Today is Saturday, May 14, the 134th day of 2005. There are 231 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, May 14, the 134th day of 2005. There are 231 days left in the year. On this date in 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, form the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The Pact is dissolved in July 1991.)
In 1643, Louis XIV becomes King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory leaves St. Louis. In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States open in St. Louis, as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In 1942, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps is established. In 1948 (according to the current-era calendar), the independent state of Israel is proclaimed in Tel Aviv. In 1964, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev joins United Arab Republic President Gamel Abdel Nasser in setting off charges, diverting the Nile River from the site of the Aswan High Dam project. In 1973, the United States launches Skylab 1, its first manned space station. In 1975, U.S. forces raid the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recapture the American merchant ship "Mayaguez." All 40 crew members are released safely by Cambodia, but some 40 U.S. servicemen are killed in the military operation. In 1980, President Carter inaugurates the Health and Human Services Department. In 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra dies at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82.
May 14, 1980: Warren Mayor Daniel Sferra threatens to lay off 126 city employees if City Council rejects his proposed transfer of $300,000 in capital improvement funds to the city's general fund.
A spokesman for the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Youngstown told the board of education it would "take whatever action is necessary" to stop school closings and consolidations unless a public hearing is conducted on citizens' complaints.
The Western Reserve Transit Authority has neither the manpower nor the fleet to handle the route and schedule changes required by the closing of five city schools and the consolidation of others.
May 14, 1965: The typical American workers must earn $123 a week -- or $6,418 a year -- to provide a modest but adequate living for a family of four, a study by the AFL-CIO says.
Edward J. Legant, 49, a native of Jefferson, is named plant manager of General Motors Fisher Body plant at Lordstown.
Bishop Emmet M. Walsh names four monsignors to new positions, the first major changes in the administration of the Youngstown diocese since he became bishop in 1952.
May 14, 1955: State Liquor Director William C. Bryant announces that the state will increase the prices of liquor sold in state stores. The increases will amount to about 10 cents per fifth and will raise $5 million a year for mental health programs.
May 14, 1930: Thousands of labels for "bonded" liquor, labeling and capping machines and 442 quarts of liquor are seized by vice squad officers who raid one of the most complete alcohol cutting plants ever found in Youngstown. The plant was discovered in a house at 20 Pershing St.
A 40-year-old father of four is sentenced to one to 15 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty before Judge David G. Jenkins to breaking into the J. Cunningham Furniture store in Lowellville.
Market Street, between Wayne and Delason, will be closed for two months or longer to auto traffic during repaving. Trolley traffic will be maintained.
Youngstown City Council votes 6-1 to permit the use of wood shingles, despite pleas by W.T. Filmer, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, fire prevention committee, and Fire Chief Harry Callan. Representatives of lumber interests from Chicago and Washington appeared to urge approval.