Today is Sunday, May 8, the 128th day of 2005. There are 237 days left in the year. This is Mother's

Today is Sunday, May 8, the 128th day of 2005. There are 237 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day. On this date in 1945, President Truman announces in a radio address that World War II has ended in Europe.
In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River. In 1846, the first major battle of the Mexican War is fought at Palo Alto, Texas, resulting in victory for Gen. Zachary Taylor's forces. In 1884, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, is born near Lamar, Mo. In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola. In 1962, the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens on Broadway. In 1970, construction workers break up an anti-war protest on New York's Wall Street. In 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleads guilty in a Brooklyn, N.Y., courtroom to the "Son of Sam" killings that had terrified New Yorkers. In 1987, Gary Hart, dogged by questions about his personal life, including his relationship with Miami model Donna Rice, withdraws from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
May 8, 1980: Five of Youngstown's six unions reach agreement on new contracts and street department workers are ordered back on the job by Judge Charles Bannon, ending a six-day strike by 1,000 municipal workers.
Air Force 1st Lt. Jeffrey Harrison, 26, a Howland native, is released from the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas after being treated for burns suffered during an aborted Iranian rescue mission.
Niles City Council gives first reading to legislation levying a $5 annual license plate tax, which would generate more than $100,000 for upkeep of the city's streets.
May 8, 1965: GIs serving under fire in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic are especially honored at the flag-raising ceremony on Youngstown's Central Square to mark Armed Forces Week.
Diana (Dee Dee) Lowry, 20-year-old sophomore from Warren, is queen of May Week festivities at Ohio State University.
Kathleen Scarmuzzi of Niles is one of five coeds vying for queen when Kent State University celebrates Campus Day, KSU's oldest and most colorful tradition.
May 8, 1955: Edward J. Allen, former Youngstown police chief and a symbol of honest and courageous law enforcement in Ohio, is leaving for California. He is giving up his post as Ohio's liquor enforcement chief to become police chief of Santa Ana, Calif.
Mrs. Mildred Sturgeon Hawkins of New Wilmington, a seamstress, has fitted a Volkswagen "Microbus" with a variety of sewing equipment which allows her to take her work to her customers. She is able to sew a wide variety of garments, drapes, curtains and other items, working in the driveway while the housewife who hired her is free to continue with ordinary housework.
Miss Beverly Nanosky, Rayen School senior, is crowned queen of the city's 2,400 Y-Teens at the annual spring "Blossom Ball" at Idora Park.
The Warren St. Mary High School dance band wins the dance band contest at Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y Day at Idora Park. Tom Filkorn is the dance band leader and Margaret Bustard is the vocalist.
Rex Leach, Vienna High School's brilliant All-Ohio cager, is named to the 12-man North All-Star Team for the seventh annual North-South cage classic to be played at Murray, Kentucky.
May 8, 1930: Atty. Theodore Johnson tells the Optimist Club that modern education systems tend to "train the mind of the well-born youth and the hands of the poor boy" to the exclusion of useful training for all.
The erection of a monument in Wick Park dedicated to the veterans of all wars who enlisted from Mahoning County is suggested by William McCabe, president of the Mahoning County United Veterans Association.
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