Today is Monday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2005. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in
Today is Monday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2005. There are 12 days left in the year. On this date in 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.
In 1732, Benjamin Franklin begins publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac." In 1776, Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay. In 1957, Meredith Willson's musical play "The Music Man" opens on Broadway. In 1972, Apollo 17 splashes down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings. In 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States. In 1984, a fire at the Wilberg Mine near Orangeville, Utah, kills 27 people. In 1998, President Clinton is impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he is later acquitted by the Senate).
December 19, 1980: The white 1978 Cadillac El Dorado belonging to rackets figure Charles D. "Charlie Crab" Carabbia is found by Cleveland police. Carabbia has not been seen for six days and was reported missing by his wife.
A plea by Youngstown Mayor George Vukovich for more federal funds for public service jobs nets the city an additional $1 million allocation under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
The Mahoning County Commissioners blue ribbon committee creates four subcommittees to dig into county finances and approves a motion by Jackie Alfred of the League of Women Voters to close most committees' deliberations to the public and press.
December 19, 1965: The Mahoning County Red Cross is warning winter sports fans to take great care in use of ice skating facilities, especially early in the season when the ice could be dangerously thin.
The Rev. Hunsdon Cary Jr., D.D., rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, is honored during an ecumenical luncheon marking the 25th anniversary of his ordination. Two bishops -- one Episcopal, one Roman Catholic -- join Protestant ministers and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox priests at the luncheon.
Basketball Coach Dom Roselli's Penguins bombard Muskingum College, 86-52. David Culliver and Joe Nigro lead Youngstown University with 25 and 19 points respectively.
December 19, 1955: The very Rev. William Diakiw, 57, pastor of St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sharon, is fatally injured when his auto is struck by an Erie Railroad freight train at the Shenango Ave. crossing.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. begins distributing more than $600,000 in loans to its strike-idled employees at the Sharon Transformer Division. Hundreds of employees, idle since Oct. 16, cross the IUE picket line.
Youngstown Municipal Judge Robert B. Nevin rules that two independent bargain store operators violated Ohio's blue laws by operating on Sunday and fines them $25. The merchants, Jack Steinberg, owner of Giant Bargain Center on Belmont Ave., and Emil Keich, operator of Bargain Port on Jacobs Road, unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the law.
December 19, 1930: Lachlan McLeay, secretary of the Mississippi Valley Association, predicts that the Beaver-Mahoning-Shenango canal will be authorized by Congress in 1932. McLeay makes his prediction during a tour of the tri-valley district.
There will be no extension of time for the use of 1930 license plates after Jan. 1, Chalmers R. Wilson, state registrar of motor vehicles, notifies W.H. Loller, secretary of the Youngstown Auto Club.
Otto Reichle, superintendent of mails in Youngstown, says the post office is having the quietest Christmas in years. With the names of 125 extra men on the post office list of temporary workers, only 10 have been called in to work.