Today is Saturday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2005. There are 63 days left in the year. A reminder:

Today is Saturday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2005. There are 63 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-Saving Time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks should be moved back one hour. On this date in 1929, Black Tuesday descends upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapse amid panic selling and thousands of investors are wiped out as America's Great Depression begins.
In 1682, the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, lands at what is now Chester, Pa. In 1901, President McKinley's assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is electrocuted. In 1923, the Republic of Turkey is proclaimed. In 1947, former first lady Frances Cleveland Preston dies in Baltimore at age 83. In 1956, during the Suez Canal crisis, Israel launches an invasion of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. In 1964, thieves make off with the Star of India and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. (The Star and most of the other gems are recovered; three men are convicted of stealing them.) In 1966, the National Organization for Women is founded. In 1967, the counter-culture musical "Hair" opens off-Broadway. In 1979, on the 50th anniversary of the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protesters try but fail to shut down the New York Stock Exchange. In 1998, Sen. John Glenn, at age 77, roars back into space aboard the shuttle Discovery.
October 29, 1980: A Buffalo company, One-10 Hopkins Steel Inc., is seeking federal and state aid to reopen the Fitzsimmons Steel plant.
Ben Tamarkin, 82, president of the Tamarkin Co. for more than 40 years and a leader in the Jewish community, dies of a stroke in North Side Hospital an hour after being stricken at his home.
Forensically speaking, Ronald Reagan won the debate with President Carter, capturing a point edge in all six categories, judged by a panel of nine local experts and tabulated by The Vindicator.
October 29, 1965: A crowd of 200 attend the opening of the Youngstown Youth Opportunity Center on W. Indianola Avenue. Gov. James A. Rhodes cuts the ribbon.
Record breaking low temperatures hit the Youngstown area bringing an end to the current apple crop and causing heavy losses to apple growers. A low of 18 is recorded at the Salem Fruit Growers Cooperative.
Many Northeastern Ohio teachers who had planned to attend next week's NEOTA meeting in Cleveland will attend a smaller meeting in Boardman instead, because of opposition to State Issue 1 by Cleveland Merchants and the superintendent of schools. The issue would increase the state sales tax from 3 percent to 4 percent, with the money going to public schools.
October 29, 1955: With only four days to go in its drive, the Youngstown Community Chest must raise $226,447 to reach its goal of $889,296.
The Lane Funeral Home in Mineral Ridge, established in 1855, one of the oldest firms in the Mahoning Valley, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Joe Lane is the fourth generation of the family to run the business.
October 29, 1930: Following another traffic death, the 35th in Youngstown in 1930, Traffic Commissioner Carl Olson declares war on reckless driving. Seventeen drivers are arrested on various charges.
"Chippy" Bell, a familiar figure on Youngstown streets in a jaunty silk hat, ragged frock and gay boutonniere, dies in the county infirmary, presumably of old age. He was 75.
Within 20 miles of Youngstown, federal agents have found cities where open bars are piled high with all popular brands of liquor and no local attempt is made to stop them, Vice Squad Chief J.C. Huffman tells a class at the "Y" college.