Today is Friday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2006. There are 352 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2006. There are 352 days left in the year. On this date in 1794, President Washington approves a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (The number of stripes is later reduced to the original 13.)
In 1864, composer Stephen Foster dies in New York. In 1893, Britain's Independent Labor Party (a precursor to the current Labor Party) holds its first meeting. In 1898, Emile Zola's famous defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, "J'accuse," is published in Paris. In 1941, novelist James Joyce dies in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs dies in a car crash in west Los Angeles. In 1966, Robert C. Weaver becomes the first black Cabinet member as he is appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Johnson. In 1976, Sarah Caldwell becomes the first woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she leads a performance of "La Traviata."
January 13, 1981: Used car dealers say they are losing money caused by a backlog of paperwork in the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts auto title department and they want something done about it.
Dr. David Ritchie is elected president of Austintown Local Board of Education at the annual reorganization meeting, succeeding Ronald V. Gerberry.
The Ohio Education Association has demanded the 1980 financial records of Youngstown public schools in a continuing effort to determine if funds can be located for teacher pay increases.
January 13, 1966: A 21-year-old North Side man with a long record of wife abuse is killed in a wild scuffle with police outside his wife's apartment as he attempted to avoid being served an assault and battery warrant. He dies of a shot to the chest, fired while he had his hand on the gun of a veteran Youngstown patrolman.
Youngstown City Council brings the 1966 general fund budget into close balance at $8 million.
Common Pleas Judge Sidney Riglehaupt signs a temporary injunction padlocking Club 88 on Oak Hill Ave., scene of a fatal shooting a week earlier. City Law Director Patrick Melillo has branded the club a common nuisance.
January 13, 1956: Efforts of Pennsylvania State University to establish a junior college branch at New Castle are being opposed by officials at the area's four-year colleges, including Youngstown University, on the grounds that the tax-supported school would offer no services not being provided by free-enterprise institutions.
Dr. John Majoros, 73, a semi-retired dentist who was active in district Hungarian activities, is struck and killed by a car while crossing Steel Street at Midland Ave., near his home.
A 31-year-old Wilson Ave. man confesses to slashing tires on at least 20 automobiles on the North Side over a period of about six weeks.
January 13, 1931: Three Mahoning County officials were paid by the former board of elections for work they did not do, "By" Morgan, former Republican clerk of the board, testifies during the trial of a former part-time employee of the board.
Ten Youngstown policemen swoop down on a gambling joint at 460 W. Federal St., arresting 71 alleged gamblers, including one who was found hiding in a cupboard.
Hubbard is in the throes of a scarlet fever epidemic which has resulted in the closing of three schools, all churches, motion picture shows and postponement of all public gatherings. There have been 22 reported cases in the township, but unofficial estimates reach to 100.