Monday, January 22, 2007
Today is Monday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2007. There are 343 days left in the year. On this date in 1917, President Wilson pleads for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." (By April, however, America also is at war.)
In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria dies at age 82. In 1905, thousands of demonstrating Russian workers are fired on by Imperial army troops in St. Petersburg on what becomes known as "Bloody Sunday." In 1907, the Richard Strauss opera "Salome" makes its American debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; its racy content (including the Dance of the Seven Veils) sparks outrage. In 1938, Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" is performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, N.J. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy. In 1973, the Supreme Court hands down its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalizes abortion. In 1973, former President Lyndon Johnson dies at age 64. In 1987, Pennsylvania treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, convicted of defrauding the state, proclaims his innocence at a news conference before shooting himself to death in front of horrified spectators. In 1995, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy dies at the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.
January 22, 1982: Dr. A. James Giannini, president of the Wellesley Corp., proposes a 60-bed psychiatric hospital in southern Trumbull County. It is tentatively named Wellington Hospital.
The Republic Steel Corp. notifies the USW that supplemental jobless benefits for workers with fewer than 20 years experience will be eliminated after the February payments.
The car of Campbell Council President Michael Vaschak and his parents home on Carlton Drive are peppered with bullets, one of the slugs just missing the living room where his mother was watching television.
January 22, 1967: The value of construction in Mahoning County's unincorporated areas in 1966 totaled 23.3 million, an increase of 1.2 million over the previous year.
Mary Vodhanel, 78, of Campbell is struck and killed by a hit-skip driver at Wilson Avenue and South Jackson Street, as she was on her way to Sacred Heart Church.
Youngstown University's Penguins defeat Hillsdale College, 86-64, before 2,249 fans at South Field House.
January 22, 1957: Mahoning County commissioners pledge economy on all purchases & quot;large and small. & quot; Every department must send purchase requests through the commissioners' office.
As Ohio's State Highway Patrol approaches its 25th anniversary, a bill is introduced in the state Senate to give the organization new powers and a new name, "Ohio State Police. & quot;
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County approves a 1957 budget totaling 542,277.
January 22, 1932: Despite a warning by Mahoning County Commissioners that budgets are being cut by 16 percent, only five departments submit reduced budgets, and those average only 3 percent lower.
Youngstown police clear City Hall corridors of job seekers and hangers on, ordering all persons from the building unless they had business to transact. For weeks, corridors and waiting rooms have been crowded by job seekers and others, while people with business to transact had difficulty elbowing their way through the crowds.