Today is Tuesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2005. There are 74 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2005. There are 74 days left in the year. On this date in 1767, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, is agreed upon.
In 1685, King Louis XIV of France revokes the Edict of Nantes, which had established legal toleration of France's Protestant population, the Huguenots. In 1867, the United States takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York is formally opened. In 1898, the American flag is raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquishes control of the island to the United States. In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies in West Orange, N.J., at age 84. In 1944, Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II. In 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the United States, and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain, are named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA. In 1968, the U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City. In 1969, the federal government bans artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats. In 1982, former first lady Bess Truman dies at her home in Independence, Mo., at age 97.
October 18, 1980: The U.S. Economic Development Administration tells Commuter Aircraft Corp. that approval of its application for $30 million in federally guaranteed loans is contingent upon its ability to meet deadlines for building and equipping its manufacturing plant in Youngstown.
Sixteen Boardman school teachers report to the Mahoning County Jail to serve the first days of their 10-day sentences for contempt of court for defying a back-to-work order by Judge Clyde W. Osborne.
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Reidy, Navy chaplain, presents Sister Mary Ann Coz, director of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese's media library, with an Award of Commendation for her efforts in providing library tapes to Navy personnel.
October 18, 1965: The 7th District Court of Appeals orders the Mahoning County Board of Elections to put Atty. Joseph Donofrio on the ballot opposing incumbent Don L. Hanni Jr. for Youngstown Municipal Court judge.
An Ohio officer of the American Legion, speaking at the 9th Legion District Conference in Youngstown, says some young American draft-card burners are like immature children, throwing a tantrum against U.S. policy in Vietnam.
Syro Steel Co. of Girard is awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Defense Department for landing mats needed by the government, U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan announces.
October 18, 1955: Four South Side Youngstown boys are arrested in connection with the beating of a 14-year-old Hillman Junior High student after a football game. One of the boys was carrying a blackjack.
One thousand Community Chest volunteers from every section of the city and every walk of life open the 37th annual fundraising drive during a dinner at the YMCA.
Six co-eds vie for Youngstown University homecoming queen. They are Barbara Rentz, Audrey Ward, Gay Wollitz, Virginia Guglielm, Jan Welsh and Mary Ellen Conlin.
October 18, 1930: Work, not charity, is the need of most people, Youngstown city councilmen declare as they open a session with the city labor board to discuss steps to be taken to relieve unemployment in the city.
Four bandits throw chemicals into the eyes of M.T. Clemens, manager of a chain grocery store at 2302 South Ave., in a daylight robbery that netted them $50.
After having voted for almost 20 years, a Youngstown man has been barred by the board of elections from casting a ballot in the Nov. 4 election on the grounds that he is not a citizen of the country. The man had been voting in good faith since his honorable discharge from the army, believing that gave him the right to vote.