Today is Wednesday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2005. There are 87 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2005. There are 87 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, President Truman delivers the first televised White House address.
In 1830, the 21st president of the United States, Chester Arthur, is born in Fairfield, Vt. In 1892, the Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, is practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kan. In 1937, President Roosevelt calls for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations. In 1941, former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis -- the first Jewish member of the nation's highest court -- dies in Washington, D.C., at age 84. In 1953, Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the United States, succeeding Fred M. Vinson. In 1955, a stage adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett opens at the Cort Theatre in New York. In 1962, the Beatles' first hit, "Love Me Do," is first released in the United Kingdom. In 1983, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1989, a jury in Charlotte, N.C., convicts former PTL evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers.
October 5, 1980: Airships Industries Ltd., the British company seeking a location for a $55 million airship manufacturing plant, is reportedly ready to move into temporary quarters before the end of the year.
Since Ronald Carabbia of Poland, a reputed organized crime leader in the Mahoning Valley, was jailed in 1978, there have been seven gangland murders in the area. The FBI is looking for a connection. None of the murders has been solved.
A compromise may be in the works as Warren city workers continue their battle with city council over retroactive residency requirements for city employees. The unions say they will fight an ordinance passed May 14 that forces city workers who have moved out of Warren since 1972 to return within a year or face being fired.
October 5, 1965: Columbiana County commissioners notify County Home Superintendent Russell Phillis that he is being removed from the post, which pays $340 a month with meals and board.
The Mahoning County Republican Executive Committee will consider at least a dozen attorneys who have made application before making a recommendation for a replacement to the late Probate Judge Clifford M. Woodside.
The newly formed General Duty Nurses of Youngstown Hospital Association threaten to reduce their working hours if their demands for hourly wage parity with full-time nurses are not met.
October 5, 1955: Harold E. Sprague, Pittsburgh district engineer for the Army Engineers, meets with Congressman Michael Kirwan and representatives of Mahoning Valley industry to discuss the proposed West Branch of the Mahoning River reservoir project.
A $5 million Air Force and Navy jet training base is slated for Medina County. Construction of the new base will not affect reserve operations at the Youngstown Air Force Base, where work is already under way to enlarge facilities for a reserve squadron. City officials had fought that expansion.
The State Highway Department is undertaking an engineering study for a proposed Lake Erie-to-Ohio River Throughway after Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties pledge $10,000 each toward the $80,000 study.
October 5, 1930: A gasoline price war in Detroit has eight gallons selling for $1 and there are prospects that the price could go even lower.
The Beaver-Mahoning-Shenango rivers canalization project is unanimously endorsed by the executive committee of the Mississippi Valley Association at Chicago.
The British airship R-101, the largest airship in the world, crashes and explodes near Beauvais, France, killing 46 aboard.