Today is Tuesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2007. There are 342 days left in the year. On this date in 1968, North Korea seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2007. There are 342 days left in the year. On this date in 1968, North Korea seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew is released 11 months later.)
In 1845, Congress decides all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1943, critic Alexander Woollcott suffers a fatal heart attack during a live broadcast of the CBS radio program "People's Platform." In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approves a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel. In 1964, the 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, is ratified. In 1973, President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end the Vietnam War. In 1977, the TV miniseries "Roots," based on the Alex Haley novel, begins airing on ABC. In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali dies in his native Spain at age 84. In 2005, former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson dies in Malibu, Calif., at age 79.
January 23, 1982: Threats directed at Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. and his family have led his staff to tighten security. A caller threatened to "blow up" Traficant and his family because "the sheriff is messing with the drug traffic."
The Rev. Michael DeVere Dudley, a deacon and assistant at St. John's Episcopal Church, Youngstown, is ordained at the church by the Rt. Rev. John Harris Burt, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
Bridges in Ohio require as much as 3 billion worth of repairs to be brought up to safe standards, says a state study.
January 23, 1967: Detailed plans and a model of Eastwood Mall, the second multi-million-dollar enclosed regional shopping center for the Youngstown-Warren area, is unveiled by William M. Cafaro & amp; Associates.
Burglars carry off women's clothing worth an estimated 6,000 during the weekend when they looted the Louise Perrine Dress Shop near Hermitage Square.
A new high temperature record for Jan. 23 is set at Youngstown Municipal Airport at 60 degrees.
January 23, 1957: The Mahoning County Medical Society plans a program to provide Salk polio shots for every eligible person in the county.
Bessie P. Connell, who made her home at the Hotel Ohio until her death, leaves an estate of 905,995. Extensive downtown real estate holdings include the land on which the Warner Theater stands, though not the theater itself.
First graders at Sheridan School are busy making Valentine Day cards to cheer their classmate, David Gregg, 7, who is just becoming aware of the world around him after being unconscious since a sledding accident Dec. 30 in Mill Creek Park.
January 23, 1932: Evangelist Billy Sunday concludes a series of eight meetings at the Rayen-Wood Auditorium in Youngstown that brought 25,000 listeners and cash and pledges of 2,200 to Sunday's mission.
Crowds of the unemployed jam old St. Columba's Church seeking city jobs, while an overflow crowd penetrates the city clerk's office on the sixth floor of City Hall. One hundred and fifty five gallons of stew were served to the men at the old church.
Ray F. Lawrence, active in Mahoning County sportsmen's activities, is elected president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen to succeed I.S. Myers of Akron.