Today is Saturday, March 5, the 64th day of 2005. There are 301 days left in the year. On this date in 1770, the Boston Massacre takes place as British soldiers who'd been taunted by a crowd of

Today is Saturday, March 5, the 64th day of 2005. There are 301 days left in the year. On this date in 1770, the Boston Massacre takes place as British soldiers who'd been taunted by a crowd of colonists open fire, killing five people.
In 1868, the Senate is organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson. In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party wins 44 percent of the vote, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag. In 1946, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73 after 29 years in power. In 1953, Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev dies in Moscow at age 61. In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, "Cowboy" Copas and "Hawkshaw" Hawkins die in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn. In 1970, a nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect after 43 nations ratify it. In 1982, comedian John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood, Calif.; he was 33. In 1986, in Lebanon, Islamic Jihad issues a statement saying it has "executed" French hostage Michel Seurat, who had been abducted almost a year earlier.
March 5, 1980: The inability of Youngstown's Sanitation Department to come to grips with its manpower and equipment woes forces Mayor George Vukovich to seek help from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago. He asks the EPA to evaluate the Youngstown department.
Former television Tarzan Ron Ely will succeed Bert Parks as emcee of the Miss America Pageant, sources say, but he will not croon his predecessor's trademark, "There She Is."
Apparently for the first time in history, the Senate Judiciary Committee has rejected the nominee for a federal district judgeship because he was considered unqualified for the job. Charles Winberry, a Rocky Mount, N.C. lawyer nominated by President Carter, was found unqualified by the American Bar Association and the panel concurred, 8-6. It was the first time in 42 years that the Judiciary Committee had rejected any nominee for any reason.
March 5, 1965: The Ohio Supreme Court rejects an effort by Warren Atty. Earl J. King to block Trumbull County's sale of $579,000 in bonds, clearing the way for construction of a new county jail. The county will have access to a $900,000 federal grant as well.
Carl F. Gangloff, 64, of Hubbard, executive secretary of the Youngstown Area Development Foundation, dies in Mansfield General Hospital after undergoing surgery.
Roman Catholics in Youngstown will see new changes in Mass the first Sunday in Lent. Prayers at the beginning of Mass will be shortened, Psalm 42 (Judge me, O God) will be eliminated and prayers at the end of Mass will be eliminated. The Mass will end with a final blessing.
March 5, 1955: A Columbus land development company announces plans to invest more than $1.5 million in a 130-home real estate development in the Buckeye Plat area in the Southeast section of Youngstown, near Ridgewood Avenue.
Youngstown Mayor Frank Kryzan, on a trip to Washington, says a truce is near in his battle with the Air Force over military use of Youngstown Municipal Airport.
The Ohio River is expected to crest more than 3 feet above flood stage at East Liverpool. The Mahoning River is still 5 feet below flood stage.
March 5, 1930: Count Michael Karolyi, first president of the Hungarian Republic, speaks at a meeting of Youngstown Hungarians in the Eagle Hall on W. Rayen Avenue.
A complaint against the principal of Bancroft School in the paddling of an 11 year old student is dismissed after a conference between Youngstown Superintendent J.J. Richeson, board members, the principal and the parents of the boy.
Henry Ford places a vigorous protest before the House Judiciary Committee against modification of the 18th amendment and records a conviction that "sane people of the nation" would not tolerate revocation of Prohibition.
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