Today is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2005. There are 101 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2005. There are 101 days left in the year. On this date in 1938, a hurricane strikes parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
In 1792, the French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy. In 1897, the New York Sun runs its famous editorial that declares, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." In 1937, "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, is first published. In 1949, the People's Republic of China is proclaimed by its Communist leaders. In 1964, Malta gains independence from Britain. In 1970, "NFL Monday Night Football" debuts on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeat the visiting New York Jets, 31-21. In 1973, the U.S. Senate confirms Henry Kissinger to be Secretary of State. In 1976, Orlando Letelier, one-time foreign minister to Chilean President Salvador Allende, is killed when a bomb explodes in his car in Washington, D.C. In 1981, the Senate unanimously confirms the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court. In 1989, Hurricane Hugo, packing winds of up to 135 mph, crashes into Charleston, S.C. In 1995, House Republicans unveil partial details of their plan for Medicare aimed at achieving $270 billion in savings over seven years.
September 21, 1980: General Motors Corp. will shut down its Lordstown car assembly line for three months, idling 5,500 workers, while it virtually rebuilds the assembly lines to produce the new J-car.
Mayor Joseph Melfi says he is "sick and hurt" over a gambling raid in the city and adds that hints by the FBI that the Girard Brotherhood Club may have links to organized crime is news to him.
Alan Adair, Ohio Education Association Uniserv representative, predicts that the early 1980s will be watershed years, a period when teachers will see their pay increase, job security return and discipline problems in schools come under control.
September 21, 1965: The Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation asks Atty. Gen William Saxbe to take legal action against the Youngstown Board of Education for failing to pay $1,492 in costs for staff and enrollees of the local Youth Corps project.
Ashtabula County deputies and Ashtabula city police raid a rented garage in Jefferson, recovering 50 antique guns valued at $11,000 that were taken in a burglary of the home of Ashtabula grocer Charles Moses.
Arthur L. Carter, 82, an attorney for the Home Savings and Loan Association since 1925, who had been superintendent of Trumbull County Schools before practicing law, dies in North Side Hospital.
September 21, 1955: Youngstown district steel mills, all pushing high production schedules, are facing a serious cooling problem with the Army Corps of Engineers reporting record low water levels in the Valley's three reservoirs making it impossible to keep water temperatures down in the Mahoning River. The river is running at 101 degrees in Youngstown and has been as high as 106.
Kripal Singh, superintendent of sheet mills of the Tata Iron & amp; Steel Co. of India, visits Youngstown to gather information on new steel rolling procedures at McKay Machine Co.
The Ohio Central Telephone Co. begins installing modern dial phones in Lake Milton homes, removing the venerable crank-type wall phones that have been fixtures in homes for decades.
September 21, 1930: Motion picture films dealing with racketeering and gangland life are officially banned from Ohio by the state board of film censors. The first film banned under the order is "The Big House" a picture depicting life in the penitentiary.
Eight hundred delegates from every hamlet and city in Ohio are expected in Youngstown for the annual state convention of the W.C.T.U., which will be held in October at the First Baptist Temple.
Youngstown Vice Squad Chief Cal Huffman says illegal lottery men in Youngstown are taking in as much as $5,000 a day in bets as small as 1 cent and as large as $5.