Today is Sunday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2005. There are 97 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, Sept. 25, the 268th day of 2005. There are 97 days left in the year. On this date in 1789, the first United States Congress adopts 12 amendments to the Constitution and sends them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments become the Bill of Rights.)
In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, publishes its first -- and last -- edition in Boston. In 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen is captured by the British as he leads an attack on Montreal. In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signs a measure establishing Sequoia National Park. In 1890, Wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issues a Manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy. In 1919, President Wilson collapses after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a national speaking tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1957, with 300 U.S. Army troops standing guard, nine black children forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly white crowds are escorted to class. In 1973, the three-man crew of the U.S. space laboratory Skylab 2 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean after spending 59 days in orbit. In 1978, 144 people are killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collide over San Diego. In 1979, the musical "Evita" opens on Broadway. In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
September 25, 1980: Youngstown Steel Corp. will purchase the old open hearth building in the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. for use as a melt shop in the manufacture of railroad spikes.
Youngstown City Council approves a federal grant of $1.1 million for improvements to runways, taxiways and electronic equipment at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Fred DeLuca, airport manager, says matching funds have already been allocated.
Warren Auditor Hannah Cickelli and Mayor Daniel Sferra trade barbs over the city's projected year-end deficit after Mrs. Cickelli announces that she will not pay any vouchers submitted by city personnel unless money is in the accounts involved.
Thieves cut through the roof of the Jewel Mart at 461 Boardman-Canfield Road and loot display cases of a large quantity of gold coins and jewelry without triggering a burglar alarm.
September 25, 1965: Four Howland teenagers are injured when a section of wooden bleachers tip over during the Newton Falls-Howland football game in Newton Falls. Donna Biery and Kathy Wilson are treated at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Debby Drocott and Julius Vellivich are treated at the scene.
Trumbull County Commissioner Robert Hagan says a trip to Washington, D.C., to seek support for his Lordstown airport idea was "very successful."
Mahoning County Prosecutor Clyde W. Osborne is studying the petitions of Ralph T. Gruber of Youngstown who is seeking freedom from state prison on a technicality after serving 19 years for two armed robberies that netted $24.50. The petition was filed by Gerald A. Messerman, director of the legal clinic of the college of law at Ohio State University and claims that he was not advised that he was entitled to legal counsel before pleading guilty before Judge David G. Jenkins, who sentenced him to two terms of 10 to 25 years in prison.
Schwebel Memorial Lodge is dedicated at Stambaugh Boy Scout Reservation The lodge will be used for troop camping and as camp headquarters for administrators.
September 25, 1955: Youngstown and most of the nation officially return to standard time, but TV viewers may be confused because New York, where most of the network programs originate, will remain on Daylight Saving Time for another five weeks.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is in Fitzsimons Army Hospital near Denver after suffering a heart attack. His physicians say the president's prognosis is good.
New York's newest skyscraper, the Socony-Mobil Building, is rapidly taking shape, clad in stainless steel panels produced by Commercial Shearing & amp; Stamping Co. of Youngstown under a subcontract from Republic Steel Corp.'s Truscon Steel Division.
Richard A. Sontag, high school teacher and former football coach, is named acting principal at Hubbard High School to succeed Thomas A. Hall, who was killed in an automobile accident.
September 25, 1930: The huge mass of evidence from which Judge David G. Jenkins will decide whether to permit or enjoin the billion-dollar merger of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel Corp. is complete. The three-month hearing was adjoined until Oct. 20, when the judge will hear closing arguments.
A guard has been assigned by the Ohio Secretary of State's office to protect Mahoning County Board of Elections records during a continuing grand jury investigation. Locks on election board filing cabinets in the Realty Building have been changed.
Attorney B.F. Wirt leaves a bequest for construction within 25 years of a museum building for the Historical Society. One room of the museum shall be used to house Mr. Wirt's collection of books, antiques, autographs, art and archeological items.
Three men are buried beneath the charred timber of the Tapestry Shop at 242 Commerce St. while wrecking the structure, which was swept by fire Aug. 13. John Sunsky, 50, lost his left eye in the accident; the other two men were less seriously injured.