Today is Thursday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2006. There are 38 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day. On this date in 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter,

Today is Thursday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2006. There are 38 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day. On this date in 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends.
In 1765, Frederick County, Md., repudiates the British Stamp Act. In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, is born in Hillsboro, N.H. In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, is first published. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seize control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. In 1963, President Johnson proclaims Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President Kennedy. In 1971, the People's Republic of China is seated in the U.N. Security Council.
November 23, 1981: Ohio State Quarterback Art Schlicter blinks back tears of joy after the Buckeyes upset seventh-ranked Michigan, 14-9, at Ann Arbor. Iowa, however, which shares a 6-2 Big Ten record with OSU, will be going to the Rose Bowl.
U.S. District Court Judge William Bryant in Washington dismisses charges that former U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney of Youngstown violated the Gratuities Act by accepting and using a gasoline credit card from a Youngstown oil distributor. Carney says afterward, "If I would have been convicted of this, not one congressman on Capitol Hill would have been safe."
November 23, 1966: Louise Wick, the last member of the Mahoning County Red Cross Chapter staff to have worked during World War I, dies in North Side Hospital. She was 83.
William F. Nelson, a senior honor student at Ursuline High School, is named one of nine outstanding American students to attend a seminar in Australia.
Officials of General Fireproofing Co. will enter an agreement with the On-the-Job Training Program under the city's Human Relations Commission to provide apprenticeship training for 132 unemployed or underemployed men and women.
November 23, 1956: The American Relief for Hungary Committee is expecting 15 Hungarian refugees from Communism to arrive in Youngstown in the next week, and additional arrivals will depend on the number of sponsors available.
At the Belmont and Newport Theaters: 41/2-hour kiddie show on the Friday after Thanksgiving, featuring "The Lone Ranger," "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars," the Little Rascals and a variety of cartoons. Admission is 35 cents.
November 23, 1931: Mayor-elect Mark Moore says he will make a strenuous attempt to collect 400,000 due the city from P-O Company for the East End bridge. The money might allow the city to avoid cutting wages of city employees, Moore says.
The U.S. Senate lobby committee receives testimony that B.G. Dahlberg, head of a number of sugar companies, had ordered 10,000 sent to Sen. Jim Davis of Pennsylvania, but records of the company show no payment being made.