Columbus announce they will launch a fund-raising drive to build a family and youth center in Youngstown to serve Catholics of the area.
Although well-known as a college town, Grove City is taking its first steps toward improving its industrial base. The three-year-old Grove City Industrial Association has purchased a 22-acre site for $20,000 which it will develop for new and expanding industries.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. announces it will advance $10 in cash to each worker who reports for duty at the strikebound Sharon Works. The company is attempting to resume production at the plant in the 47th day of a strike by the International Union of Electrical Workers.
A White House conference on education concludes that there is nothing wrong with the nation's public schools that more and better -- and better paid -- teachers can't cure. The number of pupils has been mounting while the proportion of qualified teachers has been declining.
December 4, 1930: The Mahoning County grand jury that was recalled to investigate a charge of jury "fixing" in the $200,000 damage suit brought by Rudolph Binder against the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. fails to return any indictments.
Despite recent rains, the water shortage in Mahoning and Trumbull counties is rapidly becoming more acute as levels of water supply lakes in the area continue to drop. Lake Milton, which supplies Youngstown, Warren, Niles and other communities with domestic water is 9.45 feet below normal.
Sheriff Adam Stone addresses his 23 deputies in a special meeting, urging them to keep the county clean and dry. Shortly after, deputies raid a home on Audubon Street in Youngstown, seizing 750 gallons of rum in 15 barrels.