Today is Wednesday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2006. There are 32 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, President Johnson names a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2006. There are 32 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, President Johnson names a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, one-time adviser to England's King Henry VIII, dies. In 1864, a Colorado militia kills at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre. In 1924, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini dies in Brussels, Belgium, before he could complete his opera "Turandot." (It is finished by Franco Alfano.) In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radios that he and co-pilot Bernt Balchen have made the first airplane flight over the South Pole. In 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. In 1956, the musical "Bells Are Ringing," starring Judy Holliday, opens on Broadway. In 1961, Enos the chimp is launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbits earth twice before returning. In 1964, the U.S. Roman Catholic Church institutes sweeping changes in the liturgy, including the use of English instead of Latin. In 1981, actress Natalie Wood drowns in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, Calif., at age 43. In 1986, actor Cary Grant dies in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82. In 1996, a U.N. court sentences a Bosnian Serb army soldier (Drazen Erdemovic) to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims. In 2001, George Harrison, the "quiet Beatle," dies in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58. "A Separate Peace" author John Knowles dies in Florida at age 75.
November 29, 1981: Paul and Kadie Kimpel are restoring the house at Routes 193 and 87 in Gustavus town square that was built by George Hezlep in 1832. It is one of 10 historic structures on the square.
Fred DeLuca, manager of the Youngstown Municipal Airport, says the Youngstown district's aviation community -- airlines, customers and general aviators -- is being buffeted by mounting operation troubles, including scrambled schedules, unexpected delays and staggering increase in costs and reductions in revenue.
Robert J. Gray, director of the Hubbard Community Chorus since 1955, is preparing the chorus for its annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" at the First Presbyterian Church.
November 29, 1966: Classes resume for Hubbard's 3,700 students following an agreement between the board of education and the Hubbard Federation of Teachers that will bring raises of 263 a year. Teachers in the district are paid 4,700 at the entry level; 8,084 at the top of the scale.
The Mahoning County coroner rules homicide in the death of Richard Hill, 17, who died in St. Elizabeth Hospital after being wounded in the head Nov. 19 following a dance at East High Street.
Off-duty Canton police and firemen man picket lines at City Hall demanding wage increases of 600 a year.
November 29, 1956: Youngstown has regained its position as a good place to make steel, J.L. Mauthe, president of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., tells more than 200 Rotary Club members at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.
The possibility that General Motors Corp. may build a stamping plant adjacent to the proposed Chevrolet and Fisher body assembly plants at Lordstown is disclosed by a GM engineer.
A 37-year-old Pittsburgh steel worker who makes 6,500 a year will challenge a 2 a month dues increase backed by United Steel Workers President David J. McDonald. McDonald, head of the 1.2 million-member union, makes 50,000 a year.
November 29, 1931: Republic Steel police officer Herbert C. Baker, 43, is wounded, probably fatally, and Lt. Robert Jardine, 55, is less seriously wounded, by one of two men who were arrested for trespassing at the mill.
Tired but happy, downtown Youngstown merchants work overtime the Saturday after Thanksgiving counting cash and figuring sales from a buying rush. Stores report it was the biggest day in months.
The Treasury Department announces bids for construction of the Youngstown post office building will be opened Dec. 28.