Today is Tuesday, May 10, the 130th day of 2005. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, May 10, the 130th day of 2005. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date in 1869, a golden spike is driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y. In 1865, Union forces capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover is given the job of FBI director. In 1933, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings in Germany. In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns, and Winston Churchill forms a new government. In 1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris. In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announce they are divorcing after 18 years of marriage. In 1994, the state of Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys. In 1994, Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office to become South Africa's first black president.
May 10, 1980: The Department of Energy predicts that Standard Oil Co. of Ohio will have to increase its price on a gallon of gas by 15 cents under a change in rules on Alaskan oil that has been proposed to offset the competitive advantage SOHIO has over other oil companies.
U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-19th, joins area savings and loan institutions in pledging his opposition to a bill before Congress that would withhold 15 percent for income tax from savings interest and dividends.
The Wean United Inc. books an order for more than $6 million for a tube/shape mill to be installed in Canada. The order is expected to bolster Wean operations in Youngstown, Warren and Pittsburgh.
May 10, 1965: The Beaver (Pa.) High School dance band wins first place for the second straight year in the high school contest at the 35th annual Vindicator Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y Play Day at Idora Park. About 13,000 students attended the event, which featured a 40 percent reduction in admission prices for the park's 31 rides from noon to 6 p.m.
May 10, 1955: Youngstown firemen submit a demand for a 121/2 percent wage increase to Mayor Frank X. Kryzan and, at the same time, urge Kryzan not to create additional municipal services without providing additional revenue. The increase would amount to $44 per month for a fireman.
The White House says that emergency television facilities have been set up to enable President Eisenhower to address the country quickly in event of an enemy attack.
An addition is under construction at the western end of the Glenwood Plaza section of the Boardman shopping center that will give the J.C. Penney Co. its third largest retail store in the Youngstown area.
May 10, 1930: Youngstown's population is 167,224, according to preliminary tabulations of the 1930 U.S. Census. Mahoning County's population is 230,381, a gain of 23 percent over the population of 186,310 in 1920.
Andy Seffera, 24, and Jim Seffera, 23, Warren brothers, are killed when buried beneath tons of earth in a trench on Connecticut Avenue. The trench was being dug for feeder mains be laid by the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District to supply Youngstown with water.
F. Scott McBride, speaking before a Senate committee, says his Anti-Saloon League was "born of God [and] has been led by Him." Sen. Blaine calls the statement "sacrilegious and outrageous."