Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2005. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2005. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. On this date in 1765, the Stamp Act goes into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.
In 1512, Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are first exhibited to the public. In 1604, William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" is first presented at Whitehall Palace in London. In 1861, Gen. George B. McClellan is made General-in-Chief of the Union armies. In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological observations. In 1944, "Harvey," a comedy by Mary Chase about a man and his friend, an invisible 6-foot-tall rabbit, opens on Broadway. In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. One of the pair is killed. In 1952, the United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. In 1954, Algerian nationalists begin their successful eight-year rebellion against French rule. In 1973, following the "Saturday Night Massacre," Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appoints Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox. In 1979, former first lady Mamie Eisenhower dies in Washington, D.C., at age 82.
November 1, 1980: Although the Youngstown Area United Way campaign failed to reach its $2.3 million goal by nine percent, the $2.1 million it did raise represents a tremendous accomplishment, says Thomas J. Travers, past president of the board.
The Jones & amp; Laughlin Steel Corp. says that state Sen. Harry Meshel, D-Youngstown, will not be the trustee of about 20 acres of land at the Brier Hill Works as Meshel had announced. Meshel said the site of the Jeannette blast furnace would be held in trust for future development of a steel museum.
Gas wars in the Mahoning Valley have settled down, but prices remain below the national and state averages, with regular self-serve selling at $1.08 a gallon and unleaded at $1.13.
November 1, 1965: A fourth-quarter touchdown by Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown is one of the few bright spots in a 27-17 drubbing by Fran Tarkenton and the Minnesota Vikings before 83,505 fans in Cleveland.
Harry Meshel, 41, administrative assistant to Youngstown Mayor Anthony B. Flask, is in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital after suffering a heart attack while serving as toastmaster at a banquet in St. Michael Church hall on Steel Street.
Garfield School custodian Richard Bakalar, 35, is overcome by steam from a malfunctioning coal-fired boiler, but manages to pull a fire alarm so that all 630 children are safely evacuated from the building.
Professional safecrackers escape with $6,000 from the Fisher's Market in the Liberty Plaza.
November 1, 1955: Nineteen cars of a 106-car iron ore train on the New York Central Railroad are smashed up in a wreck near the General Fireproofing Co. plant in Logan Ave.
Dale Carnegie, 66, teacher and author of the best seller, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" dies at his home in Forest Hills, N.Y., after a month's illness.
Howard W. Jones, Youngstown University president, says the university is bulging at its seams with a record enrollment of 4,763, of whom more than 1,500 are war veterans and ex-servicemen. There's an urgent need for more classrooms and equipment.
November 1, 1930: Akron motorists taking advantage of 12-cent-per-gallon gasoline during a gas war in that city may not be getting what they pay for. State officials say that some Akron distributors are cutting their gasoline with as much as 15 to 20 percent kerosene. Some 21 railroad tankers filled with kerosene have been delivered to Akron in the last month and the fate of those shipments cannot be determined.
Opinion among the heads of Youngstown's banks is divided as to the feasibility of a plan suggested by the Chamber of Commerce tax committee that banks lend money to homeowners to pay taxes, with repayment spread over 12 months.