Today is Thursday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2005. There are 93 days left in the year. On this date in 1978, Pope John Paul I is found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming

Today is Thursday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2005. There are 93 days left in the year. On this date in 1978, Pope John Paul I is found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1789, the U.S. War Department establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. In 1829, London's reorganized police force, which becomes known as Scotland Yard, goes on duty. In 1918, Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line during World War I. In 1943, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the British ship Nelson off Malta. In 1955, a one-act version of the Arthur Miller play "A View From the Bridge" opens in New York. (Miller later turns it into a two-act play.) In 1963, the second session of Second Vatican Council opens in Rome. In 1979, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland as he arrives for a three-day tour. In 1982, seven people in the Chicago area die after unwittingly taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. In 1988, the space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., marking America's return to manned space flight following the Challenger disaster. In 1994, the House votes to end the age-old practice of lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress.
September 29, 1980: A Boardman High School football player gets a standing ovation following an emotional appeal to the school board that the team be allowed to resume its schedule, which has been interrupted by a four-week strike by teachers. John DePietro, captain of the team, spoke at an informational meeting attended by 1,000 people at the high school stadium.
The Dowell Division of Dow Chemical USA located in Austintown receives approval from the Ohio Development Financing Commission to issue $4.6 million in industrial bonds for an expansion project that will add 21 jobs.
After a sluggish first quarter, Quarterback Brian Sipes completes 22 of 32 passes for 318 yards, leading the Cleveland Browns to a 37-34 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In Pittsburgh, Youngstown's Cliff Stoudt makes his debut in an NFL season game after a 56-game streak on the sidelines, where he carried the clipboard as a back up to Quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw and Mike Kruczek. Stoudt earned an NFL pension and $70,000 in Super Bowl checks before ever taking the field. Pittsburgh beat the Chicago Bears, 38-3.
September 29, 1965: The Youngstown public schools are committed to the present driver training program at least through the summer of 1966, school administrators tell the Safety Council of Greater Youngstown, insurance men and car dealers.
Ku Klux Klan activities in Ohio and other northern states will be scrutinized by the House unAmerican Activities Committee when it begins public hearings on the Klan.
The General American Transportation Corp.'s Masury plant designs and builds a 60,000-gallon tank car, six times the size of a conventional rail tanker. At 96 feet, it is the world's longest railroad car.
September 29, 1955: Three Mahoning County school buses are barred from highways by the Ohio Highway Patrol following inspections. The patrol says 81 buses are in good condition and may continue to transport school children.
A 60-mph race between two automobiles on Andrews Ave. results in the arrest of two men, one of whom once faced a manslaughter charge in the traffic death of a 60-year-old South Side man.
Youngstowners are viewing the first colorcast of a World Series game on WFMJ-TV. Many sports fans watched the game in radio and TV stores that had working color TVs. Players and fans observed a minute of silent prayer for the recovery of President Eisenhower before the game began.
September 29, 1930: With heavy orders for electric welded pipe continuing to pour into the sales departments, Republic Steel Corp.'s new electric welding small-sized pipe mill goes into active commercial production. Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s new electric mill is expected to start soon.
Craftsmen resume work on the Central YMCA building on N. Champion St. after a three-day lay off over a dispute concerning painters' wages.
J.C. Hedge, superintendent of the Mahoning County Farm Bureau, reports a light frost in the lowlands of the county. In Youngstown the mercury dropped to 42 degrees, a 22-degree drop from the day before.