Today is Friday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2005. There are 64 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2005. There are 64 days left in the year. On this date in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland.
In 1793, Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent is granted the following March). In 1919, Congress enacts the Volstead Act, which provides for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson's veto. In 1922, fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government. In 1936, President Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. In 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII. In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informs the United States that he has ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In 1965, Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
October 28, 1980: The U.S. Economic Development Administration approves a $30 million federal loan guarantee for Commuter Aircraft Corp.'s airplane assembly plant at Youngstown Municipal Airport.
Retail bread prices in the Youngstown area rise 1 cent to 4 cents a loaf, according to the area's three local bakers, Keystone, Schwebel's and Continental.
Youngstown's Comprehensive Employment and Training Corp. will receive $5.6 million as its share of $280 million from the U.S. Labor Department's allocation to job programs in Ohio.
October 28, 1965: The United Dairy Farmers picket three Lawrence County Isaly stores demanding that the parent company pay more for the raw milk it purchases.
The Federal Communications Commission orders an investigation of telephone rates, an action blasted by the board chairman of AT & amp;T as unwarranted and unnecessary.
A two-state police chase of a 21-year-old Campbell youth that began in Campbell and ended in Pennsylvania results in a 40-day jail sentence for the driver.
October 28, 1955: The total cost of Youngstown's capital improvements program for streets and bridges will be $7.3 million, with the city's share being $4.1 million, City Engineer James C. Ryan says.
Bethlehem Steel Corp. is committed to boost Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s 5.5 million-ton capacity by 3 million tons if the two firms merge, Bethlehem Chairman Eugene G. Grace tells newsmen in New York.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan pledges his full support to Ohio Gov. Frank J. Lausche if Lausche decides to be a candidate for president of the United States. Kryzan says he may be a future candidate for governor.
October 28, 1930: Harry Hughes, street inspector, is named safety director of Niles and faces the task of reorganizing the police department. The department has been reduced to only four men after five police officers were suspended in a probe of gambling and bootlegging in the city.
F.H. Wood, Bethlehem Steel Corp. attorney, says that if the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube-Bethlehem merger goes through, Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem, will alter stock bonuses to recognize that some Sheet & amp; Tube earnings are not attributable to Bethlehem's managerial ability.